101.   Veteran defender Ciro Ferrara is suspended while injured quartet Paolo Montero, Marcelo Salas, Alessandro Del Piero and Lilian Thuram have been recent injury casualties.

102.   Veteran defender Colin Hendry is to have a hernia operation, while Rangers experienced strike partnership of Ally McCoist and Gordon Durie also withdrew because of injury.

103.   Veteran Spanish defender Sergi has been ruled out of the World Cup finals because of a left ankle injury it was revealed Monday.

104.   Troubled Olympique Marseille said Friday it will sign veteran Belgian defender Michel de Wolf on a one-year contract next Wednesday.

105.   Veteran defender Ciro Ferrara is set to prolong his long stay at Italian first division outfit Juventus, Gazzetta dello Sport reported Thursday.

106.   Veteran defender Lee Dixon says the team will not be found wanting.

107.   Veteran defender Ciro Ferrara headed Juve in front and after the interval a Fabio Moro own goal looked to have killed the match.

108.   Veteran defender Paul McGrath accepted a new one-year contract with Aston Villa here on Friday.

109.   Veteran defender Steve Bruce walked out on Manchester United, the most successful club in English football, for first division strugglers Birmingham on Wednesday.

110.   Veteran Indian defender and captain Pargat Singh said the old weakness of converting penalty corners remained.