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Friday 02 August 1996 18:02 EDT
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Top ten Sports Division

We may not being doing too well out in Atlanta but the British remain a nation of sports enthusiasts. Sports Division, the biggest sports retailer in Europe - having recently acquired the Olympus chain - report brisk business in their stores. Below are last month's best sellers from their range of sports equipment.

1 Health Rider 96 pounds 499.99

2 Mitre Ultima League football pounds 12.99

3 Sport Rider pounds 199

4 Spalding Molitor golfballs pounds 9.99

5 John Daly Golf set pounds 199.99

6 Olympus football pounds 4.99

7 Slazenger Championship tennis ball pounds 6.99

8 Speedo swimming goggles pounds 5.99

9 Adidas 3 Stripe back pack pounds 16.99

10 Speedo swimming goggles (Dolphin) pounds 5.99

Good thing

Pukka Pack, Free

The Pukka Pack, launched by the home furnishings shop Pukka Palace, is an entirely new approach to mail order. Instead of trawling through the usual glossy catalogue the size of a telephone directory, customers flick through a deck of cards organised in to "suits" such as wrought iron furniture, glassware, soft furnishings, and garden accessories. The pack is free and orders made on the special orderline number will be delivered free within the UK.

Pukka Palace, Pukka Pack: 0345 666660

Mad thing

Hartz Friz Faces, pounds 1.99

Frankly, these pet toys look like flattened cats. On the plus side, they look like very happy flattened cats. Your dog can now play out any stray rubber Tom and Jerry fantasies without Tom having that frustrating ability to reinflate to normality after the cruelest of blows. Throws like a frisbee, squeaks like a kitten upon retrieval.

Available in good pet shops

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