Sports

BERNE, (Reuters) – Soccer’s rule-makers will consider  the results from tests on 10 different goal-line technology  systems when they meet for their annual meeting in Cardiff next  month.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former test captain  Salman Butt and his two opening bowlers Mohammad Asif and  Mohammad Amir were charged with taking bribes by British  prosecutors yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Power hitting in the opening 15  overs before the pitches start to deteriorate will hold the key  to success in this month’s World Cup, according to former  Australia opener Matthew Hayden.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Shahid Afridi was  confirmed as Pakistan’s World Cup captain yesterday following  his team’s one-day series victory in New Zealand.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s spin bowling all-rounders  will be a big advantage in the Feb.

BERNE, (Reuters) – FIFA has rejected appeals from  Reynald Temarii and Amos Adamu, the suspended executive  committee members who were at the heart of a corruption scandal  which marred the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

Somebody’s ‘O’ will go after the main event of the second Pro-Am card on February 25 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Cyclists will get a chance to put their racing skills to the test on the newly-resurfaced National Park Circuit today when the 18th Annual Ricks and Sari Agro Industries Limited Youth Programme pedals off from 9am.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday named their 12-man team that will be representing Guyana at the International Rugby Board (IRB) Sevens World Series on February 12 and 13 in Las Vegas, United States.

With the selection of the national sports awardees just hours away,  2009 Sportswoman of the Year Jevina Straker has her fingers crossed in hopes of retaining  the title for 2010.

NAIN, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica will look to being their defence of the WICB Regional first-class championship, with another dominant performance over weakened old rivals Guyana in the opening round, starting today at the Alpart Sports Complex.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British prosecutors will announce  today whether three Pakistan cricketers accused of taking  bribes to fix incidents in an international match in England  last year will be charged with criminal offences.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – The struggling Toronto Raptors  will be without forward Linas Kleiza for the remainder of the  season after he underwent surgery on his right knee, the NBA  team said yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Their own indisciplined batting and bowling combined with Upul Tharanga’s ninth One-day International hundred condemned West Indies to an eight-wicket defeat at the hands of Sri Lanka in the rain-affected second ODI yesterday.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Pakistan won their first one-day  series since November 2008 when they beat New Zealand by 41 runs  in the fifth game of their six-match series at Seddon Park in  Hamilton yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After months of uncertainty, The Gleaner understands that Jamaica will, after all, host this year’s troubled Carifta Games, in the second city of Montego Bay between April 23-25.

LONDON, (Reuters) – When she was a little girl in  India, Monisha Kaltenborn dreamed of being an astronaut.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The form and experience of  returning fast bowler Brett Lee can lead Australia to a fourth  successive World Cup title, former captain Steve Waugh told  Reuters yesterday.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – Kevin Durant continued his  prolific scoring streak with 43 points on Wednesday to lift the  Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-93 victory over the New Orleans  Hornets.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) company has once again established themselves as major sponsors of the national Sevens rugby team.