31.   The suspension applies only to national races organized by the Italian federation.

32.   The reigning Olympic champions bowed out and the defending world champions cried foul and refused to compete, angering their Italian federation.

33.   The union demands a bank guarantee from the federation to cover such situations, but the Italian federation had refused to pay Leblanc.

34.   The union demands a bank guarantee from the federation to cover such situations, but the Italian federation has refused to pay Leblanc.

35.   There was no immediate reaction from the Italian federation.

36.   He added agreement had been reached on the right to vote and the presence of players and coaches in Italian federation meetings.

37.   He said agreement had been reached on the right to vote and the presence of players and coaches in Italian federation meetings.

38.   Brogin spent four years in Uzbekistan on an International Tennis Federation coaching project and has been asked by the Italian federation coach Federico Luzzi.

39.   But Italian federation president Gianni Gola did not conceal his sense of loss on Monday.

40.   Carraro is a former AC Milan president, former Italian federation president and former president of the Italian National Olympic Committee.