81.   De Boer, who stars for FC Barcelona, received the same suspension from the European soccer federation.

82.   Ecuador skirted a potential disaster in January when the national soccer federation re-elected Chiriboga as president.

83.   Emara said a temporary soccer federation will be set up until a new one can be elected.

84.   European soccer federations are up in arms since they can satisfy only a fraction of demand.

85.   England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own separate soccer federations and play independently.

86.   Ferrigno was suspended by the Italian soccer federation pending an investigation.

87.   FIFA also flatly rejected an informal suggestion by the German soccer federation that the team withdraw from the Cup.

88.   FIFA lifted its suspension of the Greek soccer federation Thursday following the resolution of a bureaucratic wrangle with the Greek government.

89.   FIFA President Sepp Blatter told reporters the organization had received requests to suspend Israel from eight Arab soccer federations, but that its ruling executive committee would not agree.

90.   FIFA failed to press national soccer federations to meet information deadlines on how many tickets were unsold.