51.   Last December, Mundine, a former rugby league player, was beaten by Sven Ottke of Germany for the International Boxing Federation middleweight title.

52.   Meanwhile, Australian rugby league player Wendell Sailor could still make his English rugby union debut on Sunday despite problems gaining a work permit.

53.   Mayele was the second Italian league player killed in a road accident this year.

54.   NBDL teams will not have any direct affiliation with individual NBA teams, and developmental league players will be eligible to be signed by any NBA team.

55.   Paul Gascoigne and three other Scottish league soccer players will not be prosecuted over incidents in a Premier Division game between Glasgow Rangers and Aberdeen last month.

56.   Roberts ventured where no other rugby league player and few high-profile athletes have dared to go.

57.   Prime Minister Viktor Orban, however, is a former junior league soccer player and fan of the game.

58.   Sharks halfback Preston Campbell, who inspired his team to a midseason move up the standings, was named the Australian rugby league player of the year Monday.

59.   Several prominent Italian soccer league players whose urine turned up banned substances last season blamed their positive tests on food supplements.

60.   Seven other Italian league players have tested positive for Nandrolone this season.