41.   German soccer league officials suspended Czech goalkeeper Petr Kouba of Kaiserslautern for four weeks Wednesday for using banned anabolic steroids to treat a career-threatening knee injury.

42.   German soccer officials call for UEFA salary cap similar to U.S.

43.   German soccer officials came up with another solution Wednesday on how to find good players for their once-feared national team.

44.   German soccer officials have long said that if teams are allowed to contract an unlimited number of foreigners, they would neglect their work with German youth soccer programs.

45.   German soccer authorities Saturday forbid a CLT-UFA subsidiary from investing in more than one German professional soccer club for fear of influencing matches.

46.   German soccer captain Oliver Bierhoff, who is going through a scoring slump, says he should be benched if he continues to struggle.

47.   German soccer international Andreas Moeller has torn a ligament in his left leg and will miss up to six weeks of ply, coach Berti Vogts said Monday.

48.   German soccer officials, following the loss to the United States, were busy trying to defend their decision to send the national team to the Confederations Cup.

49.   German soccer federation president Egidius Braun on Sunday mentioned the possibility of a joint bid with England.

50.   German soccer international Andreas Moeller has torn a ligament in his left leg and will miss up to six weeks, coach Berti Vogts said Monday.