One who looks for, and points to, sportsman (8)
I believe the answer is:
searcher
'one who looks for' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'points to sportsman' is the wordplay.
'points' becomes 'se' (two compass points).
'to sportsman' becomes 'archer' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'se'+'archer'='SEARCHER'
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for searcher that I've seen before include "One looking for something" , "One may be Googling" , "One trying to find (something)" , "One looking for hidden objects" , "Scare her (anag)" .)