11.   Berlin will be backed by a concerted effort from the German federation, but is required to bear the financial risks alone.

12.   But the German federation refused to do it.

13.   Frank Hensel, secretary general of the German federation, said Tuesday that Baumann may seek another court injunction to gain a spot on the team.

14.   German swimming federation president Ruediger Tretow said Monday he had received no official notification about Hoffman and had not known about his admission, made on Australian television.

15.   German federation president Egidius Braun said UEFA will send Blatter a letter to ask for his intentions.

16.   German swimming federation president Ruediger Tretow said a decision on a possible appeal was expected late Monday, but added the process would not favor Leopold.

17.   He then faxed the German federation to suggest he be included on the team, but he was denied.

18.   Hensel said the German federation plans to ask the IAAF to delay its final decision on the suspension of eight other runners until an IAAF meeting in Lisbon.

19.   Leopold was handed back his accreditation by German swimming federation president Ruediger Tretow, who then gave the team leader a bear hug.

20.   Many see him as a future president of the influential German federation, and later as chairman of FIFA.