81.   China will need four points from its three qualifying matches to reach the knockout stages of the World Cup finals, coach Bora Milutinovic said Thursday.

82.   Chilavert was suspended by FIFA for four games for spitting on Brazilian Roberto Carlos in a qualifying match last August.

83.   Colombia has hosted top teams and players without incident in World Cup qualifying matches during the past year.

84.   Danish soccer fans claim they were attacked by Greek supporters during a World Cup qualifying match in Athens this weekend, while Greek officials denied knowledge of an incident.

85.   Costa Rica and the United States played to a scoreless tie Wednesday night in their semifinal round World Cup qualifying match at Crew Stadium.

86.   Dietmar Hamann sees some parallels between England and Germany, which play a key World Cup qualifying match on Saturday.

87.   Despite protests by local Roman Catholic Church officials, the Italy-Moldova World Cup qualifying match will be played on Holy Saturday.

88.   Egypt and Slovakia split singles victories Friday when a Slovak withdrew because of muscle strain from Davis Cup tennis qualifying matches in the European-African region.

89.   Egypt took the lead in Davis Cup qualifying matches on Saturday when its doubles team of Hesham Hemida and Tamer al-Sawi outplayed their Slovak opponents.

90.   England is expected to play its first qualifying match next September.