Sports

Briton John soloed to victory to claim the senior men’s title for this year’s National Road Race Championship yesterday in Linden.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews carved out a fourth One-Day International hundred and then grabbed three wickets as West Indies Women repelled a spirited challenge from Ireland Women, to come away with a 58-run win here yesterday.

(ICC) Sean Williams’ swashbuckling 174 helped Zimbabwe maintain their 100 per cent record as they beat USA by 304 runs.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago opened their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign with a 3-0 thrashing of St Kitts and Nevis at the DRV PNK Stadium here Sunday.

Members of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA), the Westside Golf Club and Lusignan Golf Club are getting ready to take on the top players from around the Caribbean at the Tobago Plantations, Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort in Tobago from July 14-16.

Guyana Cup winner Alado will run for the first time in East Berbice on July 30 when more than $7M will be up for grabs at the Port Mourant Turf Club.

HOUSTON, Texas, CMC – Israel-based forward Frantzdy Pierrot scored deep in stoppage time as Haiti came from a goal down to beat Qatar 2-1 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup here Sunday night.

Team Guyana’s campaign in the discipline of boxing at the ongoing Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games ended Sunday evening following Emmanuel Pompey’s loss on the scorecards.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – A focus has fallen on West Indies’ combination for today’s “must-win” game against the Netherlands, especially in the wake of the Caribbean side’s shock defeat to Zimbabwe.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Newly appointed head coach Robert Samuels has warned West Indies Women against taking Ireland Women lightly, in the six-match white-ball series bowling off here today.

Guyana Defence Force (GDF) maintained their unbeaten record in the KFC Elite League Football Championship, dismantling Victoria Kings 6-0 on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Head coach Darren Sammy yesterday described West Indies’ catching as “painful” and warned players their attitude to fielding in training needed to improve, if they were to make any serious inroads in One-Day Internationals.

Possessing an unrivalled profile and visibility in the local sports marketplace, MVP Sports has added the burgeoning discipline of Mixed Martial Arts to its expanding portfolio, as it threw its financial support behind the Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF).

CHICAGO, Illinois, CMC – Aston Villa star Leon Bailey missed a crucial penalty before late substitute Brandon Vázquez netted a sensational equaliser, as Jamaica Reggae Boyz had their hopes of a win dashed in a disappointing 1-1 draw with reigning champions United States in the opening game of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews said she does not expect Ireland Women to be any pushovers when her side comes face-to-face with them in a white-ball international home series over the next fortnight in St Lucia.

Buxton Stars defeated Haslington 1-0 when the East Coast Demerara zone of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football Champion-ship continued on Saturday evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England were reeling at 116-5 at stumps on day four of the women’s Ashes test yesterday chasing a target of 268, giving Australia the upper hand going into the final day of the one-off match at Trent Bridge.

Kwakwani, New Amsterdam Multilateral and Leonora Secondary secured respective divisional titles Friday in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Conference Championships’.

Marian Academy and Tucville were among the winners in the Georgetown division, whilst Bladen Hall Multilateral and La Bonne Intention recorded wins in the East Coast Demerara section when the 8th edition of the Digicel Schools Football Championship commenced yesterday.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Sloppy fielding and careless batting, along with their opponents sense of purpose epitomised by all-rounder Sikandar Raza combined to send West Indies crashing to a 35-run defeat against hosts Zimbabwe in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier yesterday.