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Sport in Short: Football

SEVILLA have fined Diego Maradona dollars 13,000 ( pounds 9,250) and his team-mate Diego Simeone dollars 8,700 ( pounds 6,000) for returning late from international duty for Argentina without permission.

ARGENTINIAN LEAGUE: Boca Juniors 1 Lanus 0; San Lorenzo de Almagro 4 Talleres de Cordoba 1; Argentinos Juniors 1 Deportivo Mandiyu 1; Rosario Central 0 Platense 1; Estudiantes de La Plata 5 Racing Club 1; Independiente 2 Gimnasia y Esgrima 2; Deportivo Espanol 2 Newell's Old Boys 0; San Martin de Tucuman 1 River Plate 1; Belgrano de Cordoba 1 Ferro Carril Oeste 2; Velez Sarsfield 3 Huracan 0. Leading positions: 1 Estudiantes de La Plata (P 5, Pts 8); 2 Velez Sarsfield (5-8); 3 Boca Juniors (5-7); 4 Independiente (5-6); 5 Lanus (5-6).

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