61.   Seven Italian league players have tested positive for banned substances this season.

62.   Some Australian rugby league players expressed nervousness and apprehension about their tour of Britain.

63.   South Sydney rugby league player Damien Mostyn was suspended without pay by the National Rugby League team Monday after being charged with dealing ecstacy tablets.

64.   The former Bradford, Wigan and Leeds rugby league player, who excelled either as a forward or a back, said the dispute was not over money.

65.   The only Yugoslav league player on the team for the game at the sold-out Belgrade Red Star stadium will be goalkeeper Aleksandar Kocic of Vojvodina Novi Sad.

66.   The top rugby league players in England, by contrast, almost match some of the soccer stars in income.

67.   The skills and athleticism of the professional league players caught many union traditionalists by surprise.

68.   The U.S. squad, mostly independent league players, is scheduled to face Ecuador on Saturday in a Pan Am Cup opener in Panama.

69.   Two male rugby league players died Sunday in separate incidents and a female player suffered a spinal injury in a tragic day for the sport in Sydney.

70.   Western Suburbs rugby league player Adrian Rainey is yet to be sanctioned for the same substance and his teammate Matt Spence received a seven-match suspension for amphetamines.