1.   BARRY COWAN, from Ormskirk, missed out on a quarter finals place in the Volkswagen Nationals Tennis Championships at Telford yesterday.

2.   The Ticos have virtually clinched a World Cup finals place.

3.   With team captain David Beckham convinced he will be fit, England is confident it will stop Germany from securing a World Cup finals place on Saturday.

4.   Havelange also outlined his personal opinion on the breakdown of finals places at the meeting.

5.   Enqvist, who squeezed into a season finals place a year ago, ended his own hopes in the defeat.

6.   Only one quarter-finals place remains at stake with four first-round matches to be played in the East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup in Rwanda.