BT Paralympics World Cup 2012: George Fletcher stars after meeting Steven Gerrard and Roy Hodgson's England team Captain Matt Dimbylow earlier shook the hand of Gerrard and has hopes for the team to excel against Republic of Ireland on Friday. Meanwhile, Brazil continued their assualt to the BT Paralympic World Cup trophy with a five-goal rout of the Republic of Ireland. Jose Guimaraes and Wanderson Oliveira once again got on the score sheet, with Mateus Calvo, Emanoel Oliveira and Fabio Bordignon also scoring. Boccia Day three of the Paralympic World Cup also saw boccia action, with Great Britain taking on the Czech Republic. Of the three international matches, GB won two, with the middle game a draw - a rare occurrence in the sport played by the most severely impaired at the Paralympic Games. Stephen McGuire opened the account for GB with a 7-1 win against Leos Lacina, before McGuire's brother, Peter, drew his match 2-2 with Radec Prochaska. Great Britain secured the win with a 7-1 scoreline in the pairs, and Stephen was delighted with his first ever appearance at the BT Paralympic World Cup. He said: "I am so pleased with the win, everyone played really well and the standard was high. This is my first time at the BT Paralympic World Cup and I have loved it. This is a great start to the year for us and it looks good for London. Peter McGuire added: "When we get an exhibition like this it certainly increases the popularity of our sport. This is our first tournament of the year and to get back into the competitive spirit of it all has been great. It's a brilliant tournament and it's my first time here but I'd love to come back. Wheelchair Basketball On the basketball court at Manchester Regional Arena, the Great Britain men were hammered 70-40 by a USA side inspired by joint leading-scorers Joe Chambers and Josh Turek. It was a wake-up call ahead of the Games this summer, with Great Britain, European champions, expected to finish with a medal. GB were bronze medallists in Beijing in 2008. As Murray Treseder, the GB coach told The Telegraph recently: "Since becoming European champions, we have gone from being the hunters, to being hunted." In a whirlwind first half, the USA built a 24-point lead, which turned out to be unassailable, despite the strong efforts of the whole host team and in particular, Ian Sagar. GB head coach Treseder was understandably disappointed with the result, but still has confidence that his team can beat Japan on Saturday and build a surge towards the BT Paralympic World Cup title. We're concentrating on performances at the moment, so the result, while we would have obviously liked to win, isn't the be-all-and-end-all. It was a bit of a reality check for our boys out there, but it's clear that come London, the winner will have to have beaten either Australia, USA or both. There are things to work on, like our shooting, but it's encouraging that we were in the positions to shoot quite a lot. Earlier on Thursday, Germany beat Japan 63-49 in front of a packed-out Manchester Regional Arena. Andre Bienek was the hero for Germany, scoring 18 points, but he was ably assisted by Thomas Bohme who also notched a double figure score. The game's leading scorer was Japan's number seven, Hiroaki Kozai, who can feel hard done by being on the losing side.