11.   Lithuania was missing NBA stars Arvydas Sabonis and Sarunas Marciulionis.

12.   Many fans feel the Cuban club, hurt by defections and missing several stars involved in the current playoffs, stand little chance against Baltimore.

13.   Munich, off to its slowest start in years, will also be missing injured stars Stefan Effenberg and Mehmet Scholl against St. Pauli.

14.   Or how much the Penguins will miss star forward Alexei Kovalev during the additional two weeks or so he will be out following arthroscopic knee surgery.

15.   Sweden, which failed to qualify for the World Cup after finishing third in the United States four years ago, also missed a few stars.

16.   The result was a boost for a young England side missing several stars currently in South Africa with the British Lions.

17.   The team is missing stars Le Jingyi, He Cihong and Liu Limin.

18.   In the other game London, missing injured stars Richie Barnett and Jason Hetherington, were far from fluent but had too much for an uninspired Halifax.

19.   The Reds backline was sorely missing Wallaby stars Jason Little and Damian Smith.

20.   Richmond came back towards the end, but they sorely missed international stars Ben Clarke, Allan Bateman, Craig Quinnell and Scott Quinnell.