NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Arjun Atwal’s PGA Tour triumph shone as a beacon on an otherwise dark Sunday for Indian sports, fuelling the world’s second most populous country’s hopes of celebrating a maiden major victory in the not too distant future.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have appointed former skipper Greg Chappell as its first full-time national selector following criticism of the selection panel’s part-time devotion to their roles.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – National all-rounder Samuel Badree was named Cricketer-of-the-Year following the end of the National Premier Cricket League here recently.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Akil Greenidge slammed an entertaining century to fire Barbados to a massive 164-run victory over Antigua and Barbuda in their opening match of the St Kitts and Nevis Under-13 tournament here Sunday.
MADRID, (Reuters) – The United States survived a spirited comeback from world champions Spain to win 86-85 in thrilling a warm-up game yesterday, sending out a warning to their rivals ahead of the world championships.
Despite being unable to confirm when the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifying series will be played, two Canada-based players are in Guyana for tryouts with the National Under-17 squad.
After four harrowing rounds Ashwant Satamand emerged the winner of yesterday’s Junior Scrabble Competition organized by the Guyana Scrabble Association and held at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.
Guyana’s Taffin Khan ended in joint fourth position of the Challenger section of the just-concludedinaugural UMADA Caribbean Cup chess tournament which was played in Trinidad and Tobago.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Kenyan David Rudisha broke the men’s 800 metres world record that had stood for 13 years yesterday, clocking a time of one minute 41.09 seconds at the ISTAF athletics meeting in the German capital.
NAPIER, New Zealand, CMC – Jamaica ended their tour Down Under with a whimper, when World No.2 New Zealand crushed them 62-40 in the second and final Test on Saturday.
MASON, Ohio, (Reuters) – Roger Federer ended a seven-month title drought with a 6-7 7-6 6-4 win over American Mardy Fish in the Cincinnati Masters final yesterday to send a timely reminder of his class just a week before the U.S
Members of the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) Saturday lauded its outgoing president Lester Alvis for his contribution to the sport during his stint in Guyana as head of Courts Guyana Inc.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan have dedicated a proportion of their match fees to victims of the floods which have devastated their country following an upset win over England in the third test at the Oval on Saturday.
DAMBULLA, (Reuters) – All-rounder Thisara Perera’s maiden five-wicket haul helped hosts Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory over India yesterday and a place in the final of the one-day tri-series.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has accused regional players union WIPA of rejecting an offer from the International Cricket Council to help broker a deal in the bitter, long-running impasse.