Sports

-snake found in room of athlete NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Workers painted walls and mopped rain water at the Commonwealth Games Village as India raced yesterday to address complaints about dirty and unhygienic facilities one week before the start of the showpiece event.

——coaches ordered to substitute both teams; bench players complete game Beepat Scorpions defeated Pacesetters 68-58 Saturday evening at the Burnham basketball court as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Pepsi Street Playoff Series got underway.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fiery West Indies pacer Tino Best and prolific teenaged A team opener Kraigg Brathwaite have been named in a 14-man Barbados squad for next month’s WICB Regional 50-over tournament in Jamaica.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has defended Guyana’s poor showing in the recent Champions League Twenty20, arguing the side lacked international experience.

The Golden Jaguars team is on a mission which is not entirely impossible.

Walter Grant-Stuart yesterday roared to victory in the 35-lap Schoolboys and novices’ event of the Laparkan annual 11-race cycling programme held yesterday at the National Park.

After a year away from the fistic sport Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman returned to the ring and produced a lacklustre performance in his loss against Kwesi ‘Lightning Hitman’ Jones on Friday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia, CMC – Jamaica’s women beat Nigeria while Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago battled to a draw in men’s action, on the fourth day of action at the 39th World Chess Olympiad here Friday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Commonwealth Games  Federation chief said yesterday there was a lot of work to be  done amid security concerns before India’s showcase event opens  on Oct.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Sports Minister Anil Roberts has warned Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors’ head coach Russell Latapy to start producing results or face the axe.

SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso improved his  chances of claiming a third Formula One world title by storming  to pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix yesterday.

Seon Hetmyer guided the Berbice Under-23 team to a narrow victory over the Demerara Under-23 team to lift the Colin Wiltshire lien trophy at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Marquee all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says he will clear the air shortly on why he turned down a central retainer contract from the West Indies Cricket Board.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The star-studded Miami Heat can comfortably handle being the most hated team in America and might even exceed their lofty expectations, club president Pat Riley said Thursday.

The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) has   joined forces with the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation for the inaugural President’s Cup International Friendly match between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago scheduled for tomorrow at the Guyana National Stadium.

Now down to 15, the Junior National basketball team will move their preparations to a more competitive level when they meet Ravens Basketball Club’s Division One team in the first of a series of warm-up matches at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A two-goal deposit from Shaka Gill spearheaded GCC ‘A’ hockey team to victory over Hikers in their first division match-up on Wednesday night in the Banks Night Hockey Tournament at the Thirst Park Ground.

KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia, CMC – Caribbean teams had a rough day at the 39th World Chess Olympiad on Thursday with Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago all suffering heavy drubbings.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Suresh Raina produced a scintillating innings to fire Chennai Super Kings into the final of the Champions League Twenty20, with a convincing 74-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore yesterday.

-Pakistan team returns to quiet reception KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board  (PCB) is considering legal action against England batsman  Jonathan Trott after his clash with Pakistani bowler Wahab Riaz  before the fourth one-day international at Lord’s, a board  source said yesterday.