51.   The French only have two medals in Olympic soccer history.

52.   The victory also helped erase some of the memories of another dark chapter in English soccer history.

53.   Vieri became the most expensive transfer in Italian soccer history on Wednesday when Internazionale of Milan finalized the record deal to get him from Lazio of Rome.

54.   The Premier Soccer League, billed as the most exciting event in South African soccer history, made a disappointing debut at the weekend.

55.   The suspensions by the Scottish Football Association are among the stiffest in Scottish soccer history.

56.   Mexicans were celebrating the first time in World Cup soccer history that their home team made it through the first round of competition.

57.   Only two years in the job, Constantine had worked his magic, rewritting Nepal soccer history by turning no hopers into sociation.