Sports

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opener Nkrumah Bonner’s sensational half-century was in vain as West Indies lost an enthralling second Twenty20 to India A on the dreaded “super over” late Sunday night.

By Iva Wharton Moruca Secondary of Region One and Charity Secondary of Region Two are the first two schools into the quarter finals of the Digicel School’s Football Tournament currently being played across the country.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Organisers are confident that they can prevent gangs behind illegal gambling from fixing events at the Olympics in London next month, a senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) figure said  yesterday.

MOSCOW,   (Reuters) – Russian soccer chief Sergei Fursenko quit his post  yesterday following Russia’s disappointing showing at Euro 2012.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in collaboration with the National Sports Commission will be facilitating a Swimming Programme from July 16 to August 22 at the Colgrain Swimming Pool, Camp Street.

GNIEWINO, Poland,  (Reuters) – Spain captain Iker Casillas can become the first player to notch up 100 victories in international football if his team beat Portugal in  tomorrow’s Euro 2012 semi-final.

By Yonalla Dalrymple Stabroek Warriors sports organization will stage its second Inter-Market football tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall next month.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka claimed the extra half-hour at the end of the fourth day to complete a 209-run rout of Pakistan in the first test  yesterday.

Table tennis players will meet this afternoon at the Linmine Constabulary Recreational Hall to attempt to resuscitate the sport in the mining town.

(Reuters) – Sprinter Dwain Chambers has been left out of Britain’s team for the individual 100 metres at the European championships in Helsinki which start tomorrow.

WARSAW,  (Reuters) – Former Portugal and Benfica great Eusebio should leave hospital in Poznan on Thursday after his medical examination results proved satisfactory, local press agency PAP cited the hospital spokesman as saying yesterday.

(Reuters) – Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva has delayed the start of her outdoor season by pulling out of a meeting in Reims, France, on July 4.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Guyana came to Bermuda for the first time confident they could avenge defeat at home last year but left a well-beaten side after losing the Caribbean Rugby Championship final 18-0 at the National Sports Centre on Saturday.

THE VALLEY, Anguilla,  CMC – CARIFTA Games bronze medallists quarter-miler Dee Ann Rogers and sprinter Zharnel Hughes will spearhead Anguilla’s track and field team at the 19th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in El Salvador starting Friday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Petrotrin easily brushed aside Angostura White Oak by nine wickets to win the inaugural Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board Powerplay tournament here Sunday night.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,   (Reuters) – Sri Lanka paceman Chanaka Welegedara will miss the rest of the three-match series against Pakistan because of a torn shoulder muscle in his bowling arm.

By Emmerson Campbell A collective gasp was heard at the National Park by the thousands of local supporters when St Vincent scored its first goal against the Back Circle Stallions (Team Guyana) but it was the second dagger that sent them to the exits.

Niron Bissu, who was selected by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) to participate at next month’s Pre-Cadet tournament in Jamaica, on Saturday received sponsorship from Digital Technology Incorporated.

By Iva Wharton Santa Rosa Secondary School was yesterday adjudged champions of Region One in the Digicel Schools football competition when their opponents in yesterday’s final Hosororo were disqualified for fielding an over age player in the semi-final match against Port Kaituma.

Lindener Orville Hinds is the new national Road Race champion after he blitzed a star-studded field to pedal off with the winner’s trophy of the Road Race Championships yesterday.