41.   Cipollini was expected to drop out before the mountains, as he had done before in the Tour de France.

42.   Conrad had one more name to drop before concluding his interview.

43.   Commonwealth Games team reserve Duncan van Rooyen was dropped before the Games after testing positive to Clenbuterol.

44.   For Barcelona, the disappointing loss puts in jeopardy the future of their coach Johann Cruyff and likely will spark rumors of players to be dropped before next season.

45.   Former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell dropped out before the first ballot and is backing Clarke.

46.   In five Tours de France, he has dropped out before the mountains each time.

47.   In Monza, he also started from the pole but dropped behind before coming back to win.

48.   In quarterfinal doubles action, Anna Kournikova and Monica Seles advanced after Serena Williams dropped out before the match started because she was feeling sick.

49.   Injuries forced three tennis players, Pete Sampras, Steffi Graf and Chanda Rubin, to drop out before the competition even got underway.

50.   Malik had been dropped before scoring by England captain Mike Atherton in the previous over bolwed by Mark Ealham.