Sports

Local golfers will be looking for an improvement in the weather as they prepare for the Annual Trophy Stall Medal Play tournament on Saturday at the Lusignan Golf course.

REIMS, France,  (Reuters) – Alessandro Petacchi  produced a sparkling sprint to grab his second victory of the  2010 Tour yesterday in the 153.5-km fourth stage to Reims,  the home of champagne.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – LeBron James will end one of  the most compelling transfer sagas the National Basketball  Association (NBA) has encountered by revealing which team he  will play for next season in a one-hour televised broadcast today, ESPN said on their website Tuesday.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh will team up for the Miami Heat after  the two free agents ended months of speculation about their futures by confirming their plans  for next season.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Omar Phillips has replaced Floyd Reifer as captain of the Combined Campuses & Colleges for the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, starting on July 22 here.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Reigning double-crown champions Jamaica will have to be at their best from the start, when they open the TCL Group West Indies Under-19 Challenge in the feature match against Trinidad & Tobago today at Gros-Islet Sports Complex.

Modern Optical of Middle Street, Cummingsburg will sponsor Sunday’s Inter Services Pistol shooting championship billed for the Timehri rifle and pistol ranges.

WORCESTER, England,  CMC – Stroke-maker Ian Bell stroked an exciting century for England Lions but opener Abhinav Mukund responded with one of his own to ensure India A forced a tie in the final game of the Tri-Nations Limited Overs series yesterday.

Says Marlon Munroe The Lady Jaguars have been warming the hearts of Guyanese with their high level football which qualified them for top international competitions.

By Tamica Garnett Emanie Netball Club staged a triumphant return to the sport while the Doves Netball Club seized their only win in the final match of the Guyana Netball Association Under – 23 Tournament held recently.

Dear Editor, For the public and football’s sake it would be interesting to know about Guyana’s representation at the FIFA Congress in South Africa, which preceded the ongoing World Cup competition.

Dear Editor, I have refrained from commenting upon the state of local football for a considerable time but the publication of an article headlined: “Can Guyana qualify for 2014 World Cup?”

(Reuters) – Is basketball star LeBron James headed to New York?

Dear Editor, For the public and football’s sake it would be interesting to know about Guyana’s representation at the FIFA Congress in South Africa, which preceded the ongoing World Cup competition.

By Tamica Garnett The Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) in collaboration with P&P Insurance Brokers will be hosting its sixth annual P&P Tennis Camp at the courts of the Pegasus Hotel from July 12.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jason Hinds, the younger brother of national captain Ryan Hinds, is one of three new players named in a Barbados 14-member squad for the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, which begins on July 22 here.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Netherlands reached their  first World Cup final since 1978 when the current crop finally  stepped out of the shadows of Total Football to beat battling  Uruguay 3-2 in a superb semi-final yesterday.

Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes justified number 57 world ranking when she won both the men’s and the women’s Open singles titles at the Farfan & Mendes National Squash Championships which ended Saturday evening at the Georgetown Courts.

-Guyana to host second round Qualification among Caribbean territories for the CONCACAF Gold Cup will open August 18 in Antigua and Puerto Rico and finish with the Digicel Caribbean Championship final in Martinique on November 28, the Caribbean Football Union  (CFU) announced yesterday.

By Floyd Christie Kwakwani Secondary swept three titles in the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) finals Monday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to take the title of  2010 NSBF Champion of Champions.