1.   Ballymena were confirmed on Sunday as the team to make the drop when Bangor defeated a depleted North side by runs.

2.   WREXHAM turned out a depleted side for their McDonalds Young Athletes League fixture at Rotherham but in teenager Craig Jones had one of the top individual performers.

3.   Pakistan starts as favorites against a depleted Sri Lankan side in the Asian Cricket Test Championship final beginning Friday.

4.   The Japanese team was a depleted side with eight of its regular players unable to come to India.

5.   Wayne Ferreira will lead South Africa against a depleted Russian side in a Davis Cup World Group match beginning Friday.

6.   A depleted Russian side, under legendary coach Viktor Tikhonov, suffered their worst Olympic defeat in a five-goal thrashing at the hands of Finland.

7.   AC Milan should be celebrating their fourth Italian championship in five seasons on Sunday, after doing battle with a depleted Fiorentina side at San Siro.

8.   Australia were a depleted side, missing key players Paul Lewis, Ken Wark and Brendan Garard injured in the preliminary round.

9.   Colombia finished third for the second consecutive Copa and could easily have doubled the score against a depleted American side.

10.   With Germany, the second seeds, fielding a depleted side, Scotland were strongly fancied as possible finalists against England.