Sports

– competition continues tonight The opening night of the second Guinness ‘Greatest of de Street’ futsal competition was flooded  with goals as the first 16 teams took to the Albouystown Court on their journey to the top in search of the $500,000 first prize.

The seventh staging of the annual Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Competition was officially launched Thursday at the Guyana Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies will enter the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle next week with precious little match practice after the final day of their tour game against the President’s XI was washed out yesterday.

Berbice continued their dominance over the Rest Team on day two of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Four-Day tournament at the Blairmont Community Centre ground by securing a 190-run first innings lead yesterday.

Upper Demerara/Kwakwani (District 10) rallied to the number one position in the Boys Under-12 High Jump and the Boys Under-16 Javelin competitions of the 50th Annual National Schools Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming Championships at the Providence National Stadium yesterday.

Already a record holder, Michael Walcott yesterday chronicled another in the male teachers 21 – 30 javelin throw when he cleared a distance of 48.87m to win the category in the National Schools’ Championships currently being held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Not a ball was bowled in the tour match between Sri Lanka Cricket President’s XI and West Indies yesterday due to rain.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – An inexplicable batting collapse condemned West Indies-A to a 71-run defeat in the second One-day match against Pakistan-A yesterday.

High Jump athlete Shakeem Gentle set a new record for the boys under 16 category when he cleared a height of 180cm in the National Schools’ Championships held at the Guyana National Stadium on Wednesday.

North Georgetown District 11 is the indisputable winner in the swimming segment of the National Schools’ Championships held on Tuesday at the Castellani Swimming Pool.

 MEMPHIS, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks rode the  hot shooting of Jason Terry to pull away from the Memphis  Grizzlies in a 106-91 victory on Wednesday.

Royston Crandon struck the first century of this year’s Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County cricket tournament yesterday at the Blairmont Community Development Centre Ground.

He has developed a reputation as a ball handling wizard and despite his small stature AND 1 Streetball star, Grayson Boucher A.K.A.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Newly appointed vice-captain Brendan Nash stroked a confident half-century but West Indies suffered an all too familiar batting collapse on the opening day of their three-day tour match against Sri Lanka Cricket President’s XI yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies vice-captain Brendan Nash has lamented his side’s poor batting and says they will have to make the most of their second innings opportunity.

Guyana’s leading distance athlete Cleveland Forde and compatriot Dennis Horatio are scheduled to depart this morning for Panama where they will represent Guyana in the third leg of the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) South American Athletics Confederation 10 km Road Classic that will be held on Sunday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Government here has thrown its full backing behind the national cricket board’s bid to host the next two Caribbean Twenty20 Championships.

It was a night of upsets when quarterfinal action in the annual Namilco Football Festival Knockout Tournament took place Tuesday night at the Tucville Playfield.

The third and final stage of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Referees Assistant Programme got underway yesterday at the Demerara Mutual Fire and Life Insurance Company building on Rob Street.

Lyall Gittens has collaborated with Next Level Domino Corporation to donate US$100 to Shenise Lopes, the woman whose 10-month-old daughter is in need of urgent heart surgery.