■ LocalSoccer event scheduled
Soccer lovers will be descending on Hsinchuang this weekend for the annual O'Ginny's Challenge Cup, an 11 a-side tournament with three Taipei teams and a guest side from Hsinchu. The Red Lions, Animals and Dragons will team up with Chia Chien Football Club from Hsinchu for the four-team event on Sunday. All games are 40 minutes and FIFA rules apply. The winning team will be decided on points and in the case of a tie at the end then the winner will be decided by goal difference, goals scored, then the result of the top two teams when they played each other. The TUV Taipei Animals is an English-speaking club that has been playing in Taiwan since 1986 and plays in various local and small international competitions. The Chu Chien Football Club based in Hsinchu is a Chinese-speaking team that consists of local businessmen and university students. Formed in 2002, it was originally a seven-a-side team but now has some 30 players. The tournament at Hsinchuang Football Stadium in Hsinchuang City, will start at 11am and finish around 4.30pm.
■ Golf
Garcia doubtful in Oz
Sergio Garcia injured his hamstring kicking an Australian Rules football at a charity event and was in doubt for the US$1.68 million Johnnie Walker Classic starting today at the Lake Karrinyup Country Club. The 23-year-old Spaniard withdrew from a Pro-Am at Lake Karrinyup yesterday, citing a strained hamstring. He was one of six golfers who joined six players from the Australian Football League in a kicking competition at Perth on Tuesday. ``We're guessing it was kicking the football yesterday, but it never hurt when I was doing it,'' Garcia was quoted saying. ``I didn't feel a twinge or anything like that.''
■ Sailing
NZ `dances round rules'?
American-based yacht designer Bruce Farr mounted a fresh attack on Team New Zealand's double ``hula'' hull after America's Cup challenger and defender revealed their boats at unveiling ceremonies. ``I think it is an atrocity that this has been allowed by the measurers to get through the rules,'' Farr said. Farr, who designed the yachts for the San Francisco-based syndicate Oracle that was beaten by Alinghi in the challenger final, previously said New Zealand's hula was so called because it was an attempt ``to dance around the rules. ... It was never anticipated or intended by the rules,'' he said. ``If you look carefully through the rules there are plenty which indicate it is not supposed to be there.''
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