NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Dwayne Smith blasted a memorable, boundary-studded 86 to set up a comfortable win for Barbados by 62 runs against Jamaica that lifted them to the top of the standings in Group B of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Saturday.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Romel Currency produced an fine all-round performance to spur Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) to their first win by 29 runs over Sussex in Group-B of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground on Saturday.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A record number of over 42 000 fans watched the first phase of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium here, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has reported.
PERTH, (Reuters) – A rampant Australia blitzed India’s tail to crush the hapless tourists by an innings and 37 runs with more than two days to spare in the third test yesterday and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.
By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) held its final Trial game yesterday at the National Park to select the national Sevens team which will participate in the Las Vegas Invitational Sevens from February 9 to 11.
The US$62,500 winners’ pay day in the current Caribbean Twenty20 – even the overall pot of US$125,000 – is mere pocket change to the real megabucks of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Australia’s Big Bash and other such biff-bang extravaganzas that have sprung up in every country since introduced in England in 2004.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Officials of the under-fire Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board said Minister of Sport Anil Roberts was never misled about the decision to allow Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo to play for their Indian Premier League teams in the Champions League Twenty20 last September.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A tidy performance in the field from Kevon Cooper helped reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago turn a match that promised much into a one-sided affair, claiming a historic, seven-wicket victory over Guyana in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Friday.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – Australia opener David Warner hailed sage advice from West Indies batting machine Shivnarine Chanderpaul following his second Test hundred against India yesterday.
EAST LONDON, South Africa, (Reuters) – Half-centuries from Hashim Amla and JP Duminy helped South Africa secure a five-wicket win in the second one-day international against Sri Lanka yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago have axed German Otto Pfister and appointed his assistant Anton Corneal as technical director.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Ato Boldon dismissed suggestions that he has failed to get involved with upcoming athletes in Trinidad & Tobago.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Kenny Benjamin said a crisis of leadership was affecting the game in the Leeward Islands.
PERTH, (Reuters) – Australia, fired by David Warner’s 180 and another fine display from their pace attack, were closing on victory after reducing India to 88 for four in their second innings after two days of the third test yesterday.
By Emmerson Campbell President Donald Ramotar yesterday answered an appeal for financial assistance from the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) on Monday by donating a cheque for five million dollars.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Their bowling, spearheaded by birthday boy Gavin Tonge, set things up and their batting, led by Kieran Powell, helped Leeward Islands to a morale-boosting, eight-wicket victory over Canada in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament yesterday.
Giftland Officemax became the first corporate entity this year to throw its support behind the Guyana National football team after signing a $4.25 million-dollar contract with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) as the team prepares for the third round of the CONCACAF 2014 World Cup Qualifiers against Mexico, Costa Rica and El Salvador from June 8 – October 16.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Ousted former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner said yesterday he had documented evidence to back his claim that he was gifted World Cup television rights in return for FIFA votes and accused the organisation of being “disingenuous and dishonest”.
(Reuters) – The Memphis Grizzlies snapped a three-game losing streak with a 94-83 mauling of the New York Knicks at the FedExForum on Thursday.
The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will host its annual awards ceremony tonight for the most outstanding athletes during 2011 at the Young Men’s Christian Association Building (YMCA) from 19:00hrs.
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