Maradona Returns as Argentina Ties Australia

In his first game for Argentina since February and his first World Cup match since 1990, Diego Maradona showed he still may have something left.

The 33-year-old forward set up Abel Balbo’s goal with eight minutes to go in the first half Sunday night at Sydney and Argentina tied Australia, 1-1, in the opener of the home-and-home, total-goals series.

Aurelio Vidmar tied the score three minutes after Balbo’s goal.

Argentina, the 1986 World Cup champion, can advance with a victory against Australia at Buenos Aires on Nov. 17. Maradona had been suspended in 1991 for testing positive for cocaine.

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South Korea wants to make a joint bid with North Korea to play host to the 2002 World Cup, President Kim Young-sam said.

College Football

Two fans who were critically injured when about 12,000 fans stormed the field at Madison, Wis., after Wisconsin’s Big Ten victory over Michigan on Saturday were listed in serious condition Sunday and 13 others remained hospitalized in fair to good condition. In all, at least 69 people were injured in the victory celebration.

Baseball

Pitcher Edilberto Oropesa and infielder Reinaldo Ordonez, who defected from the Cuban junior national team in New York last July, were drafted by major league organizations in a special lottery held Friday. Oropesa, was chosen by the Cincinnati Reds. Ordonez was selected by the New York Mets.

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Shortstop Jose Offerman went three for four, and left fielder Henry Rodriguez had three hits, but the Dodgers lost for the second day in a row, 6-5, to a Taiwanese team at Taipei.

This was the final game of a three-game set in Taiwan. Next, the Dodgers will play two games against a Japanese team in Fukuoka, Japan.

Baseball’s banishment of Marge Schott ends today. The Cincinnati Reds’ owner, suspended for one year for racial slurs, can return as the club’s chief executive.

Pro Basketball

The Atlanta Hawks won the second of two exhibition games played in Europe, 113-101, as Dominique Wilkins scored 33 points before 9,483 at Wembley Arena in Wembley, England. Orlando won the first game, 120-95, Saturday night. The games were the first between NBA teams in Europe.

Miscellany

Michael Stich defeated Goran Ivanisevic, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-3), 6-2, in the final of the $1.65-million Stockholm Open. . . . Luis Dos Santos of Brazil won the Chicago Marathon in 2 hours 13 minutes 14 seconds. The women’s winner was Ritva Lementinen of Finland with a time of 2:33:00. . . . Memo Gracida’s goal with 48 seconds remaining gave Gehache an 11-10 victory over Fish Creek in the final of the U.S. Open Polo Championships at Eldorado Polo Club in Palm Desert.