Sports

It is not often that a domino player can rap with a playable card in his hand and come back to love another player.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) on Saturday held a successful Olympic Day swimming programme at the Colgrain Swimming Pool, Camp Street.

Bridgetown, Barbados – Dr. Rudi Webster has accepted an invitation to work with the West Indies players as they prepare for the Second Digicel Test match against India at Kensington Oval.

St John’s, Antigua – The WICB Digicel Grassroots Grant application period has been opened once again.

Elishaba Johnson, son of national coach Linden Johnson, will spearhead the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA)’s team to this year’s pre cadet championships scheduled for the Dominican Republic next month.

By Colin Benjamin Led by sterling all-round performances by skipper Anthony Adams and Ricardo Adams (no relation), Essequibo scored a morale boasting 54-run victory over Demerara in the opening round of the 2011 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Under 19 limited overs tournament at the Providence Stadium, yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The mercury was rising at  Wimbledon yesterday as the serial trophy hunters gathered in  the last 16 with defending champions Rafa Nadal and Serena  Williams leading the charge and Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic  not far behind.

Barbadian based Guyanese Revlon Lake exacted his revenge on Mark Austin to claim the local lightweight title when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) hosted another edition of its Pro-Am Boxing Card.

VALENCIA, Spain, (Reuters) – Formula One world  champion Sebastian Vettel chalked up his seventh pole position  in eight races this year with a blistering lap as Red Bull swept  the front row for today’s European Grand Prix.

Following Guyana’s terrific run in the NACRA 2011 Rugby 15-a-side Championship where they reached all the way to the finals after being off the scene for three years, head coach of the Men’s National Team Theodore Henry believes the future of the team depends entirely on how much input goes into the sport from the union.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Embattled football executive Lisle Austin says he has been shut out of CONCACAF’s offices and has accused the organisation of disregarding a court order which should have facilitated his return as its rightful leader.

West Indies cricket has long since become a virtual international television newscast.

LONDON, (Reuters) – In the vicious infighting in  world soccer’s governing body FIFA, score a hat-trick for  private detectives.

EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – There will be no showdown between Jamaican Usain Bolt and challenger Tyson Gay at the World Championship later this year after the American pulled of the United States trials with an injured hip.

NEW YORK, United States,  CMC – Guyanese club Alpha United will help to kick off the preliminary round of the CONCACAF Champions League when they clash with Herediano of Costa Rica next month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies have dropped out-of-form vice-captain Brendan Nash for the second Test against India starting at Kensington Oval here Tuesday.

LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies pinch-hitter Kieron Pollard blasted a scintillating, unbeaten 40 for Somerset but rain ruined their chances of beating Sussex in the Friends Life Twenty20 Championship on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sprint star Asafa Powell won a close 100 metres at the National Stadium here Friday night to book his spot at the World Championships in South Korea later this year.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Three club cricketers have received hefty bans following an ugly incident involving a Barbadian umpire and his Bermudian colleague at the end of a league match.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will be sending a team –Floodlight –  to New York to take part in the Independence/Legend Cup softball tournament next weekend.