1.  Also present at the Sydney press conference was national captain Phil Kearns, who had publicly stated his support for some of the WRC proposals.

2.  Baresi was captain of AC Milan for sixteen years and Italian national captain for four years.

3.  Earlier, former national captain Greg Chappell and test batsman Stan McCabe were inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.

4.  Fan Zhiyi, the Chinese national captain, and Sun Jihai moved to Selhurst Park in August in the first transfer deals ever between English and Chinese clubs.

5.  He has also served as national captain recently because of an injury to Lothar Matthaeus.

6.  Most recently he has been national captain, although that could change with the reintegration into the squad of Vitor Paneira, who has more international caps.

7.  National captain Juergen Klinsmann said Monday he is leaving the Bayern Munich soccer team at the end of the season.

8.  Police on Tuesday said that they have arrested a Pakistani national who was plotting to kidnap Indian cricket superstar Sachin Tendulkar and national captain Saurav Ganguly.

9.  There is also the comforting prospect of the return from injury of veteran defender Lucas Radebe, a former national captain.

10.  Former national captain Bryan Robson reiterated on Thursday that he does not want to succeed Terry Venables as England coach.