BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Nicholas Pooran has unlocked his potential in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as a finisher for Lucknow Super Giants, former West Indies player Ian Bishop said after the batsman hit an unbeaten 44 off 13 balls in a seven-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The Guyana Table Tennis Association in collaboration with the International Table Tennis Federation will be hosting an ITTF level one Table Tennis Coaches’ certification training programme starting tomorrow and will run until Saturday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.
ROME, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic continued his Italian Open title defence with a 6-3 4-6 6-1 victory over Bulgarian 26th seed Grigor Dimitrov yesterday while women’s champion Iga Swiatek dished out another “bagel” as she defeated Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The flickering embers of Arsenal’s Premier League title dream were all but extinguished as they suffered a 3-0 home drubbing by Europe-chasing Brighton and Hove Albion yesterday.
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, CMC – Jamaican triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert produced the one of the stand-out performances at the SEC Championships, which ended on Saturday in the United States.
MUMBAI, CMC – Former India all-roudner Yusuf Pathan said it was time that Indian Premier League outfit Kolkata Knight Riders start looking beyond West Indies discards, Sunil Narine and Andre Russell because of their diminishing returns.
(Reuters) – Teams from three countries will tour Australia next summer, Cricket Australia said yesterday, with the men’s test fixtures taking place during a truncated window in December and January.
MUMBAI, CMC – A counter-attacking 35 from embattled West Indies left-hander Shimron Hetmyer 35 failed to ignite Rajasthan Royals, and they were bundled out for the third lowest total in the Indian Premier League yesterday, when Royal Challengers Bangalore crushed them by 112 runs.
Guyana rifle shooters recaptured the West Indies Full Bore Shooting Championships Short range title shot over 300, 500 and 600 yards’ ranges as the curtains came down on the regional event at the Crabbs Rifle and Pistol ranges in Antigua and Barbuda yesterday.
Aliyah Abrams is the new national 400m metre record-holder. The two-time Olympian, erased the previous national record (50.71s) yesterday at the New Life Invitational in Freeport, The Bahamas, winning the quarter mile event in 50.20s.
The 40th edition of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Independence Three-Stage road race is set to reward with record sums to the riders finishing with the top honors.
With just a week to go for the ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card, the combatants are ramping up their preparations.
C-Point emerged victorious in the Strikers Sports Club ‘Tribute to Mothers’ Domino Championship which concluded Thursday evening at the entity’s recreational facility in Meadowbrook.
The Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,
Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Guyana has partnered with the Guyana Football Federation to stage the fifth season of the Elite League, donating $10M towards the championship which is penciled in to commence this evening at the Eve Leary ground.
LeBron James scored 30 points and Anthony Davis added 17 points and 20 rebounds as the Los Angeles Lakers’ dynamic duo returned the franchise to the Western Conference finals for the second time since 2010 with a 122-101 victory over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Friday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat became the first eighth seed in nearly a quarter century to reach the conference finals on Friday, downing the New York Knicks 96-92 in Game 6 of their series to advance.
Back Circle will engage Sparta Boss whilst Bent Street will oppose California Square in the semi-final round of the ‘One Guyana’ National Futsal Championship tonight at the National Park, Thomas Lands, following quarterfinal wins on Thursday.
(CMC) – Both admitting the “challenges” that lie ahead of them, former West Indies captain Daren Sammy and former Jamaica wicketkeeper-batsman Andre Coley have accepted the responsibility of coaching the West Indies Men’s senior team for the foreseeable future.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has been under conditional funding from the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) for over a year, according to a source close to the federation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
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