Sports

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – If Trinidad and Tobago Sports Minister Anil Roberts had his way, national football coach Otto Pfister would be out of his US$50 000 per-month job.

(Reuters) – Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova  was voted WTA’s Player of the Year on Monday following a season  in which she claimed her debut grand slam title, steered the  Czech Republic to Fed Cup glory and shot up 32 places in the  world rankings.

Gavin Lewis, Jeremy Miller and Andre Lopes hardly broke a sweat to defeat their opponents on Monday night when play continued in the Pegasus Open tennis tournament.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – The interim committee  running Sri Lankan cricket was dissolved by Sports Minister  Mahindananda Aluthgamage yesterday with elections likely next  month.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana men’s rugby team captured their sixth consecutive North America  Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Sevens title after  they demolished the Cayman Islands 27 to nil in the finals on Sunday  at the Garrison Savannah  in Barbados.

District Nine (Lethem) will be at a heavy disadvantage in this year’s edition of the National Schools Championships when the event runs off today because they may be suffering travel fatigue after a 500-mile overland journey just hours before competition time.

KOLKATA, India, IANS/CMC – Maestro Rahul Dravid’s 36th Test century put India in early control of the second Test  yesterday, as West Indies’ bowlers struggled to contain the hosts’ batting juggernaut.

By Treiston Joseph The 51st edition of the National Schools Athletics, Swimming and Cycling Championships  which will get underway today at the Guyana National Stadium will showcase the country’s talent pool in the heat of several rivalries.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Exciting all-rounder Andre Russell’s five-wicket haul coupled with a crucial half-century stand between opener Danza Hyatt and Jonathan Carter, put West Indies A in sight of victory on the third day of the second four-day “Test” against Bangladesh A,  yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka doused some late  Shahid Afridi fireworks to produce an electrifying 25-run  victory over Pakistan in the second one-day international at the  Dubai International Cricket Stadium yesterday.  

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The National Basketball  Players Association (NBPA) rejected the owners’ latest proposal  for a new labor agreement and will file an antitrust lawsuit  against the league, union chief Billy Hunter said yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Power Lifting Federation (GAPF) will be looking to improve the sport and awareness of it while  reintroducing new tournaments in the year ahead.

Table tennis player Andrew Daly, who returned to the national scene with a bang, capping off a first place finish in the singles category of the just-concluded Inter-Organization Tournament, said his future in competitive table tennis depends on the outcome of the national championships.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Cricket’s world test  championship will not begin until 2017, International Cricket  Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced yesterday.

Drama unfolded at the South Dakota racing circuit yesterday as the 2011 GT&T/Seaboard Marine Caribbean Race of Championships ended with spills, thrills and an unlikely winner in Barbadian Roger Mayers.

Pacesetters ‘A’ were crowned the inaugural champions of the Mackeson smooth moves 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tarmac.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Bangladesh A secured a slim first innings lead but rain wrecked the second day of the second four-day “Test” against West Indies A at the Beausejour Cricket Ground here yesterday.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Ishant Sharma is relishing  the task of leading India’s pace attack against West Indies in  the absence of the injured Zaheer Khan, the 23-year-old paceman  said yesterday.

Kolkata, India — West Indies captain Darren Sammy offered condolences to the families and loved ones of those who died in the tragic accident in his native St Lucia last Thursday.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) secured an outright victory over Malteenoes, while the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) drew with the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC), in the latest round of the Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket/Heroes Cup, two-day first division competition, which was played over the weekend.