'DINAMO' FANS TO RETURN TO CROATIA FRIDAY AFTER ALL

ZAGREB, Aug 11 (Hina) - Eight fans of the Croatian soccer club Dinamo, who were to return to Croatia from Italy on Thursday night, will return on Friday after all. According to the latest information from the Croatian Foreign Ministry, the fans had to spend the night at a Milan reception centre for foreigners and will be sent to Croatia today on a ship. The Foreign Ministry yesterday reported that eight Croatian fans, who were involved in a scuffle with the Italian police before a Milan-Dinamo match in Wednesday night's first leg of the third preliminary round of the Champions League, were processed by the Italian police and court and received suspended prison sentences of between one to one and a half years. The sentences were changed into five-year banishment from Italy. The fans were to be escorted to the Italian-Slovene border last night. However, the Italian police informed the Croatian consulate in Milan in the meantime that the fans would stay at a Milan reception centre for foreigners due to possible problems in their transit through Slovenia and at the recommendation of the Italian border police. The fans should be sent to Croatia today on a ship sailing from Ancona to Split. (hina) rml