As the years pass and the Divers' dream turns sour Dick returns to the beach to

As the years pass, and the Divers' dream turns sour, Dick returns to the beach to ski. He skims across the water, showing off to onlookers, a symbol of youthful, carefree athleticism. He and his wife make a glamorous, talented couple; nothing can stand in their way. In F Scott Fitzgerald's fable of wasted promise, Tender is The Night, the hero Dick Diver is shown waterskiing in the South of France. Lomu Jnr, 20 years old and weighing in at 16-stone, three stone lighter than his brother, has joined the Cardiff- based National League seven club, Old Illtydians, who travel to Swansea Uplands on Saturday in the first round of the Swalec Cup. South Africa dropped their stand-off Joel Stransky yesterday when they announced their team for the third and final Test against New Zealand at Ellis Park on Saturday.SOUTH AFRICA (for third and final Test on Saturday): A Joubert; J Swart, J Mulder, D van Schalkwyk, P Hendriks; H Honiball, J van der Westhuizen; G Teichmann (capt), A Venter, R Kruger, M Andrews, K Wiese, M Hurter, J Dalton, D Theron.The former Saracens captain Brian Davies is joining Welsh First Division club Newport.TOUR MATCH (Kimberley, SA): Griqualand West 18 New Zealand 18.. He wears his normal No 13 shirt in the centre, though Dick Best, the Harlequins director of rugby, said: "Will is definitely booked for some competitive games at stand-off." John Lomu, brother of New Zealand international wing Jonah, is set to make his Welsh Cup debut on Saturday.

Warwickshire 16 for 1. TEXACO UNDER-17 TROPHY Final (Chelsmford): Yorkshire 255 (94.5 overs) (S Lewis 69) Sussex 174 (82 overs) ( L Schildkamp 51, R Towler 5-49) Yorkshire won by 81 runs.. Harlequins give league debuts to French forwards Laurent Cabannes and Laurent Benezech in their opening game against Gloucester on Saturday. But Will Carling's ambitions of playing stand-off have been put on hold. Durham 289 (M Betts 70, A Pratt 65, P Collingwood 63) and 50 for 2.

Southampton: Hampshire 249 for 2 (R S Morris not out 105, D A Mascarenhas not out 72) v Middlesex. Northampton (first day): Northamptonshire 401 for 8 dec (M B Loye 126, A Fordham 87, T C Walton 82). SECOND XI CHAMPIONSHIP (Second day of three): Haywards Heath: Sussex 262 for 7 dec (T A Radford 75, M P E Pierce 69); Derbyshire 174 for 1 (G A Khan 126no) Canterbury: Kent 331-9 dec (G R Cowdrey 80) Nottinghamshire 276 for 9 dec (P R Pollard 133). Park Avenue, Bradford: Yorkshire 201 for 8 dec (M J Wood 59) Leicestershire 30-0.

Felling: Worcestershire 449 for 8 dec (I Dawood 143no, C Church 75, D Leatherdale 62). Ward scored more than 8,000 first class runs for Surrey and in 1990 became their first batsman since John Edrich to score 2,000 runs in a season. I cannot confirm or deny anything."Under the alleged agreement, Bowe's promoters would be barred until 31 July 1997 from any boxing event in New York. Harris would be barred for life for the attack on Golota, but Bowe would remain eligible to fight during the penalty period.. Surrey have released batsman David Ward after an 11-year association with the county. Bowe won the fight in Madison Square Garden after Andrew Golota was disqualified.