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Kaieteur News
Tuesday May 21, 2013
David Moyes meeting Manchester Mackeson ‘Keep Your United backroom staff Five Alive’ down to six David Moyes and Sir Alex Ferguson (PA)
BBC Sport - David Moyes is holding talks with a number of Manchester United’s coaching staff on Monday after starting work at his new club in an unofficial capacity. It is understood the Scot is planning to meet goalkeeping coach Eric Steele and firstteam coach Rene Meulensteen. He will also hold talks with others but does not plan to make drastic changes to United’s existing backroom team. Moyes took charge of his last Everton game on Sunday and does not officially replace Sir Alex Ferguson until 1 July. Ferguson, 71, announced in early May that he would be retiring at the end of the season following more than 26 years in charge at Manchester United and handpicked Moyes as his successor. Moyes is keen to give staff at Old Trafford
and Goodison Park clarity about their future before they go on holiday. His first-team coach at Everton, Jimmy Lumsden, is tipped to join him at United. Moyes was given permission by Everton to visit Manchester United’s training ground on Monday. Speaking after Sunday’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea, Moyes said: “I’ll probably be doing two jobs for the next week or so.” The 50year-old Scot is under contract to the Toffees until the end of June but is only likely to be at the club’s Finch Farm training headquarters this week before leaving to go on a holiday. United are due to tour Thailand, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong in July. Their first competitive game with Moyes in charge is the Community Shield against FA Cup winners Wigan at Wembley on 11 August.
National Schools’ Basketball Festival
Albouystown ‘B’, Sparta Boss in the mix Playing at home in Albouystown in front of hundreds of their supporters was enough motivation to propel one of the pretournament favourites, Albouystown ‘B’, two steps closer to claiming the 2013 Mackeson ‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Futsal football title. However, standing in their way is five other teams, including the overwhelmingly talented North East-based, Sparta Boss, which qualified Saturday night at Punt Trench and School Street, Albouystown after clearly reinforcing their varying superiorities. From 48 teams three weeks ago, only six have been kept alive following those contests. The first to do so was Festival City who dismissed Laing Avenue 2-0 owed to second half goals from Odell Williams, who scored in the 12th minute and Paul Bobb, who found the back of the ‘small goal’ two minutes later.
Deion (no surname given) then sent Alexander Village through to the penultimate round of the competition, which will also be played in Albouystown at the same venue Thursday night, when he scored in the seventh minute for a 1-0 win against Broad Street ‘B’. Those that walked to the venue from Alexander Village was given the opportunity to make the journey again Thursday night when their team will vie for a place in Saturday’s final that will be held at the National Cultural Centre tarmac. Riverview also made it to the next round via a 1-0 win against Berlin after Andre Downes scored in the second minute. Broad Street ‘A’ versus West Front Road was the only game that penalties decided after a 2-2 stalemate in the regulation 15 minutes. Randolph Wagner put West Front Road ahead early in the game, in the first minute to be exact, but Rocky Gravesande responded in the
Rampaul becomes 2nd available for T&T
UG escape with another tense win The University of Guyana (UG) developed a worrying trend of tense finishes Sunday at the Mon Repos Primary School Basketball Court when they escaped with yet another close win in the ongoing National Schools’ Basketball Festival (NSBF). Guyana’s premier tertiary institution, UG beat President’s College 44-43 in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) East Coast Regional Conference of the NSBF, after a deciding minute of intense competition. Quincy Easton, the hero for UG, ended with 21 points and seven rebounds with Jonathon Pooran contributing nine points. The University had also escaped with a close 29-27 win in their opening game against the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) last week. Nyambekerie Bacchus continued to lead President’s College in the competition with 13 points that he supported with nine rebounds.
With the scores leveled at 39-39 and 1:36 left in regulation time, Easton heroically penetrated for a floater in the lane to give UG the edge; team-mate, Fonsie James then made it a two possession game for President’s College when he completed a lay-up. President’s College had failed to convert their possession in crunch-time and with 36 seconds left in the game all seemed lost. James then scored one of two freethrows for UG that took the score to 44 points before high drama unfolded in the East Coast Conference. With UG comfortably sailing to their second straight win, Bacchus nearly dashed that hope when he went on a rampage to score four points in 11 seconds. It was easy to conclude that the whistle saved UG from coughing up an otherwise easy win. In the other Under-20 game, Bounty Colts Division I star Plaisance Secondary School’s Nikkoloi Smith led
his school to a 32-25 win over GSA; the explosive guard scored 21 points and grabbed seven rebounds for a good all-round performance. Emmanuel Archibald scored 12 points for GSA in their second loss of the competition. Plaisance Secondary School also won their Under17 game 34-8 emphatically against Annandale Secondary School. Wayne Calendar had 10 points for Plaisance, while Terrence Daniels finished with nine rebounds. Raphael Sobers scored five of Annandale’s eight points and collected six rebounds. President’s College also won their Under-17 game 3110 against Bladen Hall; Eli Inniss scored 10 points and grabbed five rebounds. Mickel Austin scored six of Bladen Hall’s 10 points. Digicel, Beharry Group of Companies and Banks DIH are the primary sponsors of the 2013 NSBF. (Edison Jefford)
third minute to level the scores. Broad Street went ahead when Keron Solomon scored in the sixth minute, a minute and a half before the whistle for the first half went off. However, looking to protect their 2-1 lead through spacing the ball and defence, Broad Street opened up the gates for West Front Road in the tenth minute when Hubert Pedro collected a cross and finished for the equaliser. West Front Road, which was the more aggressive side in the contest, eventually won 4-3 on penalties. As expected, the crowd erupted into loud cheers when their home team, Albouystown ‘B’ took the court to warm-up before their game against Wolves (Sophia). It was clear that the expectation of the crowd was a mauling of the Sophiabased team. However, that was not to be Saturday night. Devon Forde skilfully finished in the second minute for
Ravi Rampaul (AFP) Trinidad & Tobago Newsday - PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD - The somewhat unexpected exit of Royal Challengers Bangalore from the play-off stage of the Indian Premier League Sunday has now made pacer Ravi Rampaul available for national selection ahead of the forthcoming Champions League Twenty20 tournament, which is scheduled to bowl off in India, in September.
A stern knock of 47 from Parthiv Patel and a strong spell of two for 24 from Dale Steyn handed Sunrisers Hyderabad a much-needed 23-run win over the Rajasthan Royals. This crucial win propelled them ahead of Rampaul’s Bangalore-based team on the standings, and shot them into fourth position and a confirmed spot in the decorated competition’s semi-final stages. Rampaul’s exit has now made the robust fast bowler available to be selected to represent the red, white and black. He now joins off-spinner Sunil Narine in the selection process, since Narine’s Kolkota Knight Riders were also eliminated from the competition last week. Rampaul has been injury-prone over the past few months but has shown significant signs of improvement in his recent matches for Bangalore. His availability to the “Red Force” now expands TT captain Denesh Ramdin’s bowling options for the India tournament. When the revelation was made of Narine’s possibility to be selected, several Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board members heaped praises on his availability to the squad. Now, Rampaul’s presence is expected to boost TT’s chances in the game’s shortest version. Players that would be unavailable for national selection are Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard, Kevon Cooper and Samuel Badree. The quartet will represent their IPL teams in the Champions League as they have placed in the top four. Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings are atop the standings, Pollard’s Mumbai Indians sit in runner-up position and Cooper/ Badree’s Rajasthan Royals are presently third, with Sunrisers Hyderabad in fourth spot.