51.   Australian rugby league club Penrith have signed South African rugby union international centre Pieter Muller for the launch of the super league season next year.

52.   Australian rugby league clubs, including the new Auckland Warriors outfit, prised away fringe All Blacks.

53.   Both cities lost NFL clubs to better offers from other markets that had lost league clubs.

54.   Brazilian defender Marcio Santos and midfielder Philippe Vercruysse are definitely leaving Bordeaux, the president of the French league club said on Thursday.

55.   But Adidas agreed to match the offer for Beckenbauer, now president of football league club Bayern Munich, his manager Robert Schwann told the German daily Bild.

56.   English First Division side Bradford City were placed into administration on Thursday - the latest victim of the cash crisis facing lower league clubs.

57.   Evans was banned for seven years from rugby union after switching codes to play for English league club St Helens.

58.   First division rugby league club Hull signed Australian Glen Liddiard on Friday with the centre set to go straight into action against Widnes on Sunday.

59.   The reported plan split the top Australian league clubs with the Canberra Raiders boss backing it and others against.

60.   Timu signed a three year deal with the Sydney premier rugby league club Canterbury-Bankstown for an undisclosed sum.