Sports

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Long jumpers Tyrone Smith and Arantxa King have been named Bermuda’s men’s and women’s Athletes-of-the-Year after “exceptional” performances.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Jamaal Shabazz said he is working on a deal with the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation that would also allow him to stay with Guyana.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Premier League leaders Manchester City and champions Manchester United switched attention back to the action and away from controversies surrounding racism with easy wins  yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) –  Barcelona’s Lionel Messi was named as Argentina’s sports personality of the year  yesterday, winning the Olimpia de Oro (gold) for the first time.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australian batsman Shaun Marsh will test his fitness in a Twenty20 match this  evening and is confident he will be ready to go for next week’s opening test against India.

DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman broke through Bangladesh’s resistance before Pakistan raced against fading light to complete a seven-wicket win on the final day of the second test yesterday.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – Pakistan marked the first international hockey match played in the country for seven years with a 3-0 win over China yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Reigning Caribbean champions Jamaica finished the year at the top of the Caribbean Football Union rankings.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant tore a ligament in his right wrist in Monday’s preseason game against the Los Angeles Clippers and is considered day-to-day, the National Basketball Association club said  yesterday.

By Emerson Campbell Winners never quit and quitters never win – that’s the mantra of Guyana’s current cruiserweight and heavyweight champion Kurt ‘Sledgehammer’ Bess along with his management team as they look to resurrect his career in order to achieve his goals for the year ahead and beyond.

The Georgetown Cricket Association named the Georgetown squad to play their Berbice Under-21 counterparts in the first match of the Basil Butcher Under-21 tribute double header today at the Cumberland Ground, Canje, Berbice.

Action in the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) tournament continues this evening with a double-header at Beterverwagting from 18:30hrs.

Kwakwani Secondary School appears to be the team to beat in the ongoing Titan’s Bowl basketball tournament as they racked up another stroke in the win column last Monday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall by defeating the University of Guyana (UG).

YAOUNDE,  (Reuters) – Cameroon’s government is monitoring the situation after the decision by the country’s football federation to suspend captain Samuel Eto’o for 15 matches.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting’s international future could be in doubt if he fails to make runs, regardless of the former captain’s standing in the game, Australia coach Mickey Arthur has said.

Bridgetown, Barbados – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) have paid tribute to Nigel Harrison, the outstanding first-class umpire who died recently in Barbados.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Ed Cowan will open the batting on his debut for Australia in next week’s first test against India after being included in an extended squad announced  yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – National players Kwandwane Browne and Kristin Thompson will represent the Trinidad & Tobago Hockey Board at the Sports Foundation national awards.

TORONTO, Canada,  CMC – Former Guyana fast bowler Jeremy Gordon said he was excited about the prospect of making his debut for Canada in the forthcoming Caribbean Twenty20 Championship next month.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – A stoppage-time goal by Dutchman Arjen Robben sent Bayern Munich into the German Cup quarter-finals with a nervous 2-1 win at second division VfL Bochum yesterday while champions Borussia Dortmund needed penalties to oust gutsy Fortuna Duesseldorf 5-4.