21.   Last month ITV outbid BBC for the English FA Cup soccer final, one of the highlights in the TV sports year in Britain.

22.   Lauded as an Asian soccer power, South Korea has made it to the World Cup soccer finals six times.

23.   Nugraha played down an international ban imposed by the AFC on Indonesia following riots which tarnished the SEA Games soccer final.

24.   Police used tear-gas and batons to disperse fans who became violent prior to the Italian Cup soccer final Saturday night.

25.   President Kim Dae-jung on Tuesday urged rival political parties and labor unions Tuesday to suspend all feuding during the upcoming World Cup soccer finals.

26.   South Korea has made it to the World Cup soccer finals six times.

27.   That seems to be the current fad for staging international soccer finals.

28.   The co-hosting decision had ended an often bitter competition over the soccer finals between the neighbors, whose ties were already tense because of historical animosities.

29.   The soccer final was to take place Saturday at the Olympic stadium just before the closing ceremony.

30.   They were hoping for a Vietnamese victory in the SEA Games soccer final played Saturday evening in Chiang Mai, Thailand.