Sports

By Iva Wharton No local player has qualified for the second stage of the Digicel Kick Start clinic in Trinidad but according to the six players who participated in the first stage in Suriname, the experience was worth it.

The Guyana Teachers’ Union/Ministry of Education National Schools’ Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships have been set for November 14-18 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy said Tuesday he was not discouraged by his side’s heart-breaking loss to Bangladesh in the one-off Twenty20 International.

Tonight’s third night of the Mackeson Smooth Moves basketball tournament will see action at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court and the Albouystown basketball court as the nation’s   premier players vie for a chance to cash in on the tournament’s $1M first prize.

October seems to be the lucky month for Deonarine Dinnanauth following his victory in the Sanjay Jewellery Medal Play Golf tournament last weekend, one year after he won another major tournament.

Linden’s Bauxite Flyers Cycling Club has organised a 12-race cycle meet Sunday at the Amelia’s Ward Circuit from 9:30am.

Results from Sunday’s Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association Bakewell 10/10 tournament.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will clash this weekend in one of two Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket Heroes Cup first-division matches.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – A Marlon Samuels half-century was not enough to save West Indies from defeat, as Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim produced a superb unbeaten 41, to fire his side to a three-wicket win with a ball to spare in the one-off Twenty20 International here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA) has hit back at allegations Australian players are involved in match-fixing, saying the claims made by a sports agent were “baseless and outlandish”.

Top Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh yesterday rubbished the reported claims of a London-based bookie Mazhar Majeed that he had “access” to them, saying that they had never even met him.

(Reuters) The ICC Champions Trophy is likely to give way for a Test Championship.

(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association (NBA) has cancelled the first two weeks of the regular season after the league owners and players were unable to resolve a bitter labor dispute on Monday.

Guyanese football referees have received several appointments as the preliminary matches continue for the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

HAMILTON, Bermuda,  CMC – Guyana’s head coach Jamaal Shabazz says flight cancellations and administrative problems have put his table-topping team on the back foot ahead of their CONCACAF World Cup Group B match against Bermuda at the National Sports Centre last night.

Co-defending Regional limited overs champions the Leeward Islands, who tied with Barbados at Sabina Park in last year’s final, and the Windward Islands are expected to arrive in Guyana today for their acclimatization camp ahead of the Regional Super50 one-day tournament scheduled to bowl off from October 19 – 29.

The East Bank Cricket Board (EBCB) is inviting all Under-17 cricketers in the area to gather at the Diamond Cricket Ground today at 4:45pm for a meeting.

By Emmerson Campbell Coordinator of the Guyana Cycling Association of North America (GCANA) Victor Rutherford made a monetary award to current national cycle road race champion Walter Grant-Stewart during

By Iva Wharton Pauline London promises fireworks on October 29 when she faces heavyweight champion Gwendolyn O’Neil in what she maintains will be a “do-or-die” battle.

Guyana Squash Association (GSA) president Andrew Arjoon says that squash has had a successful year as most of its major plans came to fruition and its hosting of and the team and individual wins at the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships are among its proudest achievements.