Olympics Games 1992

Monica Seles, who was barred Friday from competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics because she played in an exhibition last month and not the Federation Cup, said she accepts the ruling even though she is not happy about it. "I can't go to the U.S. Supreme Court and appeal," Seles said. "If I could I would." The International Tennis Federation said Seles lacked a valid excuse for skipping the Federation Cup. "I took the risk," she said. "(But) the rule is not correct.

He is close enough to taste it, after 13 years. That's how Oscar De La Hoya put it after a masterful demonstration of Olympic-style boxing put him one victory away from the 1992 U.S. Olympic team Sunday afternoon. The tall, graceful lightweight from East Los Angeles rolled to a dominating decision over Anthony Christodoulou of Syracuse almost entirely on the strength of an unerring left jab.

He is close enough to taste it, after 13 years. That's how Oscar De La Hoya put it after a masterful demonstration of Olympic-style boxing put him one victory away from the 1992 U.S. Olympic team Sunday afternoon. The tall, graceful lightweight from East Los Angeles rolled to a dominating decision over Anthony Christodoulou of Syracuse almost entirely on the strength of an unerring left jab.

Monica Seles, who was barred Friday from competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics because she played in an exhibition last month and not the Federation Cup, said she accepts the ruling even though she is not happy about it. "I can't go to the U.S. Supreme Court and appeal," Seles said. "If I could I would." The International Tennis Federation said Seles lacked a valid excuse for skipping the Federation Cup. "I took the risk," she said. "(But) the rule is not correct.