Barkley and Green Lead Suns in Munich

The Phoenix Suns, getting 28 points from Charles Barkley and 21 from A.C. Green, beat Buckler of Bologna, 112-90, Saturday to win the McDonald’s Open at Munich, Germany.

The NBA representative has won the tournament in each of the event’s six years.

Barkley, voted the tournament’s most valuable player, had eight rebounds, four assists and four steals. He was 11 of 15 from the field.

Green paced the Suns with 13 points in the first quarter, which ended with Phoenix leading, 35-25. The Suns broke the game open with a 10-0 spurt to open the second period.

Cliff Levingston, who played 10 years in the NBA, led Buckler with 23 points and 14 rebounds.

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Shaquille O’Neal probably will play in next summer’s basketball world championships in Toronto despite a sponsorship conflict that so far has kept him off the team, USA Basketball officials said in Munich.

“We are in the process of having discussions now,” said Russ Granick, vice president of USA Basketball. “ . . . We’re optimistic that something will be resolved.”

The omission of O’Neal, the Orlando Magic’s 7-foot center and last year’s NBA rookie of the year, stems from his multimillion-dollar endorsement deal with Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi objects to possible promotional conflicts with the U.S. team sponsor, McDonald’s, which serves Coca-Cola products.

O’Neal has refused to sign USA Basketball’s standard player contract because Pepsi will not waive its exclusive marketing rights.

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Michael Jordan’s autobiography--”Rare Air: Michael on Michael”--indicates that the former Chicago Bull star’s retirement could be permanent.

“I wouldn’t get the bug to come back. No way. There isn’t that much bug in the world,” Jordan wrote in the book, which went to press two months before he announced his retirement.

Soccer

Saudi Arabian soccer fans will be barred from the stadium if they storm the field or intimidate rival fans during World Cup qualifying games at Doha, Qatar.

FIFA, world soccer’s governing body, issued the warning to the Saudi Football Federation before today’s crucial Iraq-Saudi Arabia game. The match has raised serious security concerns.

On Friday, thousands of Saudis ran on the field, broke chairs and gesticulated at South Korean fans after a last-minute Saudi Arabian goal produced a 1-1 tie with South Korea.

Sergeui Popov scored 36 minutes into the game, leading Ukraine to a 1-0 victory over the United States in a World Series of Soccer match at Bethlehem, Pa.

The United States fell to 9-12-11 in international play this season, with four matches left to complete the 36-game schedule.

Auto Racing

Mark Martin broke a record with his fifth Busch Grand National series super-speedway victory of the season, pulling away from Ward Burton to win the AC Delco 200 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham.

The victory broke a mark that Martin had held jointly with fellow Winston Cup star Dale Earnhardt for Grand National victories in a season on tracks a mile or longer.

Martin will start from the pole in today’s AC Delco 500 on the same 1.017-mile oval.

Alain Prost edged Ayrton Senna in final qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka and won the pole position for the 13th time in 15 Formula One races this year.

Baseball

The Florida Marlins might move third baseman Gary Sheffield to right field next season, according to team officials. Sheffield, bothered by a sore throwing shoulder, made 34 errors at third last season.

Former major leaguer Jack Howell hit a three-run homer to lead the Yakult Swallows to an 8-5 victory over the Seibu Lions in the opener of Japan’s version of the World Series.

Miscellany

New York bantamweight Junior Jones overcame a fifth-round knockdown to win the World Boxing Assn. title with a unanimous decision over defending champion Jorge Julio of Colombia at Atlantic City, N.J. . . . The U.S. women’s volleyball team moved a step closer to qualifying for the world championships with a 15-12, 13-15, 17-15, 15-12 victory over Ukraine in a qualification tournament at Ankara, Turkey. . . . Davis High in Houston ended its national-record 80-game losing streak with a 19-18 victory over Wheatley.