41.   Portuguese soccer authorities took the unusual step of holding the game in the French capital, which has a Portuguese community of more than a half million.

42.   Robson said Thursday he would report the club, which he declined to identify, to soccer authorities for investigation.

43.   PSG coach Luis Fernandez was missing from the bench as part of a self-imposed ban, which anticipates a likely exclusion by soccer authorities.

44.   Regardless of the outcome of that game, Sampson has made it exceedingly difficult for U.S. soccer authorities to award the permanent coaching job to anyone but himself.

45.   Rudan was cleared by Australian soccer authorities for the transfer to Germany without a transfer fee.

46.   Setting the scene for an open power struggle, the European soccer authority published proposals Wednesday to overhaul the sport and slash the role of FIFA.

47.   Soccer authorities fear armageddon, others await what they consider justice.

48.   Soccer authorities have long said that if club would be allowed to contract an unlimited number of foreigners, they would neglect their own youngsters.

49.   Soccer authorities revoked a ban on Atletico Paranaense and returned the club to the first division.

50.   Setting the scene for an open power struggle, the European soccer authority on Wednesday published proposals to overhaul the sport and slash the role of FIFA.