1.   REPUBLIC of Ireland midfield star Roy Keane was set to announce today that he will be joining Blackburn in time for the start of the new Premier League season.

2.   He scored two touchdowns and both times ran to the midfield star in Texas Stadium to celebrate.

3.   He turned to his midfield star, a year out of Senegal.

4.   Among them are central defender Juergen Kohler, who is now recovering from an injury, and midfield star Andreas Moeller.

5.   Arsenal midfield star Patrick Vieira held talks with Real Madrid in the Spanish capital with a view to a transfer, Spanish news reports said Wednesday.

6.   But Ribbeck feuded with Bernd Schuster, the aging but still skillful midfield star and cut him from the roster.

7.   Former England midfield star Paul Gascoigne left Everton for first division club Burnley on Saturday.

8.   France had pinned hopes of a late revival on the returning midfield star, who injured his thigh five days before the tournament started.

9.   French midfield star Youri Djorkaeff is leaving Internazionale of Milan after three years.

10.   Jonathan Davies almost reached those heights a decade ago and there are high hopes that another midfield star, Iestyn Harris, will lead the team to a recovery.