21.   Cronje, banned after admitting he accepted thousands of dollars from bookmakers, had an appeal against his sentence turned down by a court last year.

22.   The tournament had started with the first-choice goalkeeper banned after leading a strike over the money dispute.

23.   The weeklies Tempo, Editor and DeTik were banned after running articles sharply critical of a close associate of Suharto.

24.   Top Italian cyclists Fabiano Fontanelli and Franco Ballerini have both been banned after failing drugs tests.

25.   It was banned after only six episodes.

26.   Meanwhile, in Italy, top Italian cyclists Fabiano Fontanelli and Franco Ballerini have both been banned after failing drugs tests.

27.   Prostitution was a thriving industry under the former shah but banned after the Islamic revolution.

28.   That tournament started with the first-choice goalkeeper banned after leading a strike over bonuses.

29.   The government banned it after accusing the organisers of using the event as a front for political means.

30.   The FIS, which the army feared planned to install a hardline Islamic regime in Algeria, was banned after the cancellation of the elections.