Sports

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – An aggressive, undefeated half-century from Tarryk Gabriel put the Windward Islands in sight of first innings points over Guyana on the opening day of their fourth round Regional Under-19 Championship clash here yesterday.

The Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) men’s basketball team will be somewhat upgraded for the 2012 edition in French Guiana as star guards Dominic Vincente and Nikkoloi Smith left last Thursday for a High Performance Training Camp in Suriname.

The junior and senior Suriname draughts teams made a clean sweep of their Guyanese counterparts when the Goodwill series between the two countries ended recently at the Providence National Stadium.

Chess players Taffin Khan, Kriskal Persaud, Ronuel Greenidge and Anthony Drayton will contest the final four playoffs of the Red Cherry chess tournament today following the conclusion of the final preliminary round at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club on Thursday.

The  inner circuit of the National Park will be transformed into a speedway today when National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed and  Geddes Grant (Guyana) Limited, through its Seven Seas range of products, team up to host  an 11-race programme.

By Emmerson Campbell “Inspiring young minds through soccer and academics” is the theme of this year’s fifth annual Fruta Conquerors Football Club summer camp which was launched at their clubhouse in Tucville on Thursday.

By Emmerson Campbell The five-fight all-pro boxing card dubbed ‘Redemption’ which was scheduled to box off on September 2 has now been pushed back.

FRIENDSHIP, Barbados,  CMC – Middle order batsman Bryan Gayle stroked a sparkling maiden unbeaten century while Kerry Holness narrowly missed out on another, as Jamaica put Leeward Islands’ bowling to the sword on the opening day of their fourth round match in the Regional Under-19 Championship here yesterday.

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) stands a chance of benefiting financially from the International Federation of Netball Associations (IFNA).

By Iva Wharton Fifteen-year-old swimmer Britney Van Lange is back from the London 2012 Olympics and according to her the experience gained was quite valuable.

One of the largest ever  Day 0of Interaction is expected to take place tomorrow when the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCY&S)/National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Region Six Regional Democratic Council stages the event tomorrow at the Port Mourant Community Centre ground.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Right-handed batsman Ewart Nicholson stroked a masterful, maiden hundred as Trinidad & Tobago occupied the crease for the entire first day against hosts Barbados here yesterday.

LONDON,  CMC – The prodigious Usain Bolt again elevated himself into a class of his own when he raced to gold in the men’s 200 metres final, to complete an unprecedented repeat Olympic sprint double here yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Teadie Crawford wrote her name in the record books of the Regional Women’s Twenty20 Tournament yesterday with a destructive spell of bowling that undermined Dominica’s fragile batting and catapulted St.

LONDON, UK,  CMC – World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James says one of his goals is to help stop talented young athletes in Grenada from falling out of grace with the sport.

LONDON, (Reuters) – When a rower is helped from his boat after a race robs him of the ability to walk, and a triathlete is put on an intravenous drip after winning bronze then collapsing, people wonder if being an Olympic athlete is good for your health.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC-The West Indies Cricket Board yesterday announced the staging of the second annual High performance camp for under-15 cricketers in the region.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Kenya’s David Rudisha stormed to 800 metres gold in a world record time at the London Olympics yesterday to cap four years of dominance in the two-lap event with a brilliant run.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World champion Christian Taylor produced this year’s biggest jump to take gold in the men’s triple jump in an American one-two at the London Olympic Games yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC- West Indies Cricket coach Otis Gibson says he is deeply inspired by his side’s recent series win against New Zealand in all three formats of the game.