Sports

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said yesterday his side would be going all out to win the Test series against New Zealand starting here tomorrow.

Mohamed’s Enterprise and City Mall have joined the number of sponsors of the Inter-Market/Municipality Futsal tournament which commences July 31 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Defending champions Georgetown are in a must win situation when they face front runners Rupununi in the final game of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Inter-Association women’s football competition at the Georgetown Football Club ground this afternoon from 5pm.

Berbician Kriskal Persaud is the early leader as the Red Cherry Ladder chess tournament got underway Sunday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

In keeping with their ongoing focus to enhance junior talent the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) will send a batch of junior players to two international junior tournaments next month.

The Ramdhani siblings Narayan and Priyanna will spearhead Guyana’s junior team to the XXI Pan American Junior Badminton Championships which will be held in Alberta, Canada July 24 – 29, a release from the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) yesterday stated.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies superstar batsman Chris Gayle has re-signed with Sydney Thunder for another season of Australia’s glitzy Twenty20 Big Bash.

The national U-13 boys’ team of Elishaba Johnson, Kyle Edghill, Rajiv Muneshwar and Miguel Wong has won a gold medal in the team events of the seventh annual Pre-cadet and Cadet table

First basketball, now track and field. The Linden saga continues to affect sporting activities in Guyana.

By Emmerson Campbell The Hugh Ross Classic Committee yesterday staged a successful Fitness Walk around the outer circuit of the National Park.

United States of America-based Jamaica track and field coach Shaun Dietz says he wishes to denounce all the threats by unknown persons to three-time Olympian Aliann Pompey following the recent success of his athlete Kadecia Baird at the World Junior Championships last week in Barcelona Spain.

When most players would have lost hope and given up, Nyron Joseph produced his best squash to relinquish a two-game deficit en-route to becoming the 2012 Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Caribbean Under 17 Champion last night at the Liguanea Club Kingston Jamaica.

From Iva Wharton in Trinidad After their one year absence the Jamaica’s national netball team on Saturday reclaimed the Americas Federation of Netball Association (AFNA) title from defending champions Trinidad and Tobago who fell to third place.

By Emmerson Campbell The Hugh Ross Classic Committee yesterday staged a successful Fitness Walk around the outer circuit of the National Park.

Guyana’s Under-13 table tennis girls’ team of Jamaali Homer, Priscilla Greaves and Kristie Lopes defeated Jamaica in the final of the team event at the seventh Pre-cadet and cadet championships in Jamaica.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies selectors  yesterday announced a largely predictable squad for the opening Test against New Zealand starting here Wednesday, with the erratic Denesh Ramdin returning as vice-captain but no room found for speedster Fidel Edwards.

LYTHAM ST ANNES, England,  (Reuters) – South African Ernie Els won the British Open by one stroke from Adam Scott  yesterday after the Australian suffered an extraordinary late collapse on an incident-packed final day.

HOCKENHEIM, Germany, (Reuters) – Fernando Alonso led from pole position to chequered flag to win the German Grand Prix for Ferrari  yesterday while Germany’s Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel was stripped of second place for an overtaking infringement.

The inclement weather failed to dampen the spirit of local golfers as they battled in the Trophy Stall Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club Saturday.

Guyana’s female team captain Mary Fung-A-Fat won her fourth Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Caribbean title last night at the Liguanea Club Kingston Jamaica after defeating teammate Ashley deGroot.