Already leading after their performance in swimming and cycling, Bishops’ High School yesterday added a few more points through creditable results in the field events of the North Georgetown Zone One Inter-Zone Championships at the Guyana Teachers Union ground, Woolford Avenue.
BANGALORE, India, CMC – West Indies fast bowling greats Courtney Walsh and Joel Garner have been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Olympic and world 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser has been suspended for six months by the IAAF for a doping violation, the world governing body said yesterday.
The Court Pacesetters drew first blood in the finals of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association Pepsi Street Playoff Series with a 74-70 point win against the Ravens last night at the Burnham basketball court.
After being precariously poised at 50-4, Essequibo’s exit from the El Dorado 50-over Inter-County tourney was as embarrassing as being bowled out for a mere 74 at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Uganda’s Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their own desperate race to repair the track and get the infield ready at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – Teenaged Jamaican opener Stafanie Taylor scored a magnificent century as West Indies crushed the Netherlands by 148 runs to open their International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Challenge with a convincing victory yesterday.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will host a ‘Night of Remembrance’ tonight to honour Lennox Hunte who died last week Wednesday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).
MIAMI, (Reuters) – After all the hype, LeBron James and the new-look Miami Heat finally got on a basketball court, starting their pre-season schedule with a comfortable win yesterday and no shortage of fanfare.
– Suriname drivers win in two categories The top performer at last Sunday’s Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) drag race meet, Raymond Ally stated that he was surprised to emerge as the top driver at the South Dakota Circuit.
The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) and other groups affiliated to the sport in the 1990s have been plunged into mourning over the death of one of the nation’s cherished swimmers Onika Davis.
New Amsterdam/Canje, Lower Corentyne win New Amsterdam/Canje crushed West Berbice by 229 runs when the second annual Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Poonai’s Pharmacy Under-13 Inter-zone tournament bowled off on Sunday.
BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar won the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricketer of the Year award while team mate Virender Sehwag was adjudged the Test Cricketer of the Year yesterday.
BANGALORE, (Reuters) – Players and support staff will be updated on anti-corruption methods before next year’s World Cup in the Indian sub-continent, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricket should be included in the Commonwealth Games and Olympics to help the game grow around the world, West Indies cricketing great Viv Richards said yesterday.
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, (Reuters) – The qualifying process for Europe’s Ryder Cup team is likely to be changed before the next event in 2012, victorious captain Colin Montgomerie said yesterday.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt reiterated yesterday the need for a thorough investigation into the fixing allegations that have tarnished the sport.
-Rock on show today Devon Boatswain suffered his second loss at a major international competition as he went down to Afaesa Fata of Samoa yesterday at the XIX Commonwealth Games currently underway in New Delhi, India.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India flexed its sporting muscles to shoot up the medals table with five golds at the Commonwealth Games yesterday but organisational niggles continued to bedevil the event on the second day of competition.
MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Vangipurappu Laxman revived his role as Australia’s chief tormentor with a magnificent unbeaten 73 to script India’s unlikely one-wicket victory on the final afternoon of the first test yesterday.
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