Sports

The stage is all set for today’s mega CARICOM Day horse race meet at the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club.

Only two members of the previous executive committee were returned as Attorney-at-law Jerome Khan took over the helm of the Lusignan Golf Club followed its Annual General Meeting   Saturday at the Club House in Lusignan Village, East Coast of Demerara.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Rain has washed out the third and final one-dayer between West Indies A and India A at the National Stadium here  yesterday.

The annual Bakewell sponsored Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) of Guyana Inter-Jamaat 15 overs-a-side round robin softball competition will conclude today at the MYO ground Woolford Avenue, following yesterday’s lone quarter-final fixture.

The Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) basketball team pulled off a thrilling, last minute win against the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) in the final of the Inter-Services knockout basketball tournament which was held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Wednesday.

Berbice cyclists will showcase their skills today when the inaugural Island Mist Water-sponsored, 40-mile road race wheels off.

By Iva Wharton Thirty-seven under-13 players from five football clubs in the city have been selected to attend the Banks DIH Limited, Powerade football academy.

By Emmerson Campbell Friday night’s action at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall produced both thunder and lightning.

Farley, Fortune excite CASH crowd in dunk exhibition The Guyana National team mirrored the performance of its fellow National Community Basketball League (NCBL) All-Star team in blowing out the Brooklyn Bulldogs 85-50 when the NCBL International All-Star weekend continued Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida,  CMC – Aggressive opener Chris Gayle stroked his second half-century in three innings since his return to West Indies colours as the Caribbean side broke a nine-match winless slump with a 56-run victory over New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 International of the historic two-match series here  ysterday.

The West Indies’ two Twenty20 Internationals against New Zealand over this weekend hold far more significance than simply the latest in the global escalation of the shortest, most popular and lucrative form of the game.

After a highly contested series of conferences that saw the best school emerging from different zones in Guyana,  Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) will tip off its annual National School’s Basketball Festival (NSBF) today from 16:00hrs at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

Ring, Ring! … From today your telephone’s chime may be promoting a different ring to your usual conversation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – World champion Yohan Blake stunned World record-holder Usain Bolt in the 100 metres final at the Jamaica Olympic Trials here Friday night, clocking the fastest time in the world this year and setting the stage for an enthralling battle at the London Olympics.

By Emmerson Campbell After finishing a disappointing ninth in the Road Race Championships last week, seasoned cyclist Robin Persaud took his talents to the inner circuit of the National Park yesterday to capture the featured 35-lap event of the Malta Supreme-sponsored 11-race programme.

One of the greatest fears of a professional athlete is becoming injured.

A one-day rapid chess tournament will take place today in Bartica as the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) moves to decentralize the sport.

Tyshon Bentick of the Guyana Defence Force was the winner of the Open category of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, 5K event and fitness jog.

The second annual 5-mile cycle road race in observance of CARICOM Day gets underway this morning from 9am on the West Bank of Demerara.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Mohammad Hafeez overcame his lean start to the tour of Sri Lanka by carving out a career best 172 not out as Pakistan reached an impressive 334 for one wicket at close of play on the first day of the second test yesterday.