31.   Injuries and suspensions are plagueing the Japanese team for their crucial match against Iraq in the Asian Olympic qualifying finals here on Saturday.

32.   -- Heavyweight Felix Savon got a walkover as Cuba secured four berths in Olympic boxing finals while the United States crashed to three defeats.

33.   A new judging controversy overshadowed the first day of the Atlanta Olympic wrestling finals on Wednesday.

34.   British sprinter Linford Christie faces a field of sprinters worthy of an Olympic final on Friday night in Paris.

35.   The US has never lost a World Championships or Olympic final that they have completed in .

36.   They beat Canada in the ice hockey Olympic final in a shootout in Lillehammer, Norway, in February.

37.   Vrankovic helped Yugoslavia stay with the US team for three-quarters of the Olympic final.

38.   Most eyes will be on the national team taking part in the Asian Olympic qualifying finals in Kuala Lumpur at the same time as the league kicks off.

39.   Now they will meet again with a berth in the Olympic final at stake.