Speedway World Cup latest.

With now just one week to go to the opening event at Sheffield of the 2002 Speeedway World Cup, ticket demand is high with fans now able directly from the staging tracks.

Contact telephone numbers for direct World Cup ticket sales are:
Sheffield 01142 853142
Poole 01202 681145
Eastbourne 01273 440048
Peterborough 07710 590532 or 07801 435789 (new numbers.)

Joe Screen is relishing the prospect of going back to his roots when he lines up for Great Britain in the World Cup opener at Sheffield next Sunday, August
4. The Eastbourne rider was born in Chesterfield and was a regular on the Owlerton terraces as a schoolboy. He said: "I grew up watching Sheffield and I'm proud to represent Great Britain in such a massive event there."

Polish star Krzysztof Cegielski will have a point to prove when he takes his place at Eastbourne on August 6. The former Poole rider saw a proposed move to Arlington collapse on the eve of the season and his Eagles place went to Mark Loram.

2002 Speedway Wolrd Cup qualification event dates and riding squads:

Event 1, Sheffield, Sunday August 4, 7.30pm

Czech Republic: Lukas Dryml, Bo Brhel, Tony Svab, Ales Dryml + one other.Great Britain: Mark Loram, Scott Nicholls, Lee Richardson, Joe Screen, Sean Wilson.Germany: Robert Barth, Robbie Kessler, Matthias Kroeger, Joachim Kulemnann, Stefan Mell.Australia: Ryan Sullivan, Jason Crump, Leigh Adams, Jason Crump, Todd Wiltshire.

Event 2, Poole, Monday August 5, 7.30pm

Denmark (From): Hans Andersen, Nicki Pedersen, Ronni Pedersen, Hans Clausen, Charlie Gjedde, Bjarne Pedersen.Finland (From): Juha Hautamaki, Joonas Kylmakorpi, Kaj Laukkanane, Kauko Nieminen, Tomi Relma, Toni Salmela.Hungary (From): Sandor Fekete, Csaba Hell, Zsolt Kovacs, Norbert Magosi, Attila Stefani, Laszlo Szatmari, Sandor Tihanyi.Sweden: Tony Rickardsson, Peter Karlsson, Andreas Jonsson, Mikael Karlsson, Niklas Klingberg.

Event 3, Eastbourne - Tuesday August 6 at 7.30pm

America: Billy Hamill, Ryan Fisher, Greg Hancock, Billy Janniro, Brent Werner.Slovenia (From): Ales Dolinar, Matej Ferjan, Kernej Kolenko, Izak Santej, Matej Zagar.Russia (From): Serge Darkin, S Eroshin, S Filushin, R Gafurov, Talgat Galeev, Sarge Kusin, Rinat Mardanshin, Roman Povazhny, Denis Saifutdinov, Eduard Shalkhullin.Poland: Tomasz Gollob, Pitor Protasiewicz, Sebastian Ulamek, Krzysztof Cegielski, Gregor Walasek.

Peterborough's East of England Showground hosts the race-off on August 8 and the final on August 10.