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Kaieteur News
Wednesday April 10, 2019
Soccer legend Pele back in Brazil, Consistency key for dangerous healthy but undergoing tests West Indies at World Cup - Lara SAO PAULO (Reuters) Brazilian soccer legend Pele arrived home in Brazil after a spell in a French hospital yesterday and was immediately taken to a Sao Paulo clinic for further urinary tests, doctors said. “At the moment, he is undergoing admission exams and his health is good,” doctors at the Israelite Albert Einstein Hospital said in a brief statement. Considered by many as the game’s finest player and the only man to have won three World Cups, Pele was hospitalized in France last Wednesday after suffering a fever following an event in the city with French World Cup-winner Kylian Mbappe. The 78-year old former Santos player was diagnosed as suffering from a urinary infection and was treated with antibiotics and released on Monday. He arrived back in his
Brazilian soccer legend Pele is seen in Paris, April 2, 2019. Picture taken April 2, 2019. (REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo) home state yesterday morning. Doctors said the urinary infection had been cured but did not give more details
about what were believed to be routine tests at thse hospital where he has been treated on several occasions previously.
Russell, Narine fail to save KKR from defeat CHENNAI, India, CMC – An uncharacteristically, resolute half-century from Andre Russell and a tidy s p e l l f r o m f e l l o w We s t Indies star Sunil Narine failed to inject a spark in the Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings claimed a seven-wicket victory in the Indian Premier League yesterday. Russell continued his rich vein of form with the bat with an even, unbeaten 50 to prop up the KKR batting and carry them to 108 for nine off their allocation of 20 overs, after they put in to bat in the 23rd match of the tournament at Chidambaram Stadium. Off-spinner Narine
followed up with two wickets for 24 runs from 3.2 overs, but South Africa international captain Faf Du Plessis hit 43 not out to lead a successful run chase for CSK 16 balls remaining. CSK stumbled to 35 for two in the fifth over, after Narine had former Australia c a p t a i n S h a n e Wa t s o n caught at square leg for 17 in the third over and Suresh Raina caught at mid-on for 14 by a back-pedalling Piyush Chawla. Du Plessis and Ambati Rayudu got the CSK chase back on track with a stand of 46 for the third wicket before Chawla struck in the 15th over to leave the home team needing 28 off remaining 32 balls.
The leg-spinner had Rayudu caught at short extra cover for 21 from a top-edge sweep to leave CSK on 81 for three before Du Plessis dominated a brief stand with Kedhar Jadhav to get the hosts over the finish line. MI are now one of three teams with six points on the table, but they are sandwiched between fourthplaced Sunrisers Hyderabad and sixth-placed Delhi Capitals, due to an inferior net run rate. Earlier, Russell cracked five fours and three sixes off 44 balls and saved KKR from total implosion, after they plunged to 47 for six in the 11th over. He shared two minor stands added some meat to the total, putting on 29 for the seventh wicket with Chawla and the same number of runs – unbeaten – with last-man England international Harry Gurney. Deepak Chahar was the most successful bowler for CSK with three for 20 from four overs, and former India international Harbhajan Singh and South Africa international Imran Tahir took two wickets apiece. Scores: Chennai Super Kings 111 for 3 (du Plessis 43*, Narine 2-18) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 108 for 9 (Russell 50*, Chahar 3-20) by seven wickets.
MUMBAI (Reuters) West Indies are replete with match-winners but consistency will be key to their success in English conditions at this year’s World Cup, batting great Brian Lara has said. Teeming with tearaway fast bowlers and aggressive batsmen, West Indies were once considered invincible and won the opening two editions of the World Cup in 1975 and 1979. Their glory days, however, are long over and the twice winners had to go through a qualifying tournament to book their spot in the 10-team tournament in England and Wales. The last bilateral series win for West Indies, who are ranked ninth in one-day internationals, came in 2014 but they showed signs of improvement against England. Jason Holder’s men drew a five-match ODI series against top-ranked England 2-2 at home recently, in a timely boost before the May 30-July 14 showpiece event. The likes of opening batsman Chris Gayle, allrounder Andre Russell and spinner Sunil Narine are also much in demand in Twenty20 leagues across the globe. “Look at the Indian Premier League, look at the leagues around the world, we have got players that are the most wanted in the world,” Lara, 49, told reporters in Mumbai at a promotional event last week. “We have got matchwinners, but we are going to need a little more than matchwinners in English conditions to win the World Cup. We
Former West Indies cricketer Brian Lara watches the - England v West Indies Investec Test Series First Test at Lord’s. (Action Images / Peter Cziborra/File Photo) need a team that can create consistency. “If we can get to the knock-out stages, we can knock out any team. We have seen that in the past. But consistency is going to take us right through to the finals.” Former West Indies captain Lara, considered one of the very best the Caribbean islands have ever produced, retired after the 2007 World Cup at home with over 10,000 runs in ODIs. He also scored close to 12,000 runs in tests. Lara credited franchise leagues like the IPL for creating interest among kids in the West Indies and giving young players a platform to showcase their talent before they graduate to international cricket. West Indies suffered 2-0 losses both in India and Bangladesh late last year but
staged a spectacular turnaround in a 2-1 series win against England earlier this year. The test success augurs well for the side, who are now graduating to a level where they can be competitive against top sides at least at home, said Lara. “We had a tremendous series against England. We are laying the foundation, the confidence is there,” Lara added. “India may have to worry when they come there in July to play against the West Indies because they have a team now that understand the conditions, spirits are high, let’s see what we can do against India. “But, four months ago in October-November we were terrible. So, I’m happy that we have made that little progress in our cricket.”
Police battle Cooperate entities at Dominoes in Berbice today - Sub Division 1 beat Sub Division 3 at football The Police in Berbice under the command of Assistant Commissioner Paul Langevine and Deputy Commander Senior Superintendent Phillip Azore are continuing to taking a proactive stance as they continue their drive to make the community a better place. The cops are presently engaged in a number of community projects, weekly Inter sub divisional games as well as engaging the business and co-operate community in games and other community activities. In a recent football game between No 1 Sub
Division (New Amsterdam/ Canje East Bank and East Coast Berbice) and No 3 Sub Division (West Berbice). No1 Sub Division came out victorious 2-0 in the 40 minutes game. The game was played at the No 5 Ground, West Coast Berbice in front of a large and vocal crowd of supporters from both sides of the river that included both civilians and members of the GPF. Games continues again today on the West Coast of Berbice with the Police set to host a number of cooperate entities in a one day domino
competition at the Fort Wellington Police Canteen. The teams set to try and arrest the Police are GWI, GPL, GECOM, The Regional Administration and The Hospital. Starting time is 13:00 hrs. A number of incentives are up for grabs. The Coordinator is Superintendent Wayne De Hearte. De Hearte said that the activities are being organised in an effort to foster a better relationship between the police and the wider community. (Samuel Whyte)