By Emmerson Campbell
Amid the afterglow of the Guyana Jaguars’ crushing 20-nil victory over Trinidad and Tobago’s Calypso Warriors on Saturday, the local ruggers have been lauded for their superior fitness and the execution of their game plan.
POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounders Dwayne Smith and Kieron Pollard produced electrifying innings to fire Queen’s Park to a 56-run victory over Preysal in the final of the Premiership Twenty20 Festival here Saturday night.
LEICESTER, England, CMC – Rain dealt yet another blow to West Indies’ already wretched tour, forcing the abandonment of the second day of their two-day fixture against Leicestershire here yesterday and further undermining their build-up to the third and final later this week.
PARIS, (Reuters) – No man has won four grand slams in a row for 43 years and Novak Djokovic came close to finding out just how difficult pulling off the feat is when he diced with defeat before conjuring a great escape at the French Open yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner on Saturday remained mum on the ownership of the Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, the multi-million-dollar football facility at Macoya.
HAMBANTOTA, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi celebrated his 50th appearance in Twenty20 internationals with a half century to lead his side to a 23-run victory over Sri Lanka yesterday.
(Reuters) – Argentina’s decision to play their four world class forwards was fully justified in a crushing 4-0 win over Ecuador that put them top of the South American World Cup qualifiers on Saturday.
(Reuters) – Kevin Durant’s unstoppable fourth-quarter explosion lifted Oklahoma City to a 109-103 victory over the recently unbeatable San Antonio Spurs on Saturday and levelled the Western Conference Finals series at 2-2.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Officials of problem-plagued football club Boulevard Blazers have kicked out 13 players in a drastic move to clean up the club’s image.
EDMONTON, Alberta, CMC – Defending Northlands Park jockeys’ champion Rico Walcott rode a triple on Friday’s eight-race card to extend his winning trend, after landing four-winners on Wednesday’s mid-week programme.
DUBLIN, Ohio, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods’ remarkable two-shot victory at the Memorial tournament yesterday will have sent a few shivers down the spines of his rivals with the year’s second major, the U.S.
EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Grenadian 400 metres World champion Kirani James was disqualified for a false start as Caribbean athletes suffered miserable fortunes at the 38th Prefontaine Classic event here Saturday.
EUGENE, Oregon, (Reuters) – No one has ever run the 110 metres hurdles faster than China’s Liu Xiang did on Saturday, wind or no wind, but the former world record holder was not ready to proclaim himself the king of the event again.
(Trinidad Express) Keston Bledman and Kelly-Ann Baptiste sizzled at the National Training Center (NTC) in Clermont, Florida, USA, yesterday, the Trinidad and Tobago sprint stars recording windy wins at the NTC Last Chance meet.
By Emmerson Campbell
Guyana’s 20-nil thrashing of Trinidad and Tobago’s Calypso Warriors yesterday at the Providence National Stadium in the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup has enabled the local ruggers to book their place in the finals.
By Emmerson Campbell
After finishing a disappointing eighth overall in the three-stage cycling road race event last month, seasoned cyclist Robin Persaud returned to form yesterday powering away with the featured 35-lap event of the 11-race cycling meet which was sponsored by Powerade.