Sports

– Football, table tennis could join judo, weightlifting on the sidelines  unless govt intervenes By Marlon Munroe With the judo and weightlifting associations already opting out of the upcoming Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in Puerto Rico, some of the other sporting bodies are hard pressed to garner funds to participate at the July 22-31 championships.

– Srinivasan N. Srinivasan, the BCCI secretary, has rejected the replies filed by Lalit Modi, the suspended IPL chairman, to the three show-cause notices, terming them as “not acceptable”.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Eoin Morgan struck a brilliant unbeaten century to lead England to a four-wicket victory over Australia in the first one-day international yesterday.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – All-rounder Farveez Maharoof claimed a hat-trick as Sri Lanka produced a near-perfect performance to beat India by seven wickets in the final  round-robin match of the Asia Cup yesterday.

BELFAST, Ireland,  CMC – West Indies A will clash with Phil Simmons’ Ireland in the first of two one-day matches today, as they search for their first win on their tour of Britain.

-Portugal slams magnificent seven past hapless North Korea JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Portugal thrashed North  Korea 7-0 yesterday in the World Cup’s highest score so far,  restoring some bruised pride for Europe’s stuttering soccer  powers and dashing the Asians’ chances of progress.

Mexico vs. Uruguay 9.45am France vs. South Africa 12:00 Nigeria vs.

– but test heading for tame draw Basseterre, St Kitts – The Second Digicel Test at Warner Park is almost certainly destined for a tame draw, most notably due to a pitch which is depressingly in favour of batsmen who simply have to stick around to score heavily.

Table tennis stars of yesterday will attempt to relive their glory days next month when a specially arranged tournament takes place at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Manute Bol, the dominant shot  blocker from Sudan who played in the NBA for 10 seasons, died  on Saturday at the age of 47.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It was Roger Federer, but not as  we know him, at Wimbledon yesterday as the Swiss escaped from  the brink of defeat after being run ragged by a Colombian  firebrand playing the match of his life on Centre Court.

Guyana Trinidad Mutual (GTM) is the latest company to get on board to assist the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) in sending its nine-man team to compete at the CAC Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico next month.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Sponsors are starting to distance  themselves from France’s scandal-hit soccer team.

PEBBLE BEACH, California,  (Reuters) – Of all the  big-name players who failed to close out victory at the U.S. 

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Captain Shahid Afridi blasted  124 off 60 balls to lead Pakistan to their highest one-day  international score of 385 and a 139-run consolation victory over Bangladesh in the Asian Cup at Dambulla yesterday.

-Haroon Lorgat International Cricket Council (ICC)  Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has highlighted the staging of the 3,000th One-Day International (ODI) in Southampton today by saying the limited-overs format of the game will remain strong long into the future.

The pairs of Keisha Jeffrey and Ashley Khali and Kayla Jeffrey and Jason Ray Khali advanced to the semi-finals of the girls and mixed doubles respectively at the VIII Pan American Junior Squash Championships in El Salvador.

BLOEMFONTEIN, (Reuters) – A players’ revolution,  which has torn France’s World Cup squad apart and angered the French president, escalated yesterday after some indicated they might not play in a match which could save their campaign.

A new volleyball tournament designed to give a major fillip to the sport locally is set to commence shortly.

Robin Persaud, in a time of one hour, 53 minutes and 54 seconds, won the annual Castrol-sponsored 50-mile road race Sunday (Father’s Day) on the West Bank of Demerara.