11.   Football is an extremely popular sport in Afghanistan even though there is no national team, with sporting bodies remaining largely unfunded during decades of conflict.

12.   The sporting body keeps the trophy permanently and presents a duplicate to the champions after every World Cup.

13.   The delegation, from the Australian Sports Commission and provincial sporting bodies, will hold talks in Pretoria with South African Minister of Sport and Recreation Steve Tshwete.

14.   The controversy, aggravated by a series of staggering cricket defeats, reopened the wound between political authorities and sporting bodies.