61.   England defender Rio Ferdinand said his side had achieved their goal of qualifying from what was regarded as the toughest first phase group.

62.   They must surely qualify from their group, including newly-crowned African champions Nigeria, Bulgaria and Greece.

63.   Turkey, still with a chance to qualify from group three, meet Hungary, twice World Cup finalists yet now a fading football power.

64.   Three teams will qualify from Europe, the finals for that zonal section taking place in Antwerp next month.

65.   World champions Italy qualified from the Olympic volleyball preliminary round with their third straight group win on Thursday.

66.   Winless after three matches, Rangers must beat the Italians at Ibrox to keep alive their already remote chances of qualifying from Group C.

67.   Ireland are involved in a straight shoot-out with South Africa to decide who qualifies from Group Three while Australia remain Group Four favourites.

68.   Ireland exceeded expectations by qualifying from the group stage of the World Cup.

69.   It would create a major shock should either England or Australia not qualify from group one -- South Africa and Fiji are the other teams.

70.   Ivory Coast need to beat Tunisia to be certain of qualifying from group D.