CRICKET
A question of youth versus experience?
Last week's column in which three prominent members of the local cricket fraternity, Noel Gibbons, Dexter Basden and Ricky Hodsoll urged national team selectors to recall veteran player Charlie Marshall to the island's senior squad has raised a recurring question that exists in all sports — youth versus experience.
Stars will need to shine to beat Rangers
Western Stars are really struggling this season, particularly with the bat, where their shortcomings were exposed by the spin bowling of St David's Delyone Borden in the BELCO Cup last weekend.
Argentina looks on target
Best team performance Argentina. A virtuoso display of passing football from the South Americans against a team that people fancied as dark horses before the competition. It will take something to stop them if they continue to play like this.
GAME PREVIEWS
Three down, four victories to go for Brazil
With Spain already in Round Two and with top spot all but confirmed Luis Aragones is expected to field a virtual second team.
Brazil's winning streak stretches to 11 straight games
The preliminaries have been dispensed with and as the dust settles on the first three weeks of World Cup competition there are eight teams left standing.
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Seeing red — are refs making too many bad calls?
Referees have taken the spotlight this weekend, attracting more attention than the performances of the players.
SPORTS BRIEFS
New Cup Match scoreboard
For the first time in Cup Match history, there will be an electronic scoreboard.
Tucker can captain the squad and bat well
Last week the Bermuda Cricket Board announced the thirteen players chosen for the Stanford 20/20 tournament in Antigua.
ZBM: Glitches are not our fault
Frustrated football fans have been told the signal problems which affected the early coverage of the World Cup should be a thing of the past…. hopefully.
Will Rooney be England's saviour?
When Wayne Rooney went down clutching his broken toe, the young England striker thought his World Cup was over. Most England fans felt the same.
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Argentina — not Brazil — are playing the best football
1. ARGENTINAAny team that has Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi on the bench has to be the best team in the World Cup. It's too bad they play Germany in the quarters, because this match should be the final.
Brazil should punch semi-final ticket
A repeat of the '98 final this may be, but few are expecting a repeat of the 3-0 scoreline in favour of the French.
GAME PREVIEWS
Could Crouch be English hero?
It's the tie the island has been waiting for. But come 2pm on Saturday one set of fans is going to be crying in their beer.
KEY BATTLES
Who's got the best coach?
Sven Goran Eriksson v Luis 'Felipe' ScolariOr as British tabloid The Sun has dubbed it — Mr. Burns v Gene Hackman.
KEY BATTLES
Gerrard must win the midfield battle
Steven Gerrard v Nuno ManicheIn the Premiership there would be no question about who the boss was in this battle.
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