JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Diego Maradona’s Argentina dispelled doubts about their World Cup-winning potential as they put a poor qualifying campaign behind them to beat Nigeria 1-0 with a brilliant performance from Lionel Messi yesterday.
PORT ELIZABETH, (Reuters) – South Korea chalked up the first win of this year’s World Cup finals with a fluent 2-0 victory over a Greece side that paid a heavy price for defensive frailties in their Group B opener yesterday.
In a week when the sporting world – indeed, the world, period – had ears and eyes only for the football World Cup, when South African cricketers would rather have been back home to be part of the historic event than a simultaneous Test match where the vast emptiness at the Queen’s Park Oval reflected Trinidadians’ preference, one West Indian player at least managed to keep cricket in the public consciousness.
— despite Russell’s heroics LEICESTER, England, CMC – Young pacer Andre Russell’s five-wicket haul failed to overshadow another dour batting display as West Indies A were left staring defeat on the penultimate day of the opening four-day “Test” against India A yesterday.
BOSTON, (Reuters) – Ron Artest is adamant he does not need a breakout game to prove his worth to the Los Angeles Lakers as long as he helps provide them with a championship.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Mexico deprived hosts South Africa of a dream start to the first World Cup on African soil, equalising late in a thrilling 1-1 draw at Soccer City to frustrate tens of thousands of vuvuzela trumpet-blowing fans yesterday.
After a 17-year absence, the Guyana Bank for Trade & Industry (GBTI) Open Tennis tournament returned yesterday with the opening ceremony at the GBTI Sports Club courts in Bel Air Park.
From Orin Davidson in New York Guyana made a quiet start in the New York Digicel Caribbean Cup football tournament featuring 12 representative teams of several West Indian islands along with Colombia and Dominican Republic when they played to a goalless draw against Haiti at the Jefferson High School ground in Brooklyn recently.
-lanky spinner bamboozles Proteas for five wicket haul Port of Spain, Trinidad – Sulieman Benn has had a torrid two weeks leading up to the First Digicel Test.
GRACE ROAD, England, CMC – Teenaged left-arm seamer Jaidev Unadkat snatched a seven-wicket haul to wreck West Indies A’s batting before Ajinkya Rahane and Abhinav Mukund scored half-centuries to put India A in charge of the first four-day “Test” yesterday.
The first day of the Berbice Zone of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Digicel Summer Smash 20/20 tournament was washed out after overnight and early morning rain yesterday at Port Mourant Community Centre Ground.
LONDON- When Brian Rose describes an innings as “the most remarkable one-day knock I have ever seen played for Somerset” there can be no doubt he has witnessed something very special.
South Korea vs. Greece (Port Elizabeth) 7:30am Argentina vs. Nigeria (Johannesburg) 10:00am England vs.
(Cricinfo) One-day cricket in its familiar form could soon become a thing of the past after the Cricket Australia board gave the green light to a trial of split-innings state games next summer.
-Celtics bench out-hustle Lakers to tie finals at 2-2 BOSTON, (Reuters) – A fired-up Glen Davis helped the Boston Celtics reclaim their inside presence and hold off the Los Angeles Lakers 96-89 on Thursday to tie the best-of-seven NBA finals at 2-2.
(Cricinfo) The BCCI has called the 10 IPL franchises for a meeting on June 24 in Mumbai, ending a brief communication lull.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African excitement climbed to a crescendo yesterday on the eve of the continent’s first World Cup but there were reminders of problems that could spoil their dreams of changing Africa’s image forever.
ROME, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Asafa Powell continued his flying form by winning the 100 metres at Rome’s Diamond League meeting in a world leading time of 9.82 seconds yesterday despite a dreadful start.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday officially launched the Digicel Summer Smash Twenty20 Cricket Tournament in the boardroom of the sponsors and the competition gets underway today with the first of the preliminary matches in the ‘Berbice Free Zone’.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Test newcomer Shane Shillingford and Sulieman Benn gave West Indies a boost of confidence, and shook South Africa up in the opening Test yesterday at Queen’s Park Oval.
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