51.   Just a soccer match, yes.

52.   Luzhkov has embellished his can-do image with populist touches, such as leading his City Hall team in soccer matches and personally touring construction sites.

53.   More international soccer matches are played in Los Angeles every year than any other city in America.

54.   No soccer match before had ever sold out days in advance, because cash-poor fans traditionally buy their tickets at the stadium.

55.   Nor are they entitled to have Secretary of State Albright kick out the first ball at any Israeli or Palestinian soccer matches.

56.   On one recent Thursday, both shows drew higher ratings than a championship soccer match.

57.   Once, he said, he set a fire after refereeing a high school soccer match.

58.   President Bakr used to insist that Iraqi television continually showed gypsy dancers even if it was necessary to cancel the showing of popular soccer matches.

59.   Police now fear violence especially if frustrated and very hot Calcuttans are denied live television coverage of World Cup soccer matches.

60.   Putting aside politics, I went to a Sunday soccer match at a large stadium in the northern part of the city.