Wietske de Ruiter's shot from a penalty corner beat Jo Thompson although the ball had been pushed out before the umpire had restarted the game.There was, however, no disputing the second goal in the 22nd minute, De Ruiter scoring with an equally brilliant shot from the edge of the circle.But with Jane Sixsmith back at her best and Karen Brown dominating the midfield, England's fightback was swift. Prean's consolation was to win the men's doubles with Andrew Eden.. reports from Amstelveen England drew 3-3 in the opening game in the three-match Test series against the Netherlands yesterday with a tremendous fightback after going two goals down. England's coach, Maggie Souyave, said: "I am quite pleased once we got to grips with the game, but we were perhaps a yard short of pace."England were unfortunate to go a goal down in the 11th minute. He had displayed fine form to bring down the second- seeded former world semi-finalist, Lo Chuen Tsung, in the semi-finals in the morning, but then lost to Lo's compatriot from Hong Kong, the 33- year-old Chan Kong Wah. Chan, China-born and resident in Germany for the past eight years, attacked brilliantly with topspin on the forehand and his 16-21, 21-11, 21-19, 21-16 victory followed a four-game semi-final success in the morning against the top-seeded English national champion, Carl Prean, a German Bundesliga club colleague at Mulheim. Cooke, from Derbyshire, had to make do with the silver medal for the second successive year. Alan Cooke's hopes of winning back the Commonwealth title he won in Cardiff in 1989 were narrowly frustrated when he was beaten in four games in the final in Singapore yesterday. A trial date of 12 June has been set in Newark, New Jersey, for a civil suit for sexual abuse filed before his conviction for rape..

He has a 36- 1 record as a professional, including 30 knock-outs, but has faced few fighters of any stature.Tyson, who unified the world heavyweight championship before losing his titles to Buster Douglas, last fought in June 1991, when he outpointed "Razor" Ruddock.That bout was a rematch - in the first fight Tyson won by stopping Ruddock in the seventh round.Tyson today returns to the boxing scene as a television commentator for a promotion in Landover, Maryland.Tyson, who signed a contract with the Showtime cable network following his release from prison, will offer commentary from ringside on the fight card, which features an International Boxing Federation junior middleweight fight and a rematch for the vacant IBF middleweight title.In addition to his work as a commentator, Tyson has some legal dates in front of him. Tyson's promoter, Don King, is thought to be attempting to finalise details for the bout. McNeeley's manager, Vinny Vecchioni, said he believed the fight will happen, but that no date had been set. McNeeley, who needed just six seconds to knock out Frankie Hines last Saturday, has long been mentioned as an opponent for Tyson. If the fight goes ahead, Tyson will be fighting for the first time in four years. Ivanisevic finally took the set 7-5 and now meets Boris Becker, who beat the Dutchman Richard Krajicek, 6-2, 7-5.. Mike Tyson's first fight since his realease from prison is likely to be against Boston's Peter McNeeley in Las Vegas on 19 August, according to reports in America.

Though Henman recovered a 0-2 deficit in the fourth set to level at 3-3, Kroslak broke to love in the next game and went on to win 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.. Goran Ivanisevic survived a bizarre attack of nerves to overcome the unseeded Austrian Gilbert Schaller 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 and reach the semi- finals of the Monte Carlo Open yesterday. The Croat was serving for the match at 5-2 before double-faulting four times in succession and then failed to win a single point against Schaller's serve. Another double-fault on break point in his next service game sparked a tantrum from Ivanisevic as Schaller fought back to 5-5. They traded breaks of serve, Henman saving seven break points in the ninth game before Kroslak double-faulted on set point in the 10th.