31.   Hwang, who will retire from international football after the World Cup, needed five stitches in the cut but is fit to play against Portual.

32.   I almost retired from international football last year after a match against Burkina Faso.

33.   If the defence does prove shaky, Advocaat can at least count on one of the safest pairs of hands in international football in Hans Van Breukelen.

34.   In the cosy world of international football politics it had been agreed behind closed doors, as previous World Cups, that it would be held in Japan.

35.   Indonesia enjoyed similar territorial supremacy over Laos, in only their second international football tournament, with each of their sides precocious talents getting a goal.

36.   International friendly football match between Japan and the Ukraine in Osaka.

37.   International football officials are looking for a creditable performance from the United States to justify their decision to give the World Cup to America.

38.   According to the international football body, FIFA is going to ask Haller to return the ball before handing it on to its rightful owner -- Geoff Hurst.

39.   Adiya Lileka restored the three-goal advantage of the Congolese within four minutes, but a tie-clinching fifth goal eluded the newcomers to international football.

40.   Advocaat said Gullit, who has only just returned to international football after a self-imposed exile, did not give any reasons for his departure.