PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies left-arm spinner Dave Mohammed has been included in a 14-man Trinidad and Tobago squad for their opening match of the Regional First Class Championship against Barbados starting here Friday.
An upset defeat by Wendell Meusa to Alexander Duncan paved the way for Loris Nathoo to win the Trophy Stall Chess Tournament which ended Sunday at the Keishar’s Sports Club, Camp & Hadfield Street.
The T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) is currently in talks with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), as they look to speed up the process of getting scientific testing done on bowling actions of Sunil Narine and Kevon Cooper.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Miami Heat guard Eddie House has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for making what was deemed an obscene gesture during Sunday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the league said yesterday.
The 2011 horse racing season got off to an enterprising start when Prince Charming of the Elcock Stable won the feature event in the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club meet on Sunday at Alness, Corentyne, Berbice.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands have axed veteran all-rounder Wilden Cornwall from a 13-man squad named for the opening round fixture of the Regional First Class Championship against England Lions starting Friday.
NAIN, St Elizabeth, CMC – West Indies pacer Jerome Taylor grabbed a six-wicket haul on Sunday as he continued his fine-turning for Jamaica’s opening game of the Regional First Class Championship against Guyana here later this week.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Fast bowler Liam Plunkett has been plucked from the England Lions squad preparing for the Regional First Class Championship, and summoned to Australia as cover for the injured duo of Chris Tremlett and Ajmal Shahzad.
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony has accepted an invitation to become the patron of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) according to a press release.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea completed the signing of Liverpool’s Spanish striker Fernando Torres on Monday, the Premier League clubs confirmed.
Literary critic, poet, novelist and cricket writer extraordinaire Ian McDonald (AA) has commended the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) for establishing and maintaining the tradition of celebrating the country’s sporting heroes.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic brilliantly dominated a listless Andy Murray to claim his second Australian Open title yesetrday to confirm the arrival of a genuine third force at the top of men’s tennis.
A tennis camp for persons 18 years and older got underway on Saturday at the National park Courts.
A Berbice Open table tennis tournament will be held next month at the GuySuCo Training Centre, Port Mourant.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australia wrapped up a morale-boosting one-day series victory over England with two games to spare after a 51-run win in the fifth match at the Gabba yesterday.
Colombo, Sri Lanka – The West Indies will open their three match One Day International Series against Sri Lanka today at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
Yesterday’s scheduled annual general meeting and election of office bearers of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was not held.
National captain Daren Ganga will be included in a 14-man squad expected to be announced today by the Trinidad and Tobago national selectors for the Barbados regional First Class clash from Friday at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.
West Indies and T&T all rounder Dwayne Bravo is not too concerned about the poor performances he has turned out lately.
SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – The Sacramento Kings held off a late-charging New Orleans Hornets to halt the visitors’ 10-game winning streak with a 102-96 triumph on Saturday.
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