SYDNEY – Sydney United coach Ivan Petkovic was an anxious man last weekend as his side faced the Sutherland Sharks in a NSW Premier League blockbuster.

ZAGREB - Leading Croatian mathematicians, Dr. Franka Miriam Brueckler and Dinko Cicvaric, are predicting a second place finish in the group stages for the 'Vatreni', Zagreb's 'Jutarnji list' daily reported this week.

Aussie Croats in the AFL...

MELBOURNE - A three member entourage from the Croatian Soccer Federation (HNS), headed by the president Vlatko Markovic, will arrve in Australia early next week, ahead of the FIFA World Congress in Sydney.

MELBOURNE - In an historic first, Victoria's Croatian backed soccer clubs have been asked to wear black armbands in remembrance of the hundreds of thousands of Croatian victims of the Bleiburg tragedy, for all competitive games this weekend.