101.  New Australian coach Greg Smith said his side, featuring nine changes from last year, lacked cohesion.

102.  On Wednesday night, Australian coach Don Talbot accused the referee of bias in an in-your-face pool-deck confrontation, and demanded an appeal.

103.  On Friday, Australian coach Rod Macqueen said his side is not thinking about the World Cup, preferring instead to concentrate on achieving its goals against Ireland.

104.  Sri Lanka also replaced Australian coach Bruce Yardley with Sri Lankan Roy Dias.

105.  Sporting officials bowed to pressure Wednesday by agreeing to review the appointment of former East German track and field coach Eckhard Arbeit as Australian coach.

106.  That prompted Australian national swimming coach Don Talbot to accuse them publicly of cheating by using drugs.

107.  The Americans rejecting claims by Australian coach Phil Smyth that this U.S. squad was better than the Dream Team that won the Olympic gold in Sydney last September.

108.  The Australian coach said the Chinese should be thrown out of the remainder of the world championships and their medals won in the pool should be returned.

109.  The Australian national coach, who was due to leave for England on Thursday, said he had helped the club by selling his shares at a reduced rate.

110.  The Sri Lankan cricket board said Tuesday it parted ways with Australian bowling coach Daryl Foster following a dispute about reimbursement of the cost of an airplane ticket.