JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa test captain Graeme Smith was omitted from the 15-man squad to take part in the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka next month, Cricket South Africa (CSA) announced yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Four years ago Warren Weir was at home watching Usain Bolt race to a 100 and 200 metres Olympic double in Beijing but yesterday he sat beside him having just helped deliver a Jamaican clean sweep in the longer distance at the London Games.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Newly-crowned “greatest-ever sprinter” Usain Bolt said yesterday he had lost all respect for Carl Lewis, the man whose on-track exploits he has surpassed with his unique Olympic double-double but who still leads the way in self-regard.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The United States came out on top in track duels with Jamaica at the Olympic Games when Aries Merritt flew to victory in the men’s 110 metre hurdles and Allyson Felix struck gold at her third attempt in the women’s 200m yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – After scenting victory at one stage with Barbados tottering, Jamaica were frustratingly held to a draw on the final day of their third round encounter in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship yesterday.
Bartica businessman Stephen Bell yesterday blasted the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) over the selection of Under-21 player Denzel Hopkinson ahead off his twin sons Brad and Brandon.
A former White House Fellow, a former Caribbean men’s singles champion and a former Caribbean junior boys’ singles champion are the latest to air their views on the selection controversy of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA).
PINE BASIN, Barbados, CMC – All-rounder Ricardo Adams slammed a hard-hitting, maiden century for Guyana but could not prevent Trinidad and Tobago from landing first innings honours in their drawn game of the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship yesterday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – June Ogle captured the headlines with a half-century to lead Guyana to a comfortable 69-run victory over Grenada in the first round of the Regional Women’s Twenty20 Tournament yesterday.
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is gearing up to host the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival later this year but officials are hoping for a break in the weather to resume the outdoor season.
The Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) is on the horizon as French Guiana is set to host the 2012 edition of the tri-nation event among Guyana, Suriname and themselves.
The Lusignan Golf Club is forging ahead with its 2012 programme despite the current inclement weather and golfers will be in action again this weekend in another sponsored tournament.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Leewards Islands took first innings lead over Windward Islands as their third match in the Regional Under-19 three-Championship petered out into a tame draw at the Desmond Haynes Oval yesterday.
Buxton/Friendship village received a new basketball court and play area on Tuesday when Director of Sport, Neil Kumar, made the official presentation in Roopchand Street, Buxton, in the presence of Pastor Terry Thomas, residents and media representatives.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Taoufik Makhloufi ran a scorching last lap to take gold for Algeria in the Olympic 1,500 metres yesterday, a day after dropping out of an 800m heat with what his team said was a knee injury.
LONDON, CMC – Sprint superstar Usain Bolt described his opening heat run here yesterday morning as “easy” as he took a giant step towards an unprecedented repeat Olympic sprint double at the London Games.
Former national players Mike Christophe and Andrew Gorsira are critical of the selection policies of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) following the release of the Guyana men’s and women’s teams to the upcoming 54th annual Caribbean championships in Santo Domingo later this month.
LONDON, CMC – Two-time defending champion Veronica Campbell-Brown leads three Caribbean women against three Americans in yesterday’s 200m final here at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
PINE BASIN, Barbados, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago held the stronger hand but Guyana kept their fortunes afloat on the second day of their Regional Under-19 three-day Championship match here yesterday.
By Iva Wharton The good news is that there definitely will be a 25-metre warm-up pool at the National Aquatic Centre, Pattensen.
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