Sports

Director of Sport Neil Kumar stated yesterday that the project for the re-surfacing of the National Park circuit and the E.R.

The Fyrish Fire Hawks and the Smythfield Rockerz were the first two teams to go head-to-head in the Mashramani basketball tournament launched Monday at the New Amsterdam basketball court.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s World Cup hopes suffered  a severe setback yesterday when their leading one-day batsman  Eoin Morgan was ruled out of the tournament with a broken finger  that requires surgery.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Mike Hussey and  spinner Nathan Hauritz have been ruled out of the World Cup  through injury and will be replaced by Callum Ferguson and Jason  Krejza, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India paceman Praveen Kumar has  been ruled out of the World Cup due to an elbow injury and will  be replaced by Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, the Indian cricket  board (BCCI) said yesterday.

Farfan and Mendes Ltd has again sponsored another year of cricket for the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club under-15 team for the 15th successive year.

NAIN, Jamaica, CMC – A penetrative spell from Odean Brown helped holders Jamaica take the first step towards retaining the WICB Regional first-class championship title, with a 165-run victory over Guyana yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Points standings after the first round of matches in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday: Combined Campuses & Colleges 12 points

Banks DIH Executive Mark Lashley whetted his appetite and signalled a return to form on Saturday by claiming victory in the Stag Beer Mashramani Medal Play Golf tournament sponsored by Ansa McAl Trading Inc.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) will open its calendar of events with an Inter-Club Swim Meet scheduled from February 11 – 13 at the Castellani Swimming Pool.

Coach of the Police Progressive Youth Club, Linden Wilson,  says that the overall performance of his club at the AAG’s development meet last Sunday was “fairly OK”  and he is pleased with the sprint events.

(Trinidad Guardian) As a matter of priority, newly-installed chairman of the Urban Development Corporation (Udecott) Jearlean John is planning to investigate whether contractors are still liable to repair infrastructural defects in the construction of the TT$1 billion Brian Lara stadium.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Criticism continues to dog  Australia’s selectors in the run-up to the World Cup despite a   comprehensive 6-1 one-day drubbing of England being wrapped up  at the weekend.

POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite stroked his second first-class hundred to help Barbados earn a draw, after they conceded first innings points to Trinidad & Tobago in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

SOUTH BEND, Illinois, CMC – Kirani James enhanced his reputation with another impressive performance over 400 metres at the Meyo Invitational last Saturday.

Captain and coach of the national rugby team Theodore Henry has charged his players to expend “every last ounce of energy” in the games they will play in Las Vegas for the International Rugby Board World Sevens Series which bullies off on February 12 at the Sam Boyd Stadium.

It is not every day Guyanese get to see several of their sporting heroes in one place but this soon will change when former boxer turned promoter Seon Bristol pulls off his mega card on April 23 at the Princess Hotel.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies will enter this year’s World Cup ranked ninth in One-day Internationals.

ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – International Cricket Council  (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat favours legalisation of  sports gambling in India while retaining his optimism for a  corruption-free World Cup in the sub-continent.

MEERUT, India, (Reuters) – When the world’s batsmen  dazzle crowds at this month’s cricket World Cup, many will use  bats hand-made in India.