Sports

By Ivan Wharton The Diamond Mineral Water indoor hockey tournament should be back on track in December.

Five less fortunate students from  Port Mourant Secondary received $75,000 worth of educational and personal hygiene items, sport gears and a pair of footwear each when the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club hosted its fourth Annual Moniz Memorial Educational Trust Fund on Monday.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies got down to business yesterday with their first training session ahead of the two Twenty20 International against England this weekend at The Oval.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) released its results for its Bakewell sponsored, nationwide Male/Female 10/10 Softball competition that continued last Sunday: Trophy Stall A defeated Good Fortuin All Stars A by 8 wickets.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has confirmed that a 21-member national squad will take part in the upcoming Inter Guiana Games (IGG) football tournament scheduled to take place in Suriname from October 20 -23.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – The International Cricket Council announced yesterday the match schedule and unveiled the event logo of the World Twenty20 Championship to be staged in Sri Lanka from September 18 to October 7 next year.

Participants at the swimming segment of the annual Ministry of Education (MOE)/Guyana’s Tea-cher’s Union (GTU) National Schools’ Championships just might be performing in the 50m Olympic-Sized Pool if all goes well.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Kolkata Knight Riders lost to Somerset by 11 runs in the last qualifying match of the Champions League Twenty20 yesterday, but both teams still qualified for the main draw.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad & Tobago’s strong start to qualification for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil has given them a boost in the latest FIFA World Rankings released  yesterday.

An innings of 80 by skipper Quacy Mc Pherson led West Berbice to a five-wicket victory over New Amsterdam/Canje at the Port Mourant Cricket Ground as the 2011 Berbice Cricket Board/Republic Bank Under-17 Inter-zone Cricket Competition commenced on Sunday.

The Guyana Softball League organized Regal Stationery and Computer Sales sponsored Over-35 T20 competition, takes place on Sunday with the finals in the male and female categories.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat has ruled out changes to 50-over cricket despite a proposal put forward by Indian great Sachin Tendulkar.

KARACHI,  (Reuters) – A outbreak of dengue fever in Pakistan’s Punjab capital Lahore has led the Pakistan cricket Board to shift its premier domestic tournament to the southern city of Karachi.

Judge James Bovell-Drakes yesterday granted an interim injunction restraining executives of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) from interfering in the management and administration of football in the Georgetown area.

Demerara will clash with defending Champions Berbice in the 2011 El Dorado Inter-County limited-overs final on Sunday at Albion, after both sides secured victory of contrasting difficulties in their respective third round clashes, at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Ground, Bourda and Demerara Cricket Club (DCC.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Michael Clarke hit his 15th test century to lead Australia to a draw in the third and final test against Sri Lanka  yesterday and a 1-0 win in his first series as captain.

By Iva Wharton The national schools athletics, cycling and swimming championships, one of the biggest sporting events on the schools calendar, also highlight some of the shortcomings competitors face in some disciplines.

Managing Director of the Trophy Stall  Ramesh Sunich on Friday donated three trophies to the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club for a female tournament in Berbice.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Trinidad & Tobago captain Daren Ganga said he is confident of a good show in the remainder of the Champions League Twenty20.

One of Guyana’s leading departmental store, Gizmos and  Gadgets last Friday renewed its cricket sponsorship with the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club.