By Neil Barry
A century from national Under-15 batsman Sherfane Rutherford was the highlight of the latest round of the New Building Society (NBS) limited overs second division competition last weekend.
Reigning national sprint champion Rupert Perry is looking to shake off his injury woes of earlier this season and return to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Inter Unit Track and Field Championships at the GDF ground Camp Ayangana which begin today.
By Neil Barry
Once again both games in the Carib Beer and Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first division two-day competition were completed before 3pm on Sunday’s second day as the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) and Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) completed convincing victories over the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and Everest Cricket Club respectively.
The Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Inter Unit Championship will take place all this week at the GDF ground Camp Ayanganna with many titles up from grabs and opportunities for newcomers to make their name and claim a spot on the team for the Inter Services Athletic Championships (ISAC).
OLD TRAFFORD, England, CMC- West Indies women lost to England by 28 runs in their second of a five match series as part of their preparations for the world Twenty20 in Sri Lanka later this month.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has expressed confidence in his side’s chances in the World Twenty20 Tournament taking place in Sri Lanka this month.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Three months ago, Serena Williams was at her lowest after going out in the first round of the French Open, her earliest exit at a grand slam.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara and fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekara are winning their battle to be fit for this month’s Twenty20 World Cup on home soil.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saeed Ajmal will receive a special award from the Pakistan Cricket Board after the spin bowler was left off the shortlist for the International Cricket Council’s Player of the Year, chairman Zaka Ashraf said yesterday.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Afghanistan were adjudged winners of the Asia vs. the Caribbean Twenty/20 tournament after three teams won the same number of matches.
By Neil Barry
Sport pundits commonly use the phrase “Cometh the hour, cometh the man” to describe a sportsman who saves his best performances for the most important moment of his playing career.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies cricket team flew out of the region yesterday, confidence high, enroute to Sri Lanka for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Serena Williams won the U.S. Open women’s singles title at Flushing Meadows yesterday, beating world number one Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5 in a dramatic final to capture her 15th career grand slam title.
Sandeep Chand and his partner Godfrey Lowden got past siblings Seanden and Saevion David-Longe in the men’s doubles category when the first matches of the annual Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis Tournament commenced Friday at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel courts.
The window of opportunity of Alika Morgan’s promising athletic career seemed to be closing at a faster pace after being once again disenfranchised by the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) at the South American Under-23 Championship trials held a week ago.
Guyana’s long distance king Cleveland Forde yesterday proved that he is far from relinquishing his crown by winning the AINLIM 10k road race comfortably the race ending in front of the company’s head office.
School is the primary reason cited by Guyanese World Junior 400m Silver medallist Kadecia Baird for missing the South American Under 23 championships which will be held in Brazil September 28 -30.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – High Performance Centre head coach, Graeme West believes conditions on the upcoming tour of Bangladesh will be a major test for his fledgling side.