London, Jan 4  Ashley Giles should be made stand-in England coach in the West Indies while a permanent successor of Peter Moores is head hunted, according to a leading UK daily.

Assuming that Managing Director of England Cricket Board Morris cannot reconcile skipper Kevin Pietersen and coach Moores, the idea is gaining ground that Ashley Giles should take the team to the Caribbean as the temporary or emergency coach, The Telegraph reported.

Giles, an Ashes winner, England selector, a member of the last England team to win in the West Indies, and someone who has had a lengthy playing relationship with Pietersen.

He has almost everything except the experience of coaching, limited as he has been to one season in charge of Warwickshire.

Melbourne, Jan 4 : Former Test selector John Benaud has called for an overhaul of Australia's selection panel, and said that legend Shane Warne would be the ideal candidate to lead a new era.

Criticising the current selection panel, Benaud labelled the national selectors "too conservative" and believes Andrew Hilditch, Jamie Cox or David Boon must be sacked.

The selection quartet of Hilditch, Cox, Boon and Merv Hughes has been pilloried in the wake of South Africa's series win, with the panel particularly under fire for selecting an injured Andrew Symonds for the Boxing Day Test, the Daily Telegraph reported.

Madrid  - Spanish leaders Barcelona kicked off 2009 with a 3- 1 comeback at home over lowly Mallorca on Saturday, with goals from Thierry Henry, Andres Iniesta and Yaya Toure.

Record-breaking Barca now have 44 points from 17 games - the highest-ever total at this stage of the season - 11 more than Valencia, who moved up to second late Saturday with a 3-1 defeat of Atletico Madrid.

"It was a great way for us to start the year," said Henry, in his best form since joining Barca from Arsenal in 2007.

Lahore, Jan. 3 : Despite India calling -off its cricket tour to Pakistan, relations between the two cricket boards have not suffered any dent.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rejected reports which suggested that the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) was behind the delay in Sri Lanka's confirmation of its tour of Pakistan.

"Despite the cancellation of the Indian team's tour, the PCB continues to have good relations with the BCCI," PCB chief operating officer Salim Altaf said.

London, Jan 3: Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has asked his ace striker Cristiano Ronaldo to stop retaliating against his opponents on the field, because the spotlight is always on him.

The Portuguese star has been involved in a number of controversial incidents of late after being fouled.

Ronaldo has kicked out at Scott Brown of the Celtic, the Spurs' Michael Dawson and Stoke's Andy Wilkinson. This week he had a tunnel bust-up with Middlesbrough defender Emanuel Pogatetz, The Sun reported.

Melbourne, Jan 3: South African skipper Graeme Smith has said that Australian selectors are in chaos and confused and the squad picked for the Sydney Test confirms it.

After Ben Hilfenhaus was chosen to carry the drinks for today's SCG Test, Smith said the Aussie selection panel again had got it wrong by naming left-arm quick Doug Bollinger for his debut.