11.   Alan Ball quit as Southampton manager Saturday to join premiership rival Manchester City next week.

12.   Four lawmakers, considered among her closest allies, joined the rival but ideologically similiar Motherland Party of caretaker Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz.

13.   He later joined the rival FNLA, or National Front for the Liberation of Angola, then went into exile after that movement faded into insignificance.

14.   Hitachi would join Japanese rivals NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. in announcing large payroll reductions amid slumping demand for semiconductors, computers and other electronics components.

15.   Five million pound-rated Norwich striker Chris Sutton has two days to decide whether to join Premiership rivals Blackburn or Arsenal.

16.   Former Newcastle midfielder Robert Lee joined Premiership rivals Derby County for an undisclosed fee Thursday.

17.   But Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. joined rivals Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. Tuesday in the small car market when it launched the new March subcompact.

18.   Last Thursday, it was announced that Blackman had joined the rival National Democratic Party.

19.   Manchester United striker Dion Dublin has joined Premiership rivals Coventry City in a two-million-pound deal.