Peru fans pray for guerrero

Hundreds of Peruvian fans joined full-back Luis Advincula in prayer on Sunday, hoping divine intervention will deliver skipper Paolo Guerrero to the World Cup despite a doping ban. The 34-year old Peru captain already has the backing of Peru's President Martin Vizcarra and now Advincula wants God on his side too. The right-back gave a press conference in Lima when he led hundreds of fans in the 'Our Father'."If there's a sliver of hope, we're all going to cling to it," Advincula said. Guerrero was slapped with a 14-month ban last Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland over a positive cocaine test and will miss the June 14-July 15 World Cup in Russia. Vizcarra said Wednesday that Guerrero would file an appeal with the Swiss Federal Court to fight the ban.