Sports

Excelsior earned their berth to the semi-final round in the Georgetown segment of Region #4 division, thrashing Marian Academy by a 10-0 score-line in the Digicel Schools Football Championship yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

With the 6th Caribbean School Boys and Junior Championships imminent, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will embark on a rigorous selection process from Sunday with the resumption of their monthly U16 Tournament at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym, Albouystown.

Ethan Lee emerged as the winner of the DeSinco Trading Limited National Junior Chess Qualifiers, which was staged on Tuesday at the National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara This was disclosed by an official release from the Guyana Chess Federation.

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) has announced the staging of ‘Drag Wars 2’, the second event for the month of July.

Guyana suffered their fourth loss of the five-round Cricket West Indies Under-19 50-over tournament after losing to Windward Islands by 56 runs yesterday in the final round.

The Sports Committee of the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) will stage an Emancipation Day of Sports at the National Park, Thomas Lands from 11:00hrs.

(Reuters) – It was billed as the battle of the 20-year-olds but Carlos Alcaraz pulled rank on his childhood buddy Holger Rune as he doused the Dane’s fireworks to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time with a 7-6(3) 6-4 6-4 victory yesterday.

(CMC) – Not for the first time, captain Kraigg Brathwaite found himself urging West Indies for consistency, as they geared up for the start of yet another daunting Test series against powerhouses India starting today.

Guyana will be fielding its largest touring team ever to attend the Junior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships which open on Sunday in St.

Kwakwani and President’s College (PC) will face-off in the Boy’s U18 divisional final of the ExxonMobil National School Basketball Festival on Sunday evening, following hard-fought semi-final victories on Monday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The image will be forever indelibly printed in the memory of those who saw it as Shemar Britton let out a guttural roar and sank to his knees.

The 32 teams are confirmed, and now the fixtures are out for the inaugural Kares One Guyana T10 Tape-ball Blast set for July 29 and 30 in Georgetown.

Undefeated Rivers View overcame a one goal deficit twice to defeat Wolves FC 3-2 in the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League on Monday evening at the Community Centre ground.

(Reuters) – Favourite Novak Djokovic found himself behind for the first time at this year’s Wimbledon but responded in brutal fashion to beat Andrey Rublev 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 and reach the semi-finals yesterday for the 12th time.

(Reuters) – England have retained an unchanged squad for the fourth Ashes test against Australia, which will be played at Old Trafford from July 19-23, the English Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Even the world’s best players are not immune to crippling nerves as Iga Swiatek discovered when her Wimbledon dreams were turned to dust in a 7-5 6-7(5) 6-2 quarter-final defeat by Ukrainian wildcard Elina Svitolina yesterday.

Local standout musclemen, Darious Ramsammy and Emmerson Campbell along with Surinamese Charelle Mayer posed and flexed their way to the marquee titles when ‘Stage of Champions 5’ was held on Sunday at the Ramada Princess Hotel.

Berbice Educational Institute was crowned the Region #6 champion, defeating Vryman’s Erven by a 3-2 score-line when the Digicel Schools Football Championship continued yesterday.

Marian Academy and Kwakwani were crowned the Boy’s U16 and U14 champions respectively when the ExxonMobil National School Basketball Festival continued on Sunday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Herstelling Raiders defeated Soesdyke Falcons 2-1 when the East Bank Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday at the Timehri Red ground.