51.   The tournament starts Thursday night with Buckler facing Maccabi, and Real Madrid playing Sheffield.

52.   The tournament starts Tuesday at the Bercy sports stadium.

53.   The tournament started in February and finished in August because of bad weather.

54.   The tournament starts Friday in order to take advantage of a Monday holiday.

55.   When the four-nation Independence Cup cricket tournament starts in India on Friday, one cricketer could stand out if his outstanding form with the bat continues.

56.   In the next round Davenport faces a possibly tougher test than many expected when the tournament started when she plays another former child star, Gabriela Sabatini.

57.   Before the tournament started our objective was to get to the quarter-finals, so we have surprised ourselves.

58.   The tournament starts in Cape Town on Thursday when defending champions Australia take on South Africa.

59.   The tournament starts Friday with an opening match between France and Senegal in Seoul.

60.   The two-week tournament will start Sunday in Osaka, western Japan.