31.   Goalkeepers Bruce Grobbelaar and Hans Segers, who were acquitted of match-fixing last month, were charged by English soccer authorities Thursday with breaking betting rules.

32.   He repeatedly told journalists that questions on security and crowd control should be directed to police and politicians and not to soccer authorities.

33.   His case will be heard shortly by the local soccer authorities.

34.   In a brief statement from its Zurich headquarters, the soccer authority said there was no proof as yet that any match had been influenced.

35.   Italian soccer authorities said the national team will wear mourning bands.

36.   Italian soccer authorities had asked to move the game from Croatia to Austria and threatened to risk disqualification rather than play in the Balkan country.

37.   Italian soccer authorities are still considering both cases.

38.   Last week, Malaysian soccer authorities announced new regulations to prevent such scandals in the future.

39.   Maingot said if Bangladesh soccer authorities wished to change the committee membership they could only do so by holding elections.

40.   Nigerian soccer authorities have pledged to end a dispute over national team wages that has prevented the squad from preparing for the World Cup, Lagos newspapers reported Monday.