Anthony Downes and Andre Lopes defeated the pair of Craig Campbell and Judah Stephney at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Recreational Centre on Tuesday last when matches in the GBTI Open tennis tournament continued.
The National Under-17 football squad preparing for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualification tournament next week was holed up in the volatile Linden community as residents started a five-day protest over a hike in electricity tariff.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Temperamental left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn has inched his way even closer to a senior team recall after being named in a provisional 30-man West Indies squad for the ICC World Twenty20 Championship in September.
National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) 2012 champions, Kwakwani, made good their debut on the international scene in Antigua last Monday with a 76-72 win over Clarehall Secondary of Antigua.
(Reuters) – India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has been named in a preliminary 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, raising hopes of a return to international cricket after undergoing cancer treatment.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England pace bowler Graham Onions may be ruled out of the opening match of the three-test series against South Africa starting at the Oval today after a hamstring strain forced him to miss training yesterday.
BAGNERES DE LUCHON, France, (Reuters) – Defending champion Cadel Evans bowed to the heat and the four Pyrenean climbs on the 16th stage of the Tour de France to surrender his crown yesterday.
(Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen was left out of England’s provisional, 30-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday.
Guyana’s junior national squash team was scheduled to depart this morning en-route to Jamaica for a chance to compete for their eighth-straight title at the Caribbean Area Squash Association’s (CASA) Junior Squash Championships which will be held from July 20th -27th.
For the second time in two months, national youth cricket teams have departed these shores for regional competitions grossly underprepared.
By Emmerson Campbell The cliché “good things come to those who wait” must have been the mantra for Kwesi ‘Lightning Struck Assassin’ Jones because the local light heavyweight champion’s patience has paid off.
Reigning ladies champion Aruna Ramrattan and her partner Leyland Leacock got the better of the lively team of Shawna Gentle and Gavin Lewis in claiming a 6-3 6-7 (8-6) 6-3 win in the mixed doubles of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry Open lawn tennis tournament when matches continued on Sunday evening at the GBTI Recreational Centre, Bel Air.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine has praised the input of head coach Ottis Gibson, following his five-wicket haul which fired West Indies to a 20-run victory in the final One-Day International against New Zealand on Monday.
Fitness Express has come onboard to support Guyana’s newest Olympian, Winston George, by supplying the track and field star with Gaspari Nutrition Myofusion Probiotic protein powder and a bottle of Musclepharm Creatine to aid in the enhancement of the sprinter’s performance.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Head coach Ottis Gibson says West Indies’ win over New Zealand in the recent one-day series is one to “cherish” but said his side was already looking ahead to the two-Test series starting later this month.
LUCERNE, Switzerland, (Reuters) – World 100 metres champion Yohan Blake showed he was in good heart to challenge compatriot Usain Bolt for Olympic sprint dominance in London by clocking 9.85 seconds to win at a meeting in Lucerne yesterday.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant, the face of the U.S.
PAU, France, (Reuters) – The Tour de France was rocked yesterday when Luxembourg’s Frank Schleck, third overall in last year’s race, was pulled out of the 2012 edition after failing a dope test for a diuretic.
THE VALLEY, Anguilla, CMC – Former NBA star point guard Gary Payton, nicknamed “The Gloveman”, has returned here for the second straight year to conduct the four-day Anguilla Sports Foundation Camp.
(Reuters) – New Zealand named the following 30-man preliminary squad yesterday for the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka in September and October.
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