31.   Twenty-five teams are competing for three slots allotted to Asia for the Olympic soccer finals.

32.   Voting booths began filling up after the World Cup soccer final ended, when supporters of the victor, Brazil, ran into the streets to celebrate.

33.   World Cup soccer finals next year, after playing to a scoreless draw against Greece Saturday.

34.   He said it was unfair to sack Amodu after he qualified Nigeria for the soccer finals.

35.   Bear said that Houston would perform Sunday at the World Cup soccer final in Pasadena, California.

36.   China has never reached the Olympic soccer finals.

37.   Longmore said the only comparable event in Britain, the FA Cup soccer final, had nothing like the pre-game pageantry of the US gala.

38.   Nigeria posted a disappointing first-half in a game to bid their fans farewell before flying out to Europe to shape up for the soccer finals in Asia.

39.   Nigeria failed to advance beyond the group stages of the soccer finals in Asia after they lost to Argentina and Sweden and drew with England.

40.   Officials said the two leaders will try to steer around sensitive issues and focus on the problem of North Korea and the soccer finals.