Sports

Defending champions Headquarters captured yet another championship when the annual Track and Field Police Championships concluded yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

By Emmerson Campbell The crème de le crème of Guyana’s bodybuilders will be on show tonight when the third biennial Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) Body building and Fitness Show is staged at the National Cultural Centre.

GCC Brodras and Hikers Cadets scored upset wins in the senior category as the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey tournament opened Thursday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Although no medals will be awarded until  today, the women’s soccer tournament started on Wednesday, and yesterday South Korean archers set the first world records of the Games, the Reuters News Agency reported yesterday..

Guyana’s Priyanna Ramdhani has reached the semi-finals of the mixed and women’s doubles at the XXI Pan American junior badminton championships in Alberta, Canada.

A clutch performance for the Guyana’s boys team and a formality win by the girls guaranteed Guyana its eight straight overall title when the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) championships ended in Jamaica on Thursday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Points leaders Barbados were eyeing their fourth straight win after producing a strong all-round performance to dominate Leeward Islands on the opening day of the fourth round of matches in the West Indies Cricket Board Under-15 Championship here yesterday.

The men’s and women’s squads preparing for upcoming tournaments will be involved in practice sessions at the Providence National Stadium today from 2pm.

Host Trinidad and Tobago seems set to advance to the next round of the CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup qualification football tournament even as they set up a final Group showdown with Guyana’s Junior Jaguars later today at the Hasley Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago will face teams from England and Sri Lanka as they seek to qualify for this year’s Champions League Twenty20.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has dismissed media reports that he sustained minor injuries following a vehicular accident on Wednesday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Chris Gayle benefitted from a huge slice of fortune and marked his return to Tests with a typically flamboyant half-century to lead a strong West Indies reply against New Zealand in the first Test yesterday here.

LONDON,  CMC – Team doctor of Jamaica’s track and field outfit, Winston Dawes, says Usain Bolt is fit and ready for the Olympics despite lingering public concerns over his fitness.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pau Gasol said yesterday he felt like a “beast” after working hard to prepare for his pivotal role in Spain’s bid for Olympic hardware in basketball.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – All eyes turn to London today for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics, an exuberant journey from Britain’s idyllic pastures through the grime of the Industrial Revolution and ending in a contemporary world dominated by popular culture.

By Emmerson Campbell The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) will come alive tonight when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages its 25th edition of its Fight Night Pro Am card.

Headquarters (HQ) with a commanding lead of  213,  trailed by  their closest rivals ‘A’ Division on 130 points, is set to be the top athletics division as the police athletics championships wind down today with a keenly anticipated contest in the men’s 1500 metres.

The unfair treatment meted out to hinterland athletes could act as a deterrent to others in interior locations, according to Brian Rodrigues of the Rupununi Athletics and Sports Academy.

The Demerara Cricket Club defeated the touring side from New York, Atlantis Cricket Club, by five runs in a thrilling finish at the club’s ground in Queenstown on Wednesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Indian Premier League (IPL) stars Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine will play for Trinidad and Tobago in the Champions League T20 Competition, Sports Minister Anil Roberts has said.