BALTIMORE, (Reuters) – Trainer Bob Baffert’s gamble to replace veteran jockey Garrett Gomez with relative newcomer Martin Garcia paid off when Lookin At Lucky won the Preakness Stakes on Saturday with a dramatic stretch drive.
– Old rivals Australia and England meet today in World Cup T20 grand finale Once they hit the back straight, the feature event, for the ICC Twenty20 Trophy, was purely a two horse race.
By Floyd Christie Warren McKay emerged the overall leader at the end of the second stage of the National Sports Commission (NSC) Annual Three-Stage Cycle road race yesterday.
Semifinal spots to be decided tonight The first of the final three nights of competition in the annual Mayor’s Cup Knockout Football Tournament starts tonight where four teams clash for the two remaining semifinal spots and another chance of claiming top honours and the grand prize.
By Carwyn Holland Top local athletes, basketball star Akeem Kanhai, bodybuilder Sylvon Gardener and sprinter Alicia Fortune are the new faces of the popular Italian Sportswear Company FILA In Guyana.
By Marlon MunroeThe world title rematch fight between Shondell Alfred and Corinne Van Ryck De Groot has hit another snag after Stabroek Sport learnt that it was postponed for the third time to June 5.
Milerock, Liquid Gold clash in feature match Action in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League continues today with three matches in Linden and Berbice.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara expects the World Twenty20 Championship final to be a cracker but says England could tear up the form books by beating the imperious Australians.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea overcame a resilient Portsmouth side (who made a mockery of their pre-match billing as lambs to the slaughter) to win a dramatic FA Cup final 1-0 and clinch their first League and Cup Double yesterday.
(Cricinfo) Danish Kaneria and Mervyn Westfield have been questioned by Essex police in connection with an ongoing investigation into spot-fixing, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.
GROS ISLET, (Reuters) – Magical Michael Hussey smashed three sixes in four balls to inspire Australia to a remarkable three-wicket win over holders Pakistan in the last over of yesterday’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in St Lucia.
– Whipple preparing rugby squad to deliver a whipping By Floyd Christie Head Coach of the West Indies rugby team and National Rugby Technical Director, Joe Whipple, is on a four-day visit to Guyana to conduct and coordinate practice sessions and fitness programmes for the national squad at the National Park in preparation for the upcoming Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Games.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – While LeBron James contemplates where he will play next season, speculation is rampant on the future of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ two-time league MVP.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Seventh seed Jelena Jankovic failed to handle the blistering shots of outsider Aravane Rezai or the unseasonably cold temperature as she slumped out of the Madrid Open at the quarter-final stage yesterday.
In an effort to raise funds to send a child overseas for surgery to fix a dislocated spine, the Kool Runnings Family of Enmore will stage a six-a-side, five-overs softball cricket competition at the Enmore Community Centre ground on May 26 (Independence Day).
GROS ISLET, (Reuters) – Pakistan coach Waqar Younis refused to blame his side after they were on the receiving end of an astonishing Australia fightback in yesterday’s Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in St Lucia.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies women’s quest for a spot in the World Twenty20 Championship final finished in disappointment yesterday, when they slid to a 56-run defeat to New Zealand.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – An audience of more than two million people has been glued to Caribbean radio and television sets as they followed the ICC World Twenty20 Championship, according to an estimate by regional host broadcaster, the Caribbean Media Corporation.
GROS ISLET, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke said yesterday’s remarkable three-wicket triumph over Pakistan in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in St Lucia proved his side could win from any position.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A shoving match broke out yesterday at the weigh-in for this weekend’s title fight between WBA super lightweight champion Amir Khan of Britain and challenger Paulie Malignaggi of New York.
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