41.   France and Scotland will field their strongest teams Saturday in their pool D showdown to determine group supremacy and who has to take on dreaded New Zealand.

42.   Grasshoppers is traditionally the strongest team in the Swiss league.

43.   German coach Berti Vogts said he believed Italy was the strongest team in the group even though Germany was the seeded team.

44.   He is scheduled to return his strongest team next season, with four starters back for the Mid-American Conference champions.

45.   He is scheduled to return his strongest team next season, with four starters back for the Mid-American Conference championship club.

46.   He was scheduled to return his strongest team next season, with four starters back for the MAC championship club.

47.   It seems to be hurt by being the strongest team in a weak region.

48.   It marks a major comedown for Hill, leaving the strongest team in Formula One for one of the weakest.

49.   It would mark a major comedown for Hill, leaving the strongest team in Formula One for one of the weakest.

50.   Japan midfielder Junichi Inamoto thinks Russia, not Belgium, is the strongest team in Group H of the World Cup finals.