HOLLAND coach Marco van Basten is keen to prove there is more than one potential World Cup winner in Group C.

HERE’S a scary thought: Despite Argentina’s 6-0 romp over Serbia-Montenegro, midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme figures the two-time champions need to get better.

Argentina produced some magical moments in the first half to leave Serbia and Montenegro stunned.

Porto midfielder Luis Gonzalez made his World Cup bow for one of the tournament favourites in this Group C encounter.

Savo Milosevic is set to achieve a personal milestone at the World Cup this afternoon.

LUIS GONZALEZ knows what is expected of him when he makes his World Cup bow for Argentina — a tough double shift.

Uncapped Independiente goalkeeper Oscar Ustari has beaten River Plate’s German Lux to the third goalkeeping berth in Argentina’s World Cup squad but the omission of Internazionale defender Javier Zanetti and Bayern Munich midfielder Martin Demichelis is the biggest talking point.

Air quality tests in a section of a Mexican coal mine where as many as 26 miners could have been working have shown there is not enough oxygen to sustain life, it was announced early today.

LOADED with glamour teams, the Confederations Cup has few friends outside FIFA. The tournament, a warm up for next year’s World Cup in Germany, prevents weary players from taking a summer break.

ARGENTINA beat defending champions Colombia 3-0 to advance to the finals of Copa America for the first time since 1993 - the year they won the title for the 14th time.

Argentina 3 Colombia 0

Argentina 6 Ecuador 1

US officials are today trying to calm mounting anthrax fears after two more cases of the desease were confirmed.