Sports

The Lusignan Golf Club will tee off its Junior Development programme even as the senior members of the club battle for top honours in the Kissoon Group of Companies sponsored Medal Play tournament today.

The GT&T 10/10 Cricket Softball Competition produced some exciting performances across the country in its second week of competition.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic stunned the  Miami Heat with an inspired second-half comeback on Thursday,  overcoming a 24-point deficit with a flurry of three-pointers to  secure a thrilling 99-96 victory.

Local football referees will kick off their 2011 programme of activities with a Fitness Run tomorrow at Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary starting at 06:00 hours.

The annual Republic Anniversary meet sponsored by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association kicked off last Thursday at Castellani swimming pool from 6:30 am with a limited number of competitors.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Darren Sammy confessed he still needs to show the form needed to lead by example.

Half centuries from Shemroy Barrington and Gajanand Singh, along with spells of good bowling, added some spark to an otherwise ordinary day of cricket at the GCC Ground, Bourda, yesterday.

By Tony Cozier At the ICC World Cup In DHAKASo much has changed in cricket’s World Cup that its initial tournaments now seem like museum pieces.

The 2010 National Sports Awards Ceremony will be held tonight at the National Cultural Centre at 19:00 hours.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A battle for supremacy between  bouncers and yorkers may eventually decide the outcome of  tomorrow’s World Cup Group A showdown between Australia and Sri  Lanka in Colombo.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA made a profit of $631  million over the last four years but was over-dependent on the  World Cup for its revenue, soccer’s world ruling body said yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Marlon Samuels has shrugged off suggestions he refused the offer to replace the injured Dwayne Bravo in the West Indies World Cup team out of fear of being charged by police authorities in India.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA is planning to take greater  control over international friendlies after a fake Togo team  played in one game in September and seven penalties were awarded  in two matches in Turkey last month.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Nitish Kumar has serious  business to attend to during the long rest periods at the  Cricket World Cup — armed with a stack of textbooks and notes,  the Canadian batsman has his high school homework to complete.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago have shifted their fifth round match in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Leeward Islands to the Queen’s Park Oval.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Officials in St. Kitts & Nevis have hailed the International Cricket Council’s decision to stage a High Performance camp in the island.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Clubs taking part in the Caribbean Football Union’s Champions Cup tournament now know their path to next season’s CONCACAF Champions League.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s World Cup  aspirations lie firmly on the shoulders of skipper Shahid Afridi  and once again he came to the rescue as an unthinkable defeat to  Canada yesterday was averted in an eventual 46-run win.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World record-holder David  Rudisha has set his sights on breaking the one minute 40 seconds  barrier in the 800 metres.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s shock defeat by  Ireland at the Cricket World Cup was described as the country’s  greatest humiliation by one newspaper on Thursday, as pundits  and headline writers laid into the team with gusto.