Sports

Athletic success can be one of the most fragile things in sports since the potential for injury is always just one play away.

Mambas upset traditional giant Ravens by a 47-45 score when the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball League continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

(CMC)—Barbados-born England speedster Jofra Archer will take no part in next month’s white-ball tour of the Caribbean after suffering complications in his recovery from a troublesome elbow injury.

The Hamilton Green Football Cup will conclude today at the Georgetown Football Club ground in Bourda with the quarterfinals, semifinals, and eventual championship match.

Leslain Baird, who won bronze in the men’s javelin throw at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile, just a week ago, was financially rewarded by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) yesterday morning.

(CMC): Unbeaten Trinidad and Tobago Red Force romped to their 14th Super50 title last night when they whipped the Leeward Islands Hurricanes by seven wickets under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern in a lopsided final at the Brian Lara Stadium.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) has listed their team of athletes that will be representing Guyana at the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) in Paramaribo, Suriname, from November 17–19.

Young Gunners, LA Ballers, and Hardknocks were among the winners when the ExxonMobil/New Entertainment Futsal Championship commenced on Friday evening at the Retrieve Hard-court in Linden.

Western Tigers and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) recorded lopsided wins when the KFC Elite League Cup continued on Friday evening at the Eve Leary Ground, Kingston.

Upper Demerara and Bartica secured contrasting victories when the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football Association League continued yesterday.

Fruta Conquerors defeated Potaro by a 2-1 score-line when the Women’s Division One Football League continued yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club ground in Bourda.

It was a day of upsets for the men’s and women’s teams of the Saints Hockey Club, as they both lost their respective semi-finals by the thinnest of margins yesterday at the Providence National Stadium, on the East Bank of Demerara.

(Reuters) – Current champions England ended their dismal World Cup campaign with a 93-run victory over Pakistan yesterday, denying the 1992 champions the miracle they needed to make it to the last four of the showpiece 50-overs tournament.

(Reuters) – Mitchell Marsh blasted his second big century of the World Cup as Australia primed themselves for the semi-finals by cruising to their seventh straight victory with an eight-wicket win over Bangladesh yesterday.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – History beckons for both hosts Trinidad & Tobago Red Force and Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the final of the West Indies Super50 Cup today for the Clive Lloyd Trophy.

By Michelangelo Jacobus The late King Pele, one of the world’s most loved athletes once said; “Success is no accident.

After being launched under lights amid much fanfare at the Providence National Stadium on October 8, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) First Division Men’s and Women’s leagues will culminate this weekend with the semi-finals being played today and the finals contested on Sunday. 

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been suspended with immediate effect for government interference, the sport’s governing body said yesterday.

AHMEDABAD, (Reuters) – South Africa saw off a spirited fightback from Afghanistan to win by five wickets with 15 balls to spare in their final World Cup group game and consolidate second place in the standings.

Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) tournaments will be in full flow today with action continuing in the GCA Pepsi First Division 50-Overs tournament as well as the GCA NBS Second Division 40-Overs competition.