Soccer: Romario's final bid for spot in Cup team

Brazil's 1994 soccer World Cup-winning hero Romario still has a chance to make it to this year's finals after national coach Luiz Scolari revealed yesterday that he had one vacancy left in his final squad.

Scolari has so far resisted enormous pressure to include Romario, 36, but a correspondent for the normally well-informed newspaper O Globo, says Romario's name will be on the final squad list when it is named on Tuesday.

Romario, who has had a successful season with Vasco da Gama, last month launched an emotional appeal to be included in the squad.

The debate over his inclusion reached such levels that even Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso declared the striker should be selected.