71.   Ioannidis gave no indication what his future plans were but press reports said he had been offered posts at other first division clubs.

72.   It said lower division clubs needed to increase off-field revenues to survive.

73.   Italian first division soccer club Atalanta of Bergamo has signed Uruguayan teenage forward Federico Magallanes, team officials announced Wednesday.

74.   Italian professional players on Tuesday voiced their opposition to the use of more players from countries outside the EU bloc which is being sought by Italian first division clubs.

75.   James Kelly, a midfielder with first division club Wolverhampton Wanderers, was sentenced to five years in jail Tuesday for kicking a man to death outside a hotel.

76.   Joensuun Kataja, a first division club below the championship series, was one of the first to bring over black American players.

77.   Kennedy, who plays for English first division club Wolverhampton, told Ireland manager Mick McCarthy he was not fit to travel with the squad to Japan on Friday.

78.   Keegan, who is now chief operating officer at division two club Fulham, shocked English soccer last January when he announced his resignation after five years as manager.

79.   Japan international goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi is expected to announce that he has agreed to a transfer to British division one club Portsmouth, local media reported Saturday.

80.   Jimmy Nicholl was fired Monday as manager of Millwall as part of a huge shakeup of the financially-strapped second division club.