Article: SOC: Ben Johnson to train Libyan leader s striker son


AAP Sports News (Australia)
12-02-1999
SOC: Ben Johnson to train Libyan leader s striker son

By Manoah Esipisu

LILONGWE, Dec 2 Reuters - Disgraced Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson will be hired to
train Al-Saad Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and a member of the national
soccer team, Libya's Italian coach said today.

Speaking in the Malawi capital before a friendly against Malawi, coach Eugenio Bersellini
told Reuters that Johnson and a German trainer, whom he did not name, would work on the
personal fitness of Gadaffi for 90 days.

"Al-Saad is hiring Ben Johnson," Bersellini said. "He would like to see what Johnson
can achieve with him personally and then maybe he will ...

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