Sports

The first domino competition for the year for Persons with Disabilities will be contested today from 15:00hrs at the Guyana Deaf Mission, Vlissengen Road and D’Andrade Street, Newtown.

Mark Persaud teamed up with Colin France to play unbeaten in the `501’ league tournament held recently at Mark’s Darts Club, 72 Brummell Place, Stabroek.

The saga of the Dr Noel Blackman birthday anniversary seven-a-side football tournament is set to end tonight at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) appointed five executives and reconstructed several committees at its recent planning meeting for 2011/2012.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) started its 2011 Charity Programme on Thursday with a donation of clothing and sport gear valued $130,000 to the Alpha Children Home, East Bank Berbice.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport remembers former West Indies cricketer Michael “Joey” Carew’s prowess on the field and counts his nurturing of Brian Lara’s talent as a lasting legacy to the sport. 

The stage is set for the Mark `Jumbie’ Wiltshire 56th birth anniversary countrywide dominoes competition.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez’s government has urged a private TV station to pull the  plug on a Colombian soap opera that features a dog named  “Little Hugo” and it says is an insult to national pride.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Hampshire stunned last year’s losing finalists Barbados in a dramatic one-over eliminator to win their first match of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship here last evening.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago defeated Leeward Islands by 56 runs in their Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, Group B contest at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground last night.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Pro Football Hall of Famer  Lawrence Taylor pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges he paid  an underage girl for sex and must register as a sex offender,  prosecutors said yesterday.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Ramesh Dookhoo believes that the next president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) should deliver good governance and be a servant of the board and not vice versa.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Kieron Pollard outshone Chris Gayle in the battle of the big-hitters, striking a typically explosive half-century to power South Australia to a 46-run victory over Western Australia in the Twenty20 Big Bash last night.

VADODARA, India, CMC – West Indies produced a weak batting display to slump to a 10-run defeat at the hands of India, as the hosts levelled their five-match series 1-1 yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal faces Brazilian   world number 96 Marcos Daniel in his first round of the   Australian Open but faces a rocky path in his bid to become   the first man to hold all four grand slam crowns   simultaneously in more than four decades.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sports fans attending the London  2012 Olympics can expect airport-style security screening at  venues, the policeman in charge of safety at the Games said yesterday.

Despite a hard-fought win over English county side Somerset in their second round Caribbean Twenty20 match, National Cricket Coach Rabindranauth Seeram says Guyana’s batsmen need to start giving their bowlers a

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic finally   ran out of steam on Wednesday and saw their run of nine   consecutive victories come to an end with a 92-89 overtime   defeat to the New Orleans Hornets.

ZURICH (Reuters) – Two FIFA executive committee  members have formally appealed against suspensions imposed on  them last year over allegations they offered to sell their votes  in the contest to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s top six   batsmen have been given a short, sharp reminder as to what is   expected from them when they face Pakistan in the second test   that starts in Wellington on Sunday.