MADRID, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo netted his fifth La Liga hat-trick of the campaign as Real Madrid brushed off Pepe’s 44th-minute dismissal to secure a crushing 6-2 victory at Sevilla and move back above Barcelona to the top of the standings yesterday.
Top seeds in the Under-21 male and female categories Nigel Bryan and Trenace Lowe respectively played true to the seedings yesterday when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) national championships continued at the National Gymnasium.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) football team has withdrawn from the Banks DIH Banks-Beer sponsored tournament which is being run by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA).
Grove Hi Tech last evening defeated Netrockers 5-3 on penalty kicks in game three of the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai football tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.
Former three time men’s singles champion Colin France used his vast experience to win the men’s doubles title with partner Denzil Hopkinson when the Guyana Table Tennis Association national championships continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium.
As the Guyana senior cricket team begin preparations for next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 tournament that kicks off in Antigua and Barbados from January 10 – 22, arguably the biggest story coming out of Guyana’s 14-man squad selection besides the omission of Ramnaresh Sarwan is the selection of Christopher Barnwell as captain.
Veteran cricket commentator Joseph `Reds’ Perreira is urging the establishment of pro league cricket here and expressed the hope that one day Guyanese players will not have to flock to Trinidad & Tobago to play cricket to earn their keep.
CANBERRA, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar hit a quickfire 92 before retiring as India’s first warm-up match on their tour of Australia against a Chairman’s XI ended in a draw after rain brought an early end to play yesterday.
Inspirational head coach of the Golden Jaguars team Jamaal Shabbaz has called on the Guyanese public to put the elections results behind them and unite as a nation around the national football team.
With Barbadian knockout specialist Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox’s birthday 9 days away, he is not entertaining the thought of losing against Guyana’s destructive force Kurt ‘The Sledgehammer’ Bess when the two clash tonight at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
National swimming coach Stephanie Fraser says that the re-introduction of the sport of water polo to Guyanese will allow older swimmers to be involved in a competitive aquatic activity.
CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – AB de Villiers fell one short of a 13th test century yesterday after helping South Africa into a commanding position on the second day of the first test against Sri Lanka at Centurion.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Kelvin Williams said blame it on the rain if Trinidad & Tobago failed to repeat as Caribbean Twenty20 champions next year.
The first round of the annual National Schools chess champions sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport commences today at the Providence National Stadium.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC/IANS – Kieron Pollard has been ruled out of the Big Bash Twenty20 League with a tear in his right hamstring.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Dwayne Bravo played a small role in a seven-wicket victory for the Sydney Sixers in the newly-established Big Bash League Twenty20 over the Brisbane Heat yesterday.
Paul Meusa and Chelsea Edghill are the new mixed doubles champions in the 2011 National Table Tennis Championships after battling to a 3-2 win against Trenace Lowe and Joel Alleyne.
Young and upcoming boxing star Imran ‘Magic’ Khan believes he can do Guyana proud at the 2012 Olympics once his Amateur International Boxing Association (AIBA) training camp stint in Cardiff, Wales from February 18 to March 10 goes well.
(This is an abridged transcript of Rahul Dravid’s speech at the Bradman Oration on Wednesday in Australia.)
Antigua, CMC – Sir Vivian Richards has condemned the West Indies Cricket Board for their handling of their dispute with batting star Chris Gayle.
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