On the night when the young boxing stars showcased their talent in the mining town, Travis Hubbard from the Harpy Eagles gym shone the brightest Monday night when the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) staged its inaugural open air card at the Mackenzie Bus Park in Linden.
Chris Gayle’s return to the West Indies squad is likely to be delayed after fresh doubts emerged over his availability for the ODI leg of the upcoming England tour, pouring cold water over the hard-earned resolution reached between him and the West Indies Cricket Board by CARICOM (the Caribbean Community).
(Cricinfo) Pune Warriors succumbed to the tournament’s whipping boys, Deccan Chargers, batting them out of the match for the second time in less than a week.
`I played cricket for 22 and a half years, I understand that I was nominated because of this reason’ –Tendulkar (Cricinfo) Sachin Tendulkar has said that his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, India’s upper house of Parliament, was due to his contribution to sport and no other reason, and affirmed that he would not be trading cricket for politics.
Linden is on the ball to unearth more young talent to bolster its stock of cultural artists when a myriad of students take to the stage to showcase their ability at the inaugural Linden Schools’ Talent Concert tomorrow.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fast bowling legend Courtney Walsh believes West Indies can be successful in England but will need to be consistent and adapt to the new conditions quickly.
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC – New Zealand’s tour of the West Indies later this year will be the last for John Wright as coach.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Allen Richardson has resigned as first vice-president of the Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) ahead of the new season starting this weekend but has declined to comment on his departure.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s monumental feat in becoming the first Guyanese and second West Indian cricketer to reach 10,000 runs in test cricket has been praised by two of the greatest cricketers this country has ever produced.
Christopher Ram’s lasting legacy to the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) he served as president for two terms will not be the five-year short term plan he has implemented, the new courts erected under his stewardship or the improvement in the standard of the junior players but rather the decision to change the constitution of the GTA so that one person cannot serve for more than two terms.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria will protest his innocence when he appears before an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) disciplinary hearing investigating corruption charges this month, his brother Vicky said yesterday.
(Reuters) – The top-seeded Chicago Bulls should not let the season-ending injury to leading scorer Derrick Rose distract them from their goal of winning the team’s first title in 14 years, Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Oklahoma City Thunder dealt Dallas another heartbreaking loss in the NBA playoffs on Monday to take a 2-0 lead over last season’s champions in a series that is threatening to boil over.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – New York Knicks forward Amar’e Stoudemire suffered a badly cut hand from an incident following his team’s 104-94 defeat to the Miami Heat in the NBA playoffs on Monday and could miss time in the remainder of the series.
National table tennis champion Trenace Lowe Sunday night captured the women’s singles at the Super Bowl Table Tennis Tournament at the Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena,
By Emmerson Campbell Minister responsible for sports Dr. Frank Anthony yesterday gave Guyana’s amateur boxers Imran `Magic’ Khan, Stefan Gouveia and Bert Braithwaite a vote of confidence by indicating that he was sure that they can qualify for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Jorge Medina took the first prize in Saturday’s Scotiabank Golf tournament which saw the bank donating $325,000 to orphanages of the winners’ choice. Medina
CHENNAI, India, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo took two key wickets but his Chennai Super Kings still came up short as Kolkata Knight Riders, featuring another West Indies player Sunil Narine, clinched a five-wicket win in the last over in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Sprinter Dwain Chambers and cyclist David Millar were cleared to compete in this year’s London Olympics after the British Olympic Association’s (BOA) lifetime Games ban on drug cheats was declared invalid by sport’s highest court yesterday.
(Reuters) – Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo has been suspended one game for bumping into an official during his team’s playoff-opening loss to the Atlanta Hawks, the National Basketball Association said yesterday.
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