Thursday December 6, 2012
Kaieteur News
Dettori banned for six months after positive dope test PARIS (Reuters) - Italian jockey Frankie Dettori has been banned from riding in French races for six months after a positive dope test at Longchamp, the French racing authority said on Wednesday. Dettori, 41, tested positive for the unidentified substance on September 16. “France Galop stewards decided...to ban jockey Frankie Dettori from riding in public races from December 19, 2012 to May 19, 2013,” the French authority said in a
statement. “They also asked the foreign racing authorities to extend the ban to the races they rule.” Dettori was suspended for six months in 2006 after failing a drugs test. The British-based jockey will also have to undergo a further test from April 20 next year before he is cleared to resume riding. “Samples will be taken during this medical in order to test him for prohibited substances again,” the statement said.
2012 Bobcat Second Division 20Over Cricket Competition in Berbice...
Tucber Park defeat Flying Star to reach Final Tucber Park have joined Young Warriors in the final of the inaugural 2012 Bobcat of Berbice Second Division 20-Over Cricket Competition after defeating Flying Star of Kortheberaadt by 40 runs in their semi-final. In the match which was played at Edinburgh and which was reduced to 10overs-a-side because of overnight rain, Tucber Park sent in to take first strike, benefitted from a 45 run opening stand from former Guyana Under-19 player Joemal La Fleur and former Berbice Under-15 cricketer Hakeem Hinds in 5.2 overs. After hinds was run out for
10 and La Fleur for 42 (6 fours), Tucber managed to reach 83 for 5 in their 10 overs with Kenton Grumble, Quincy DeVelde and Carl Barron picking up one each. When Flying Star took their turn at the crease they found the Tucber Park spin attack too tough to handle and could only reach 43 for 8 in their 10 overs with Quincy DeVelde the only one to reach double figures with 13. Bowling for Tucber Park, offspinner Kevin Pelew took 2 for 4 from 3 overs, offspinner Charles Shepherd 1 for 0 from 1.2 overs, left arm spinner Gavin Moriah Jnr 1 for 5 from 2 overs and offspinner La Fleur 1 for 14 from 2 overs.
(From page 35) date on development and installation at stadiums in Japan. “The more market competition there is the cheaper it will get. It has to be available for all but at the same time it has to be accurate. We can’t afford mistakes.” After analysing data taken from the Club World Cup, FIFA will choose which system to implement for the six Confederations Cup venues by the end of March. Those chosen will remain in place for the 2014 World Cup, although the six other venues could potentially end up with a different system. “Obviously the Confederations Cup is going to be a competitive tender process,” said Carter. Both the Hawk-Eye and GoalRef systems inform referees the ball has crossed the goal-line in a split second via a vibrating wrist-watch flashing the word “GOAL”. GoalRef were equally confident of persuading FIFA their radio-based system
using low-frequency magnetic fields would be the most accurate. “We wouldn’t be doing this if we weren’t confident we were going to proceed further beyond this tournament,” said programme manager Ingmar Bretz. Whichever system FIFA chooses, the likes of Chelsea, eliminated from the 2004-05 Champions League by Luis Garcia’s “ghost” goal, will have one less reason to blame the referee. Hawk-Eye also floated the idea of an ultra-motion video replay, although stopping the game to watch a replay would be detested by FIFA president Sepp Blatter. “It looks perfectly down the goal-line,” said Carter. “If football wanted to use it, a definitive replay that absolutely proves the ball is over the line. “It would be a bit like watching Usain Bolt run the 100 metres, winning by one hundredth of a second and then not seeing a photo-finish replay.”
FIFA launch...
Dettori, one of the biggest names in flat racing, won all seven races in one afternoon at Ascot in 1996, costing bookmakers millions of pounds in payouts. He announced in October that he was ending his 18-year stint as the retained jockey for the Godolphin stable of Sheikh Mohammed, for whom he has ridden 110 Group One winners around the world since 1994. Dettori’s solicitor Christopher Stewart-Moore said in a statement his client
fully accepted the decision. “He also accepts that he has let down the sport he loves and all those associated with it, as well as the wider public. But most of all - and this is his greatest regret - he has let down his wife and children,” Stewart-Moore said. “Racing has been good to Frankie, and he knows that his privileged position brings with it responsibility. For this reason, he is determined to rebuild his reputation when he returns to the saddle in six months’ time.”
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