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STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – A sublime second-half hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo took Portugal to the World Cup finals with a 4-2 aggregate victory after he stunned battling Sweden in their playoff on Tuesday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Oribe Peralta scored a first half hat-trick as Mexico beat New Zealand 4-2 in the second leg of their intercontinental playoff on Wednesday to earn a place at the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

North Georgetown (District 11) yesterday once again asserted their aquatic supremacy by winning the swimming event of the 53rd edition of the National School’s Athletics, Swimming and Cycling Championship held at the Castellani Pool.

Georgetown Football Association (GFA) President Vernon Burnett says that preparation for the third edition of the annual GFA/Banks Beer Knockout Cup has been progressing smoothly.

The defiance displayed by West Indies selectors in the face of withering criticism and shame in light of the latest annihilation of the West Indies senior team in the just concluded Test series in India is mind-boggling.

The ninth edition of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival was officially launched yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

Half-centuries from Albion Community Centre players Jonathan Foo and Devendra Bishoo and another from Universal Solutions Bermine Shemroy Barrington steered their respective teams to the second round of the 2013 Ramcharitar Construction Services first-division limited overs knockout competition last weekend.

Philbert London on Saturday won the Wartsila sponsored golf tournament held at the Lusignan Golf Club.

(Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen believes his self-confidence is often perceived as arrogance but says he can live with that public image.

Left-hander Vishal Singh stroked an unbeaten half-century for the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) team, inspiring an eight-wicket win over the Ontario Cricket Association (OCA) yesterday in the third T20 match organised by the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB).

MUMBAI, India, CMC- Fast bowler Jason Holder says the players joining West Indies for their One-Day Series (ODI) against India are helping to bring a new focus to the side following their heavy losses in the just concluded two-match test series.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Former West Indies test player Bryan Davis has suggested a change in the captaincy of the regional side following their lopsided defeats against India in the just concluded two-test series.

Marlon Nicholson of District 5 West Coast Berbice defeated a seasoned field to win the 10k Road Race yesterday in the first event of the Ministry of Education/Guyana Teachers’ Union Digicel-sponsored National Schools’ Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships.

(Reuters) – Australia’s fast bowling stocks got some welcome news on Tuesday after James Pattinson suggested he could be fit in time for matches later in the Ashes series against England.

PUNE, India, CMC- Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has blamed a heavy diet of T20 cricket for the regional side’s humiliating defeat to India in the just concluded two-match test series.

MUMBAI, India, CMC- Former West Indies Captain Brian Lara has questioned the decision by selectors to ignore Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine for the Test leg of West Indies’ tour of India.

PUNE, India , CMC-West Indies cricket selectors seem to be coming under increasing pressure to review the role of test captain Darren Sammy following the team’s humiliating innings defeat to India in the recently concluded two-match test series.

MUMBAI, India, CMC-Former West Indies Captain Brian Lara has questioned the decision by selectors to ignore Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine for the Test leg of West Indies’ tour of India.

PUNE, India, CMC- Former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd has blamed a heavy diet of T20 cricket for the regional side’s humiliating defeat to India in the just concluded two-match test series.

Ransford Goodluck retained his title on a hard fought final day of competition at the National Rifle Shooting championships sponsored by Crown Mining, Queensway and Industrial Safety Supplies Inc.