81.   Emon said Marseille sports director Bernard Tapie asked him to stay in the job until the summer.

82.   Even before being formally hired as sports director, Toni had travelled to Brazil to convince Autuori to take the Benfica job.

83.   Final agreement was reached in a meeting Wednesday between ACOG sports director Dave Maggard and Istvan Gyulai, secretary general of the International Amateur Athletic Federation.

84.   Federation sports director Frank Hensel, who toured North Carolina-Charlotte on Monday, said a decision should be made within two weeks.

85.   Following the advice of their attorneys, Rutgers officials refused to comment, sports information director John Wooding said.

86.   French newspapers reported earlier Saturday that he had been fired by club sports director Bernard Tapie after an argument over playing tactics.

87.   French newspapers reported Saturday that he had been fired by club sports director Bernard Tapie after an argument over playing tactics.

88.   Germany coach Rudi Voeller, a former sports director for Leverkusen, called it the biggest moment in club history after watching from the stands.

89.   He also wrote a daily outdoors column for the now-defunct Tampa Times and served as sports director for a Tampa television station.

90.   He has already indicated he will offer the job of FIFA sports director to French soccer hero and World Cup organizing committee chairman Michel Platini.