Sports

By Iva Wharton Sport Minister Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday said he is considering writing a letter to FIFA, the world governing body on football, seeking their intervention to bring an end to the impasse between the GFF and GFA.

Western Tigers are confident of winning the Kashif and Shanghai football title, their coach Calvin Alleyne declared yesterday.

Despite winning only one game in their first international tournament, Coach of the University of Guyana’s Rugby team, Lawrence Adonis said that his charges were very competitive and the best is yet to come.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago rescued their CFU Caribbean Cup hopes when they beat the Dominican Republic to reach the semi-finals and qualify for the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the first time in five years.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Chris Martin, the New Zealand pace bowler who condemned Phillip Hughes to another year on the sidelines, has heaped pressure on the Australian batsman as he attempts to revive his test career against Sri Lanka in Hobart.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Any comfortable assumptions that world cricket has largely eradicated corruption after the shock of the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal are challenged in a disturbing new book investigating India’s illegal bookmaking underworld.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Dashing West Indies Women batsman Deandra Dottin says she is eagerly looking forward to returning to Warner Park, when South Africa Women visit the Caribbean for a limited overs series next month.

Permission was granted for cricketers in training for the CT20 to use the National Stadium at Providence, not the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) says Sport Minister Dr.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia open the post-Ricky Ponting era with three tests against Sri Lanka over the next four weeks, desperate to build on the positives from a thrilling series against South Africa and hoping to emerge with the opposite outcome.

 (Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket has publicly apologised to Ross Taylor for its poor handling of the former captain’s demotion.

 (Reuters) – Shane Watson will bat at number four position in the Australian test batting order, the all-rounder said yesterday, insisting the move will allow him to make greater impact with the ball.

MELBOURNE, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Chris Martin, the New Zealand pace bowler who condemned Phillip Hughes to another year on the sidelines, has heaped pressure on the Australian batsman as he attempts to revive his test career against Sri Lanka in Hobart.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Manaus, one of the 12 cities due to stage soccer World Cup matches in Brazil in 18 months, will be ready on time, despite fears expressed by FIFA, Brazil’s deputy sports minister Luis Fernandes said yesterday.

By Iva Wharton Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) on Cricket, Clive Lloyd says he will try to have some of the mixed messages in the public domain about the upcoming CT20 tournament clarified.

(Trinidad Express) The women’s crown in the RMSL (Reliability and Maintenance Services Limited) Super Singles Table Tennis Tournament has gone back to Guyana.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – Cricket fans will get the golden opportunity to secure their favourite seats for the Caribbean T20 2013 when tickets go on sale later this month.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies Women and South Africa Women will clash in two Twenty20 Internationals that will serve as a precursor to the finals of the Caribbean Twenty20 in St Lucia next month.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is hosting a ‘C’ Class Open tournament this weekend at the National Gymnasium, as part of its programme to introduce and revitalise the sport countrywide.

(Reuters) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic continued his devastating run of scoring form when he netted his maiden Ligue 1 hat-trick to inspire Paris St Germain to a clinical 4-0 win at Valenciennes yesterday.

By Iva Wharton There has been some improvement in Netball since Guyana’s participation in the International Federation of Netball Associations’ (IFNA) tournament in Trinidad earlier this year.