Sports

By Treiston Joseph An all-round team effort placed School of the Nations into the semifinal as they routed University of Guyana by 31 points when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YGB) and National Sports Commission (NSC) National Schools’ Basketball Championships/Festival continued Saturday evening with the Georgetown Conference at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Ian Bell scored his  third hundred in five test innings and England claimed three Sri  Lankan wickets to maintain hopes of victory at the close on day  four of the third test yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Serena Williams revealed a  silver lining to her recent life-threatening lung condition on  Sunday when she revelled in being able to run better than ever  as she prepared to defend her Wimbledon title.

BETHESDA, Maryland, (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy eased  to an eight-shot victory at the U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A Wimbledon final without Roger  Federer almost seemed unthinkable 12 months ago but the  ‘unthinkable’ happened last July when the most gifted player to  have picked up a tennis racket discovered he was no longer on  the guest list for the showpiece match at the grasscourt grand  slam.

As the one-time baseball legend and master of malapropisms Yogi Berra might have put it, it is like déjà vu all over again.

There is a saying that Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The recent situation between the West Indies Cricket Board

LONDON, (Reuters) – Unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi  won the first ATP title of his career in extraordinary  circumstances yesterday when Serbian opponent Janko Tipsarevic  retired hurt in a rain-interrupted Eastbourne International  final.

BETHESDA, Maryland, (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy, whose  record-setting start produced the lowest 36-hole total at a  U.S.

United States of America’s 16th president Abraham Lincoln once said that “nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Former national netball player Shanomae Pearce-Baptiste has been elected as the new secretary of the Guyana Netball Association (GNA).

Alex Arjoon and Nicolette Fernandes hardly broke a sweat in reaching the final of the Digicel Senior National tournament Friday evening at the Georgetown Club Squash courts.

By Colin Benjamin On a day in which wickets fell so often it was if one was watching a highlights package of a 20 overs-a-side game, Demerara closed the second day of the 2011 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Under 19 Inter County three-day competition on 72 for 3 with a overall lead 160 runs, after they had bundled out Essequibo for miserly 96, at Providence National Stadium, yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic said he was  better prepared for Wimbledon than ever yesterday despite  minimal practice on grass.

WASHINGTON DC,  CMC – For Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz to reach their first CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final in 13 years, they will have to do what they have never done in their history – beat the United States.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen continued his return to form by hammering 85 but captain Andrew  Strauss failed again as England took a firm grip on the third  day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United are mere steps away from competing with some of the top clubs in the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) but first they have to finish in the top three of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) when the final rounds are held here on May 25 and 27.

By Treiston Joseph The National Sports Commission (NSC) in collaboration with the Rising Star Athletic Club will host an Independence Day 5km road race on May 29, commencing at 16:00hrs from the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports Head Office, Main Street.

Defending champions Floodlights together with Savage, Regal Seniors and Albion are through to the semifinals of the Stag Beer & El Dorado Rum nationwide softball Over-40 limited overs tournament.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Following a double failure in the Guyana Test, West Indies vice-captain Brendan Nash will be hoping to come good when he revisits his happy hunting ground Warner Park for the second Test starting tomorrow.