1.   But for the good clean fun of international football, they would have gone on being indifferent to those others.

2.   Everyone knew Gary Lineker was saying farewell to international football and a new dawn was beckoning.

3.   He will retire from international football after the World Cup.

4.   Players who know international football.

5.   It was an entry to international football as perfectly timed as any of the crisp, balanced tackles he made in the course of his remarkable playing career.

6.   International football, like the European club scene, is a major source of cash as well as prestige for the Scottish game.

7.   He did not have very much money in France, but once he spent five francs to buy the cheapest ticket to watch an international football game.

8.   In February, the international football federation, FIFA, decided not to hold its world junior championship here in March.

9.   Kickers, you see, are the international football sign of failure.

10.   Since being plucked from the waters off South Florida, Elian Gonzalez has become the ultimate international political football.