21.   Powered by Gina Gogean and unrivaled across-the-board difficulty, Romania jumped to the lead of the qualifying competition at the World Gymnastics Championships on Monday.

22.   Qualifying competitions for the British Open at Birkdale are being held at four courses.

23.   Russia still took a comfortable lead in the preliminary standings but all major title contenders still had to compete in the qualifying competition which stretches into Monday.

24.   Sergi Bruguera of Spain defeated Mexican Luis Enrique Herrera in five sets Friday to open a qualifying competition for the Davis Cup World Group.

25.   She had to go through a qualifying competition to be able to compete at the Olympics in Japan.

26.   The order of play will only be decided late Sunday night after the end of the qualifying competition, the organizers said.

27.   The winner of the group will advance to second-round qualifying competition among eight teams.

28.   They were kicked out of the qualifying competition as part of United Nations sanctions arising out of the wars in Croatia and Bosnia.

29.   Two players who made their way into the main draw through the qualifying competition faced off in the second semifinal.

30.   With its latest victory in the six-match tournament, Jamaica emerged the Group One victor of the Caribbean Zone preliminary Olympic qualifying competition.