Sports

Marian Academy held their composure to come from behind and win the Georgetown ‘City’ Confer-ence Championship trophy last Sunday in their match against St Stanislaus College in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)/ National Sports Commission (NSC) Schools’ National Basketball Festival finals.

By Treiston Joseph Phillip Squires and Godfrey Lowden staged an amazing comeback win over Anthony Downes and Leyland Leacock last Saturday evening in a men’s doubles semifinal match of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open tournament at the GBTI Sports Club.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Darren Sammy made it clear that there was only one way for West Indies to win the second Test against India, starting today at Kensington Oval, and level the three-Test series.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will today meet with 13 female cricketers to discuss the association’s participation at the upcoming Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)-run Demerara, Inter Association senior female cricket tournament.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It took less than two brutal  hours at Wimbledon yesterday to disprove the theory that Serena  and Venus Williams could march back to continue their domination  of the grasscourt slam having hardly swung their rackets in  anger for months.

The decision to make a modified DRS mandatory across Tests and ODIs is being considered a victory by both sides yesterday.

By Colin Benjamin Defending champions Cellink Berbice begun their title defense with a 31 run  victory over a much-improved Essequibo team in the penultimate round of the 2011 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Under 19, limited overs tournament at Providence Stadium, yesterday Scores: Berbice 211/9 in 50 overs, Dominic Rikki 61, Jamal La Fluer 32; Anthony Adams 3-34 and Ricardo Adams 2-42.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Having learnt from last year’s  failure, Bradley Wiggins believes he is now fully ready to  tackle a punishing Tour de France and  become the first Briton  to climb on to the podium on the Champs Elysees.

Hollister Edwards out of Trinidad became the overall champion of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMRC&SC) ‘Clash of the Supermotos’ Drag meeting held at the South Dakota Circuit last Sunday.

Pierre Boucher and Anthony Drayton outplayed their opponents to capture the first place trophies in the senior and junior categories of the Trophy Stall one-day Rapid Chess tournament.

This time last week, Andrew Strauss was England’s man at the helm.

Tucville Secondary and North Georgetown Secondary won the boys and girls’ titles respectively as the curtains came down on the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy football finals  at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground Saturday afternoon.

Walter Grant Stuart in a time of three hours, nine minuets and 21 seconds yesterday won the Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) annual National Road Race Championships.

VALENCIA, Spain, June 26 (Reuters) – Red Bull’s Formula One  world champion Sebastian Vettel turned the European Grand Prix  into a stroll in the Spanish sunshine on Sunday as he racked up  his sixth victory in eight races this season.

The ICC’s five-day annual conference got off to a tepid start yesterday in Hong Kong, with none of the crucial issues – the Decision Review System, constitutional amendments regarding governance, or Associate involvement in the 2015 World cup – being discussed on the opening day.

PASADENA, California,  CMC – United States blew a comfy 2-0 lead as Mexico hit back to score twice on either side of half-time to score a convincing 4-2 victory and repeat as CONCACAF Gold Cup champions on Saturday night.

Referees named to officiate in the inaugural GT&T Fastball tournament attended a Workshop yesterday at GT&T Canteen aimed at sensitizing them with new innovative rules of the competition ahead of the official launch next weekend in Linden.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic and Marcos  Baghdatis had the normally reserved Centre Court crowd rocking  in the aisles yesterday as they produced their second  Wimbledon blockbuster in four years.

Kingston, Jamaica – The Boards of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board and the Jamaica Cricket Association met in Kingston Jamaica  yesterday to discuss a number of issues of mutual interest.

Way back in March 1992, a local newspaper had called for changes to be made to the organisation of sports in Guyana.