Sports

The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) launched its second Balls of Fire charity event at the Queen’s Park Oval  yesterday and sports fans can look forward to extreme excitement from a number of regional cricketers on September 3.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester United  striker Javier Hernandez is one of three injured players who  will miss tomorrow’s English season curtain-raiser against Manchester City, manager Alex Ferguson said yesterday.

The  annual five stage cycling road race organized by the National Sports Commission will take place early next month Director of sport Neil Kumar said yesterday.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A superb century from rookie Emmanuel Lett has put Trinidad and Tobago in an excellent position to secure victory over Leeward Islands after two days of their WICB Regional Championship, fifth round match at Bourda yesterday.

Local football club, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United salvaged some pride but bowed out of the CONCACAF Champions League last night after holding Costa Rica’s Herediano to a 2-2 draw at the Guyana National Stadium.

The last set of Round of 16 Fastball matches concluded at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground on Wednesday night with Bakewell Topp XX, Amelia’s Ward, Pioneers and Adams Rockers advancing to the quarterfinal stage.

Solid batting by Trinidad and Tobago has placed it in a good position against the Leeward Islands in the fifth round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) three-day under-19 Tournament yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chris Gayle’s exile from West Indies is likely to continue for the two Twenty20 Internationals against England next month in London.

If the idiom “one way traffic” ever needed explaining to a group of students in an English class, the day’s play at Everest yesterday in the U-19 tournament would have been the perfect visual representation.

Jamaica’s opening batsman John Campbell rubbed more salt into the wounds of the Windward Islands by carving out an impressive century after being dropped on 14 by Terron Smith at the Demerara Cricket Club yesterday.

Alika Morgan and Chavez Sital won the women’s and men’s division of the John Venture Memorial Road Race last Sunday in Essequibo.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Former India players are united in  their belief that Virender Sehwag’s return from injury will  stabilise the team’s fragile batting order and lift morale in  the remaining two tests against a dominant England.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha  is keen to capitalise on a second bite of the cherry after  landing a surprise call-up to an India squad he was originally  omitted from for the ongoing tour of England.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s journey back up the  test world rankings is not going to happen overnight but the  upcoming series in Sri Lanka will be an indication of their  current status, captain Michael Clarke said yesterday.

BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, CMC – Gregory Richardson followed up a double strike from David Foley with a stoppage time item to propel the Puerto Rico Islanders to a 3-1 victory over Isidro Metapan last Wednesday in the CONCACAF Champions League.

NYON, Switzerland,  (Reuters) – Women’s football is  refreshingly free of the histrionics which blight the men’s game  and must not allow itself to be contaminated by success, UEFA’s  first female executive committee member told Reuters in an  interview.

AKRON, Ohio, (Reuters) – Australian Adam Scott  birdied four of his last six holes to grab a one-shot lead in  the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational first round yesterday as  Tiger Woods made an encouraging return to competition.

By Treiston Joseph Headquarters extended their lead on the points table when the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Inter Unit Championships continued yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.

Outgoing Canadian High Commissioner Francois Montour said he was overjoyed by the response of golfers who took part  in the specially arranged farewell tournament in his honour  yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC).

Guyana women’s team soared into the lead with a 6-0 drubbing of Bermuda in their penultimate match of the round robin competition at the Pan American hockey Challenge Cup in neighbouring Brazil.