Sports

Heavy rainfall last Thursday forced the postponement of the Oasis Café Team Golf tournament but organizers are hoping to stage the event on Wednesday, a public holiday at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Play will get underway in the second round of the WICB Four-Day tournament between Guyana and the Leeward Islands at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, today, weather permitting.

The Bissondyal Singh faction of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) issued a statement late last night urging members of the public to disregard the tape that was aired on CNS Channel 6 about the Special General Meeting on January 17 at the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) boardroom.

The recently resuscitated Linden Himara Aquatic Club has been reinstated as a member of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA).

Dorado Swim Club emerged in the lead after the first day of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) Inter-club meet being held at the Castellani Pool was completed on Friday.

The Mashramani Domino competition for persons with disabilities will be held on Wednesday in Region Two.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – England Lions started their chase for first innings points strongly, after a career-best hundred from Kirk Edwards and Ryan Hinds’ 12th first-class hundred propped-up solid Barbados batting in the WICB Regional first-class championship yesterday.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Another resilient, lower-order knock from Rayad Emrit brought Trinidad & Tobago back to life, and allowed them to capture first innings points in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Combined Campuses & Colleges yesterday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Ramnaresh Sarawan scored an  attractive 123 including five sixes to help West Indies to a  61-run victory over Kenya in their World Cup warmup match yesterday.

President of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA), Christopher Ram, yesterday expressed his “disappointment” with the reaction of the Sport Minister to criticisms made of local facilities by International Tennis Federation (ITF) Development Officer Anthony Jeremiah.

Nevaeh Clarkston and Nirou Bissu came out on top of the under-8 boys and girls categories respectively on day one of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Mashramani Tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Mutual respect flowed both  ways when Filipino Manny Pacquiao and his American challenger  Shane Mosley discussed their May 7 WBO welterweight title fight  in front of a packed audience on Thursday.

Part of the Leeward Islands’ plan against Guyana in their second round game of the WICB Four-Day tournament is to push Guyana on the back foot from ball one.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Three-time defending champions Jamaica endured another first innings batting crisis in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Windward Islands yesterday.

ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago, led by fast-medium bowlers Rayad Emrit and Shannon Gabriel, made hay while the sun shone in the WICB Regional first-class championship against Combined Campuses & Colleges yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Kirk Edwards drew on his rich vein of form to craft his second first-class hundred, and lead Barbados’ batting in the WICB Regional first-class championship against England Lions yesterday.

BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers spoiled  Ray Allen’s record-setting game with a second half comeback to  earn a 92-86 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Belgium’s Kim Clijsters will  become world number one next week for the first time since 2006  after she reached the Paris Open semi-finals by beating Jelena  Dokic 6-3 6-0 yesterday.  

BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Ricky  Ponting is relishing the opportunity of another batting duel  with India’s Sachin Tendulkar in what will probably be their  last World Cup.

(Barbados Nation) National hero and cricketing legend Sir Garfield Sobers yesterday described the late English cricket all-rounder and journalist Trevor Bailey as a “wonderful person”.