51.   It is expected to secure wild-card entries in individual gymnastic, judo and shooting events as regional or international qualifying competitions had ended, the association said.

52.   Malaysia and Canada will be battling for the last remaining slot in the Olympic hockey tournament when the qualifying competition draws to a close here on Sunday.

53.   Momo Soumah scored his fourth goal of the qualifying competition to complete an impressive Guinean performance in Ouagadougou after Souleymane Oulare had given the visitors an early lead.

54.   Paraguay, who signed Hungarian coach Ladislav Kubala, have admitted to using this as a stepping stone for the next World Cup qualifying competition.

55.   Russia will now meet Switzerland to compete for one of the two places in the La Manga regional qualifying competition of the Federation Cup.

56.   The country is excluded from many events, judo included, as qualifying competitions for them are already completed.