1.   Dallas, Minnesota and New Orleans will clinch play-off places by winning this weekend.

2.   Glenn Hoddle back from Wembley, after helping the Robins clinch a place in the top flight for the first time in their history.

3.   MIDDLESBROUGH have set themselves a target of remaining unbeaten to the end of the season to clinch a place in the Premier League.

4.   It also clinched their place in the European Clubs Championship, in which they have won the silver medal for the past four years.

5.   Any combination of Yankees victories and Baltimore defeats totaling four would clinch first place in the American League East.

6.   But if the Jets roll through Buffalo, they will clinch first place in the AFC East.

7.   But the Braves won the next three and clinched first place.

8.   But this time, clinching second place and taking one more big step toward the Major League Soccer Western Conference championship hangs in the balance.

9.   Certainly the Rangers endured a nightmarish first period against Florida, which clinched fourth place in the Eastern Conference and opens in the playoffs against Boston.

10.   He clinched fifth place in the finals of the ninth-annual National Geography Bee.