Anelka misses the cut

Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka has been left out of the French World Cup squad - but Highbury team-mates Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel…

Arsenal striker Nicolas Anelka has been left out of the French World Cup squad - but Highbury team-mates Patrick Vieira and Emmanuel Petit are both in coach Aime Jacquet's 22.

Jacquet preferred Monaco striker Thierry Henry to 19-yearold Anelka.

Norway will boast a triple Premiership strike-force. Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been named in the squad alongside Southampton's Egil Ostenstad and Chelsea's Tore Andre Flo.

Tottenham duo Frode Grodas and Espen Baardsen will contest the goalkeeper's shirt with Everton's Thomas Myhre, while United also provide defenders Henning Berg and Ronny Johnsen.

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Liverpool's Stig Inge Bjornebye and Oyvind Leonhardsen will figure in defence and midfield respectively, while there are also call-ups for Leeds full back Gunnar Halle, plus former Sheffield United star Jostein Flo and Staale Solbakken, who had a spell at Wimbledon this season.

There is no place, though, for another Leeds player, midfielder Alf Inge Haaland.

Only six of the players named by Romania for first-round Group G matches against England, Tunisia and Colombia are based in Romania.

The only major absentee is Atletico Madrid defender Daniel Prodan, who is suffering from a knee injury.

Tunisia coach Henri Kasperczak has surprisingly included striker Adel Sellimi, who plays for second division Spanish side Jaen, in his 22.

Sellimi, capped 52 times, had been out of form but impressed Kasperczak in Tunisia's last warm-up match against Chile last Sunday when he scored in a 3-2 defeat to Chile.

Veteran striker Kazuyoshi Miura failed to make Japan's squad and Cameroon have sprung a surprise by leaving out defender Tockene Bertin.

Rufai Wins Nigeria Call-Up

Nigerian goalkeeper Peter Rufai, only called up to the World Cup training camp in Switzerland last week, has been included in the country's 22. The Deportivo La Coruna goalkeeper was one of three late additions to the squad, the others being defenders Benedict Iroha and Augustine Eguavoen.

Koreans Pick Record Scorer For Finals

Hwang Sun-hong, South Korea's leading scorer of all time, crowned his return to form by being named in their squad. The 29-year-old was recalled to the national team in April after a two-year break due to a knee injury.