21.  The recommendation came in a report into the financial state of the game by Sir John Smith, a former Metropolitan police deputy commissioner.

22.  Belgian football club Molenbeek were on Wednesday relegated from the first to third division because of their parlous financial state.

23.  While Blatter has always maintained that FIFA was in a healthy financial state, Chung and Johansson claim that the movement was in crisis and near bankruptcy.

24.  Istanbul-based Galatasaray, despite their parlous financial state, are keen for him to stay though the French side want to speak to Sas again.

25.  The man, who would not identify himself, was despondent over his financial state and was taken to a local hospital for psychological evaluation, Gallinot said.