21.   Wenger sees the Nigerian star as the ideal partner for his two Dutch forwards, Dennis Bergkamp and Marc Overmars.

22.   And Hoddle, who now manages Sheringham at English Premiership side Tottenham, believes the veteran forward will be the ideal partner for Michael Owen.

23.   Another Japanese company is selling a CD-ROM of single women in Tokyo, providing their names, professions and photographs and detailing the characteristics of their ideal partner.

24.   The left-handed Lehmann was the ideal partner for a rampant Ponting, feeding the strike to his captain with a series of inventive, often unorthodox strokes.