The Week in Review: Sport

THE signs are ominous on two wheels and four. Nigel Mansell strengthens his claims for the Formula One world championship with victory in the British Grand Prix, while learned observers of the Tour de France begin to sing Miguel Indurain's praises at the half-way stage. Mansell dispatches his rivals but is powerless to negotiate Silverstone's human traffic jam as he extends his lead in the points' standings to 36. Jackie Stewart's British record of 28 victories is overtaken in the process. A testing (and ultimately testy) session in Hockenheim results in a blown head gasket for Ayrton Senna when the Brazilian is involved in a collision of views with Germany's Michael Schumacher. The pit-lane confrontation ends in push and shove though there is no damage to either's bodywork.

Leeds United are drawn against VfB Stuttgart in the European Cup. Arsenal, intent on putting their house in order for the dawn of the Premier League, spend pounds 1.1m on renovations to their midfield with the purchase of Denmark's John Jensen. A legend is lost to the racehorse-training fraternity when Barney Curley vows to hang up his trilby. Dissatisfaction with racing in general is the root cause. Jeremy Bates transports his Wimbledon form to Washington where he records a second-round win over John McEnroe. The New Yorker loses a line-call argument, his temper, inevitably, and the match, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. Bates's joy is short-lived, however with a refusal at the next fence, a wrist injury checking further progress.