BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A Devon Smith half-century, backed up by disciplined bowling, propelled the Windward Islands to a 17-run win over Jamaica and into the semi-finals of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Thursday night.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyanese international Charles Pollard scored the lone goal as North East ended the title hopes of former champions W Connection with a 1-0 win when the Trinidad and Tobago Pro League continued here Tuesday night.
The Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) will focus this year on fully rehabilitating the Timehri Rifle and Pistol Ranges, increasing active membership by at least 25% and working closely with sponsors to promote the sport.
President of the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation, Peter Greene, says the GAPF is in an advantageous position to promote Sports Tourism by hosting even bigger international events such as World and Regional Championships at home.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – South Africa levelled the one-day series at 2-2 by beating India by 48 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis method after bad weather ruined the fourth match yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Out of-favour batsman Lendl Simmons says he is upbeat about his future in West Indies cricket following a productive meeting with chief selector Clyde Butts on Thursday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World Cup reject Shaun Marsh’s second one-day international century and a fine all round performance from Doug Bollinger helped Australia to a 46-run victory over England in their second one-day international in Hobart yesterday.
The national rugby Sevens team will play the opening game of the International Rugby Board (iRB) Sevens World Series when they go up against England on day one of the tournament on February 12 in Las Vegas, USA.
President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh has reported that the annual returns requested by the Registrar of Friendly Societies are currently with accounting firm Barcellos, Narine and Company.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – English County Somerset captalised on a limp display from Combined Campuses and Colleges to carve out a 42-run win and remain in contention for the semi-finals of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship yesterday.
DALLAS, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks snapped a six-game losing streak with a 109-100 triumph over Kobe Bryant and the two-time defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
The long-awaited resurfacing of the National Park circuit is closer to becoming a reality after inspections were done by contractors tasked with undertaking the project and national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed at the venue yesterday morning.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies teenaged batting star Stafanie Taylor has jumped to number two in the latest ICC Women’s batting rankings, following her prolific scoring against India in the recent One-Day International series.
Former West Indies players Roger Harper and Reon King are the names being bandied around to replace current coach of the national senior cricket team Rabindranauth Seeram.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chief West Indies selector Clyde Butts says Trinidadian batsman Lendl Simmons still has a role to play in the regional side, though the flashy right-hander has been repeatedly overlooked by selectors for the last year.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal and Kim Clijsters swept into the Australian Open third round yesterday as Serbia’s Jelena Jankovic became the first top-10 player to exit the tournament.
BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – John Buchanan, who coached Australia to the last two of their three successive World Cup wins, has backed Ricky Ponting to lead them back into the final again in 2011 despite their recent Ashes humiliation.