111.  There have been a host of top stars who have elected to represent another country in recent years.

112.  Tottenham, at the end of a long and tiring season, did not field their top stars either.

113.  Top stars conspicuously missing from the tentative World Cup squad include former captain Sunday Oliseh and Finidi George of English Premiership side Ipswich.

114.  Its new stockholders include other top stars and models including Wesley Snipes, Cindy Crawford, Tom Arnold, Melanie Griffith and Jean-Claude van Damme.

115.  Look out for an outsider coming up on the rails eas the ATP Monte Carlo Masters event opens Monday shorn of a raft of injured top stars.

116.  Miles added his voice to those of three top stars.

117.  Murdoch is also financing the European Super League and is understood to have promised extra cash to keep the top stars in Britain.

118.  Smith praised his side who were without several top stars through injury like Brian Laudrup, Paul Gascoigne and Ally McCoist.

119.  Spurs are now expected to target a top European star, whose international pedigree has already been proved and whose salary expectations would fit in with their pay scale.

120.  Team selection remains a problem with at least three top stars from European clubs unable to break into the side.