GREENSBORO, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Americans Jeff Quinney and Tommy Gainey carded seven-under 63s to share the first round lead of the Wyndham Championship yesterday, while others scrambled to qualify for the FedExCup playoffs.
BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Shiv Chanderpaul’s inauspicious start to his stint with Warwickshire continued yesterday when he was dismissed for one on the opening day of the County Championship match against Hampshire at Edgbaston.
ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Prodigious teenager Kirani James will spearhead Grenada’s three-member squad to the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea later this month.
ALBA Games bronze medallist Imran ‘Magic’ Khan will make his third appearance on the Pro Am Friday night fights boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall slated for August 26.
MASON, Ohio, (Reuters) – World number two Rafa Nadal scraped into the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Open after beating fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 7-6 6-7 7-6 in a fierce battle yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazilian fans plan match-day protests against Ricardo Teixeira, the head of the country’s football association, to demand he step down from his role at the 2014 World Cup.
(Trinidad Express) It’s official!
All-rounders Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo will not represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 2011 Nokia Champions League T20 tournament in India in September.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Rain frustrated England’s bid for a series whitewash over India yesterday when play was washed out after lunch on the opening day of the fourth test at the Oval.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confused about UEFA’s rules covering touchline bans after he was ordered to stop communicating with his team during a Champions League playoff win over Udinese.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Ronaldinho, who has been in fine form for Brazilian championship contenders Flamengo, was recalled to the Brazil squad today.
Their inexperience showed but the national under-17 female footballers held on for a 1-1 draw against Curacao in their first match of the CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup Qualifiers at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground yesterday.
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has extended heartfelt congratulations to the Berbice Universal DVD Titans on being crowned champions of the inaugural Hits & Jams Jam Zone 20/20 Tournament.
The Queensway-sponsored 2011 Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Open 50 overs Knockout Cricket competition was launched yesterday during a small ceremony at Value Maxx office on Regent Road and Oronoque Street, Bourda.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Under-19 coach Robert Samuels wants more limited overs cricket played in the country, if the side is to improve from their dismal showing in the WICB Regional Under-19 One-Day Championship in Guyana last week.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England have already set new goals after reaching the coveted number one spot in the world rankings at the expense of India who face an unenviable task in the fourth test starting today.
Following a briefing on the swimmers performance at the recent Goodwill Games swim meet in Trinidad and Tobago by the team’s manager, Jean La Rose, Minister responsible for sports Dr.