51.   FC Barcelona chairman Jose Luis Nunez said Sunday that the U.S. athletic shoe and apparel maker Nike wants Brazilian soccer star Ronaldo to stay with the Spanish club.

52.   Fellow Spanish club Mallorca is also suffering in the Spanish League.

53.   FIFA Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane is weighing a move from Serie A champion Juventus of Turin to a Spanish club.

54.   FC Porto has rejected repeated offers from Spanish club Deportivo de la Coruna to buy the player.

55.   Former Barcelona manager Bobby Robson believes the Spanish club has the advantage.

56.   Frenchman Bixente Lizarazu is free to register with Bayern Munich, having validly bought out his contract with Spanish club Athletic Bilbao, FIFA ruled Tuesday.

57.   He also played in the United States with the Seattle Sounders of the North American Soccer League and with the Spanish club Hercules Alicante.

58.   He confirmed that his brothers, who act as his agents, have been speaking to Real Madrid about a possible move to the Spanish club.

59.   He ended his playing career last June, quitting Spanish club Valencia, and signed a four-year contract with Monaco as technical director.

60.   He has taken up the slack left when Arvidas Sabonis, who starred for the Spanish club for nearly a decade, left to the NBA.