Sports

Regional Chairman for Region Six  Zulfikar Mustapha has praised  top junior cyclist Neil Reece  for his success at the Beacon Cycling Festival held in Trinidad and Tobago in April.

The Royal Youth Movement athletics club dominated the De Gold Striders Games when the event rolled off yesterday at the Police Sports club Ground, Eve Leary.

Mike Guyadin had an inspirational day on the golf course and eased to victory in the Muneshwar’s Ltd.

-Corinne Van Ryck De Groot By Carwyn Holland Following her failure to snatch the coveted Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) bantamweight world title belt from Shondell `Mystery Lady’ Alfred the multi-talented Corinne Van Ryck De Groot is turning her attention to other pursuits.

Karatekas of the Guyana Karate College (GKC) stepped up their training regimen when they went through their paces at the Marudi Resort on the Linden Highway last weekend.

CROYDON, England, CMC – Lower-order half-centuries from Dave Bernard Jr and Gavin Tonge earned West Indies-A a high-scoring draw in the second and final four-day “Test” against India-A yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Sprint superstar Usain Bolt will miss this year’s Commonwealth Games in India, his coach Glen Mills has confirmed.

– Dutch go through JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Cameroon’s Indomitable  Lions saw their World Cup dream shattered yesterday,  compounding Africans’ disappointment with their teams so far at  the continent’s first staging of the tournament.

Guyana’s Keisha Jeffrey reached the quarter finals of the VIII Pan American Junior Squash Championships currently underway in El Salvador.

By Marlon Munroe Apart from the early hiccups in the night’s programme, the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) intermediate boxing tournament went well with seven entertaining bouts after three walkovers.

The theme of despair running through West Indies cricket for a decade and more has never been more blatant than in the current series against South Africa.

Football fever is sweeping across the nation with the  International Football Federation (FIFA) World Cup 2010 in South Africa and Starr Computers at 59 Brickdam got in on the action awarding the winners of their World Cup Promotion yesterday at their  business location.

Ray Millington, in a time of 55 minutes, ran out winner of the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice 15-mile BMX cycle road race which took place last Sunday.

In an effort to encourage maximum participation, the Young Gun Sports Club of Enmore will be staging a softball cricket competition today at the Enmore Hope West School ground.

The third semi-finalist of the Aracari Beach Volleyball Classic was decided yesterday when the Young Achievers `C` Volleyball team cruised into the semi finals after walking over their Group three competitors at the Aracari Resort.

Dominoes fan’s can expect a full day of dominoes today with the Ex-GDF association’s Father’s Day competition at the association’s club, Princes St.

KNYSNA, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Striker Nicolas  Anelka departed the World Cup in disgrace yesterday after  insulting France coach Raymond Domenech and refusing to  apologise.

Basseterre, St Kitts – South Africa enhanced their position of dominance in the Second Digicel Test after another day of overcast conditions at Warner Park yesterday.

CROYDON, England, CMC – Captain Devon Smith and Andre Fletcher stroked fine centuries as West Indies A flourished on a rain-hit third day of their second four-day “Test” against India A yesterday.

—Upsets light up World Cup so far dominated by Latins JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Serbia beat an out-of-sorts Germany and Algeria held dire England yesterday in the latest setbacks for Europe’s soccer aristocrats during an increasingly tight battle for World Cup second round berths.