Chinese Athlete Fails Drug Test

Another Chinese swimmer has failed a drug test, the international swimming federation confirmed Tuesday.

Gunnar Werner, secretary of FINA, said the world body had received the results of a random test taken before the start of October’s Asian Games.

Werner said he could not release any details until after the federation goes through all its procedures. A hearing is set for today, followed by a meeting of FINA’s executive committee to determine punishment.

It was the second case of a Chinese swimmer testing positive in a random FINA sampling before the Asian Games. Yang Aihua, who won the women’s 400-meter freestyle at the World Championships in September, tested positive for excessive levels of testosterone and was suspended for two years.

Yang and six other swimmers were among 11 Chinese athletes who flunked tests during the Asian Games and were stripped of medals.

College Football

Colorado running back Rashaan Salaam said that civil rights leader Jesse Jackson was out of line when he sent a letter charging the university with racism in hiring Rick Neuheisel as its football coach over Bob Simmons, the assistant head coach who is black.

Louisiana State, continuing its search for a new football coach, interviewed Texas Christian Coach Pat Sullivan for a second time.

Jurisprudence

Six University of Arkansas athletes, whom officials refused to name, have been suspended from team activity and removed from the school’s athletic dormitory after authorities investigated a report that an 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted there.

One of the two men charged with killing James Jordan, the father of Michael Jordan, pleaded not guilty in Lumberton, N.C., 16 months after his arrest.

The plea was entered for Larry Martin Demery, 19, of Rowland, N.C., who with Daniel Andre Green, 20, of Lumberton, was charged in the slaying.

British journalists Vyv Simson and Andrew Jennings, who wrote the 1992 book “The Lords of the Rings” attacking Juan Antonio Samaranch, the International Olympic Committee president, will be tried in absentia today in Lausanne, Switzerland, for criminal defamation and libel.

Reserve soccer goalie Kori Hunter, 21, and varsity tennis player Rugsitha Meelarp, 19, of Rutgers were charged with weapons offenses in Piscataway, N.J., and could face suspension for shooting a 9-mm pistol at a telephone book in their dormitory room.

Police in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have arrested 10 soccer players suspected of taking bribes to fix matches.

Track and Field

Americans Dennis Mitchell, Greg Foster and Quincy Watts were upset by Australians at an indoor track and field meet in Brisbane, Australia. Damien Marsh edged Mitchell by 0.01 of a second in 6.75 seconds in the 60 meters; Kyle Vander-Kuyp defeated Foster in the 60-meter hurdles, running 7.91 seconds. Australian Paul Greene beat Olympic champion Watts in the 400 meters.

Tennis

Pete Sampras defeated Jaime Yzaga, 6-2, 6-4, to open the $6-million Compaq Grand Slam Cup in Munich, Germany. Boris Becker rallied to defeat Wayne Ferreira of South Africa, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. Michael Chang beat Alberto Berasategui, 6-1, 7-5, and Goran Ivanisevic defeated Jonas Bjorkman, 6-4, 6-2.

Hockey

Wayne Gretzky’s Ninety-Nine All-Stars, a group of locked-out NHL players, rallied from an early two-goal deficit and beat a team of Norwegian all-stars in Oslo, 6-3.

Mighty Duck Coach Ron Wilson and King Coach Barry Melrose are among the former NHL players scheduled to appear in a charity celebrity game headlined by Gordie Howe on Dec. 14 at the Forum.

Names in the News

South African Ernie Els, who won a three-way, 18-hole playoff in the 1994 U.S. Open, was named PGA Tour rookie of the year. . . . The Florida Marlins traded second baseman Bret Barberie to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Jay Powell. . . . Nevada forward Jimmy Moore, the leading scorer in the Big West Conference last season, will miss two more games in a suspension levied after he was accused of punching two women. . . . If the Angels sign free-agent closer Lee Smith, they will have to trade either center fielder Chad Curtis or veteran left-handed starter Chuck Finley to stay within their $24.5-million budget for players, sources said. . . . Dodger vice president Bob Smith, who has been responsible for stadium operations at Dodger Stadium the last 27 years, will retire Dec. 31.