Sports

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers guard  Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 by the NBA yesterday for  comments directed at a referee during a recent game that have  been strongly criticised by leading gay rights groups.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – St. Lucia stayed on track to capture the Caribbean Netball Association’s Jean Pierre Memorial Under-16 Championship, when they landed a pair of solid victories on Tuesday.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Michael Hussey smashed a  brilliant century to help Australia win the third and final one-day international against Bangladesh by 66 runs yesterday to complete a clean-sweep of the three-match series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A new type of golf tournament played over nine holes in three hours and with two flags on each green will be launched next month with nine-times major champion Gary Player leading an elite group of participants.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Australia Under-19 coach David Fitzgerald said that his side’s upcoming series against West Indies Under-19s in Dubai will be an important first step towards next year’s Youth World Cup on home soil.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Paul Valthaty struck the  first century of the fourth Indian Premier League as Kings XI  Punjab humbled Chennai Super Kings while Pune Warriors also  claimed a home victory against Kochi Tuskers Kerala yesterday.

The Guyana Football Referees Council (GRFC) has written to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), calling for the postponement of the Congress and elections that are scheduled for Saturday.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is uncertain whether they will be able to send their selected eight-member team to the 40th edition of the Carifta Games to be held in Jamaica from April 23-25.

Preparations are underway for this Sunday’s pre-Easter horse race meet organised by the Rising Sun Turf club at Arima Park, West Coast Berbice.

A brilliant 115 not out from national Under-15 captain and all rounder Shawn Pereira led his team, Rose Hall Town Farfan & Mendes, to a crushing 138 runs victory over Police in the quarterfinals of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Tenelec Inc.

BERNE, (Reuters) – Pele, Bobby Charlton and former  Brazil captain Cafu will join the FIFA task force which look at  ways of brightening up the game and improve refereeing in time  for the 2014 World Cup.

National cycling coach Hassan Mohammed has organized the seventh Annual Cycle Programme sponsored by Universal and General Supplies for Saturday at the National Park Circuit.

Defending champions of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Spready’s Bakery Under-19 Inter-club 50-overs competition, Rose Hall Town Pepsi and Albion have advanced to the final after getting past their opponents in the semi-finals last Saturday.

BANGALORE, India, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar once  again carried his bat through in the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday as the Mumbai Indians romped to their second win in a  row while Rajasthan Royals also kept up their winning run.

SACRAMENTO, California, (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City  Thunder maintained their late bid to claim a higher Western  Conference playoff seeding with a 120-112 victory over the  Sacramento Kings on Monday.

MONACO, (Reuters) – Roger Federer boasted he could  finish a point at will as he reminded the tennis world of his  destructive power with a 6-2 6-1 rout of Philipp Kohlschreiber  in the Monte Carlo Masters second round yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Arsenal supporters who own  shares in the club are being told not to sell to American  billionaire Stan Kroenke, who this week agreed a takeover deal.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Olympian George Bovell produced a weak performance to miss out on the final of the men’s 50 metres freestyle at the seventh Swim Cup Eindhoven on Sunday.

Bridgetown, Barbados – The four newcomers in the West Indies team are all eager and excited to “represent” the people of the region against Pakistan.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St Lucia installed themselves as frontrunners to take the Jean Pierre Under-16 Championship when they upset title favourites Barbados on day three of the tournament Monday.