Sports

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) started official trials yesterday to select swimmers for the August 13-15 Goodwill Games in Suriname.

The Western Tigers Football Club is hosting a summer programme for youth at the West Ruimveldt playfield from Monday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jamaica’s cricket operations manager Courtney Francis has dismissed suggestions that Chris Gayle’s rejection as Twenty20 captain has any serious implications for his future leadership of the national squad.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Exciting West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo warmed up for the upcoming regional Caribbean T20 series with a stroke-filled, unbeaten half-century yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England striker Emile Heskey  announced his international retirement on Thursday after his  country’s disappointing World Cup campaign.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fast bowler Mervyn Dillon is seriously mulling over a comeback, five years after last playing for West Indies.

LAPPEENRANTA, Finland,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s  world 800 metres champion Caster Semenya won her comeback race  yesterday after an enforced break of almost a year following  controversial gender tests.

BOURG LES VALENCE, France,  (Reuters) – The heatwave  went to the riders’ heads on the Tour de France as Mark Renshaw  was kicked out of the race over a head-butting incident that  spoiled stage winner Mark Cavendish’s party yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket  Council (ICC) has tabled an anti-doping code it says satisfies  WADA’s ‘whereabouts’ rule but will not force many elite  cricketers to provide information on their location away from  the game.

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy  showed his vast potential on the oldest stage of all yesterday  as he equalled the lowest round in a major to lead the field by  two, and a lurking Tiger Woods by four, at the British Open.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan face a 13th consecutive  defeat against Australia in the first test at Lord’s after they  were set a world record 440 to win on the third day yesterday.

HARRISON, New Jersey, (Reuters) – France striker  Thierry Henry announced his retirement from international  soccer Thursday, bringing an end to a dazzling career that saw  him win almost every major trophy and honour in the game.

FRANKFURT, (Reuters) – Michael Ballack has hit back  at Philipp Lahm’s wish to stay as German captain after his stint  in charge during the World Cup when regular skipper Ballack was  ruled out with injury.

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The Guyana junior girls’ and boys squash team reached the team finals at the junior Caribbean championships in the Cayman Islands yesterday.

Beverage giants Banks DIH Ltd., yesterday presented the National Under-17 football squad with  Banks Malta equipment bags in preparation for the team’s departure to Dominica for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) men’s Under-17 Group stage World Cup qualifying  series this weekend.

Dr. Johann Da Silva, K. Harripersaud and Gordon Richards won their respective divisions at last weekend’s Modern Optical sponsored Pistol Shooting championships staged at the Timehri ranges.

DENNERY, St. Lucia, CMC – Rain forced the abandonment of the third and final day of the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge second round match between Windward Islands and Trinidad and Tobago yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Jamaica had to settle for first innings points against Guyana as their TCL West Indies Under-19 second round Challenge match ended in a draw, after rain wrecked the final day here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s tax laws should be  changed to stop the world’s top athletes staying away, UK  Athletics said yesterday in the wake of Usain Bolt’s  decision not to run at London’s Diamond League meeting.