ACCRA, (Reuters) – Ghana’s football association yesterday defended its decision to charter a plane to carry $3 million in bonus money to players in Brazil, saying the country had done the same at the last two World Cups.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Disgraced cricketer Lou Vincent was motivated by greed, his disappointment at the end of his New Zealand international career and the feeling he could not say ‘no’ to his ‘hero’ to agree to get involved in fixing matches.
Guyana Amazon Warriors duo Trevon Griffith and Robin Bacchus are upbeat about this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament and are looking to make the most of the team’s upcoming encampment ahead of bowl off time which occurs in a few weeks.
In their first public comments since Guyana lifted the NACRA 15s championship, the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) and national captain, Ryan Gonsalves hailed the players as heroes while calling on more support for the discipline.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-West Indies pacer Kemar Roach has leapfrogged five places to tenth on the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers following an outstanding display in the third Test against New Zealand in Barbados which ended on Monday.
Akilah Jones walked away with several accolades on Saturday when the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association hosted its Tennis 10s Inter-Schools Competition at the New Guyana School tennis court.
After adding a third CARICOM 10km champion’s trophy to his collection, distance ace, Cleveland ‘Little Kenyan’ Forde noted that he was happy to be first to the tape on Sunday after missing the event in 2012 and finishing second last year.
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil, (Reuters) – France have surprised many by emerging as World Cup contenders but face their toughest test yet against nemesis Germany in a quarter-final clash of European heavyweights at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium tomorrow.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South African Paralympic and Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has post traumatic stress disorder and is at an increasing risk of suicide, according to a psychiatric report read out at his murder trial yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – FIFA has asked German magazine Der Spiegel to hand over all the documents it says it has regarding the claims of convicted match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal that Cameroon players threw their World Cup group games.
SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) – Racing towards the camera after scoring direct from a corner at Colombia’s top youth tournament in 2004, excited scouts could see James Rodriguez was a kid at ease in the limelight.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The mayhem created by an Australian firecracker the previous evening was continued in brutal fashion by Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov today as he annihilated defending Wimbledon champion Andy Murray.
SALVADOR, Brazil, (Reuters) – Much-fancied Belgium needed extra time to crack heroic United States goalkeeper Tim Howard in a thrilling 2-1 extra-time victory yesterday that set up a World Cup quarter-final clash with Argentina.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Angel Di Maria swooped deep into extra time to give Argentina a 1-0 win over Switzerland in a gripping last 16 tie yesterday, as the South Americans booked a spot in the World Cup quarter-finals.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal’s charge towards a third Wimbledon title came to a juddering halt in the fourth round yesterday when he was sensationally beaten by 19-year-old Australian wildcard Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (5) 5-7 7-6 (5) 6-3.
SANTO ANDRE, Brazil, (Reuters) – Manuel Neuer, the latest in a long line of outstanding German goalkeepers, took the plaudits yesterday after almost single-handedly keeping the Germans’ wobbly defence together in a 2-1 extra-time win over Algeria in the World Cup last 16.
Guyana’s Cleveland Forde on Sunday won the men’s section of the CARICOM 10K Road Race, clocking 34 minutes, 52 seconds.
(Reuters) – The Milwaukee Bucks completed a stunning move yesterday by hiring 10-times All-Star Jason Kidd as the 14th head coach of the franchise.
National champions Wismar/Christianburg Secondary successfully defended their Region 10 conference title, overcoming Mackenzie High 4-2 in the finale when the fourth annual Digicel national U-18 knockout football championship continued yesterday at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.
St. Mary’s High upset Queenstown Secondary by a 6-4 score line when the fourth annual Digicel national U-18 knockout football championship continued yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground.
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