101.  While working for the EUO they receive coaching from top Opera stars.

102.  Without that commercial activity, however, the NZRFU cannot reinvest in the grassroots rugby that is as crucial to the fans as the top level stars.

103.  Without its top stars from European clubs, now busy with league play, Brazil will field an all-domestic squad.

104.  However, the former Rangers and Kilmarnock winger has been frustrated by a lack of funds and been forced to sell top stars like Alan McLaren and Tosh McKinlay.

105.  A studio producing pornographic films has insured the genitals of its top male star for one million dollars amid concerns he might injure himself motorcycling.

106.  And four more top stars are rated doubtful by Smith -- goalkeeper Andy Goram, former Ajax forward Peter Van Vossen, Stuart McCall and Charlie Miller.

107.  But the former Rangers and Kilmarnock winger has been frustrated by a lack of funds and been forced to sell top stars like Alan McLaren and Tosh McKinlay.

108.  Canada, the Olympic silver medallists in Lillehammer, paid the price for leaving their top stars behind in the National Hockey League.

109.  Canada, the Olympic silver medallists in Lillehammer, paid the price for having top stars stay behind in a National Hockey League season extended by a salary fight.

110.  Top stars conspicuously missing from a tentative World Cup squad named last week included former captain Sunday Oliseh and Finidi George of English Premiership side Ipswich.