Sports

DELHI, India, CMC – Canada trounced luckless Kenya by five wickets yesterday to claim their first win of the 2011 World Cup, in a battle of the basement teams in Group A.

Injury to jockey Paul Delph marred the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club/Lions Club of Corriverton one-day horse race meet at the Alness Race Track, Corentyne, Berbice on Sunday.

By Treiston Joseph The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Developmental Meet held at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground, Linden last Sunday was brought to an abrupt end due to heavy rainfall.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) made a terrific start to their title defense when they vanquished Monnedderlust in the first knockout round of the annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Football Tournament at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground Sunday night.

Former Guyana Open champion Mike Mangal had to pull all the stops to edge out teenage prodigy Avinda Kishore in last Saturday’s   Kissoon Group of Companies sponsored Medal Play Golf Tournament at Lusignan.

Former first –class cricket umpire Rudolph William Haynes will be buried today.

The New Amsterdam (NA) Warriors basketball team once again disposed of their Fyrish rivals with an 82-49 blowout victory in the final of the Mashramani Basketball tournament Saturday night at the New Amsterdam Basketball Court.

Leg-spinner Davendra Bishoo, currently with the West Indies team at the World Cup in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, was Saturday night named Cricketer of the Year at the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) fourth annual awards ceremony.

President of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Roger Harper has urged young cricketers to strive for higher heights.

Former Chairman of the National Sports Commission Conrad Plummer Saturday night urged the winners of awards at the fourth annual Berbice Cricket Board awards ceremony to follow in the footsteps of past great Berbician cricketers.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DELHI The West  Indies’ choice of their third substitute player for the current World Cup is as bewildering as that of Cameron Cuffy for Carl Hooper at the 1996 version.

The penultimate day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Mashramani Meet produced five records and 41 personal best times at the Castellani Pool, Homestrectch Avenue on Saturday.

Senior cyclist Junior Niles raised the pace barrier for the annual Dr.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh produced a  stunning all-round show to become the first player to top up a  five-wicket haul with a half century in the World Cup as India  pulled off a nervy victory over Ireland yesterday.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – England’s much-maligned bowlers  conjured up a lion-hearted effort to pull off a remarkable  six-run victory against South Africa as their wildly fluctuating  World Cup adventure took another dramatic turn yesterday.

CHANDIGARH, India, CMC – Ottis Gibson has debunked comments from International Cricket Council Chief Executive Officer Haroon Lorgat that seemed to downplay last Friday’s stoning of the West Indies team bus, following their World Cup match against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan are flying in the World  Cup after three straight wins but they still have problems right  from the top which New Zealand will aim to exploit when the two  meet in their Group A match in Kandy tomorrow.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) officially rewarded the recipients of the 2010 national sports awards with their silverware Friday night at the National Cultural Centre.

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Indian captain Mahendra Singh  Dhoni will want his men to polish up their sloppy fielding if  they are to stop Ireland’s Kevin O’Brien from turning on his  pyrotechnics today.

President Bharrat Jagdeo, on Friday evening said sports in Guyana was underfunded, was a victim of other elements of the society and called for a virtual overhaul of the system in the country in an effort to achieve greater success.