Sports

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Defending champions Jamaica and fancied Barbados meet in the feature attraction of the opening round in the West Indies Under-15 championship at Inshan Ali Park today.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar’s refusal to return to Twenty20 cricket for next month’s World Cup is a relief to India’s rivals, Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi said.

(Cricinfo) They say a Twenty20 match can be won in 10 minutes of violent batting or inspired bowling.

(Cricinfo) Naman Ojha’s bat, Yusuf Pathan’s right arm and some steady nerves from the fast bowlers proved enough to flummox Chennai Super Kings and lead Rajasthan Royals to their fourth win in a row.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan will look to a three-week preparation camp starting today to enhance their build-up for the World Twenty20 Championship in the Caribbean.

CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Jannero Pargo scored a season-high 27 points for the Chicago Bulls as they claimed a  much-needed 106-83 victory over the lowly New Jersey Nets on Saturday.

Deputy General Manager Communications of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Limited Terry Holder Friday night urged the national Under-15 cricket team to do this country proud.

By Marlon Munroe As Elton ‘The Real Coolie Bully’ had earlier predicted, he produced another clinical display of boxing in the feature event in the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) and the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA second Pro/Am card on Friday evening.

Reigning Group-4 champion Andrew King was again  supreme at the South Dakota Circuit yesterday in the Guyana Race of Champions time trials.

MOHALI, India, CMC – West Indies captain Chris Gayle failed but his Kolkata Knight Riders broke their three-match losing slump in the Indian Premier League by beating Kings XI Punjab by 39 runs yesterday.

Cozier on Sunday The third season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is in full swing, with all its familiar style, razzamatazz, hyperbole and braggadocio as the game’s finest and wealthiest players perform daily for frenzied spectators in packed stadiums and in front of television sets in every corner of the planet.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England fast bowler Stuart  Broad needs a quiet word in his ear reminding him to respect  umpires, former Test paceman Angus Fraser said on Friday.

OKLAHOMA CITY, (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City  Thunder nullified Kobe Bryant to snap the Los Angeles Lakers’  seven game winning streak with a 91-75 victory Friday.

Suriname defeated Guyana 2-1 in football at the Inter-Guiana Games currently in progress in French Guiana.

Cyclists from Linden won all the races in the Under-15 category of the National Sports Commission sponsored programme organized by national cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed and held in the National Park yesterday.

The third annual Dr. Cheddi Jagan Memorial 50-mile cycle road race will ride off this morning on the Essequibo Coast.

By Kizan Brumell Walking Boys of Suriname recorded the first victory of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) club championships Guyana leg when they defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) team in the Group D match at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground yesterday.

By Marlon Munroe Group three racer Ray Rahaman yesterday said that while he expects to win at the Guyana Race of Champions meet tomorrow at the South Dakota Circuit, he is playing the waiting game until today’s time trials.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association’s Pre-cadet (13 years and under) teams left Guyana yesterday for Utuado, Puerto Rico where they will compete in the fifth annual tournament.

Digicel continued its support for sports locally by donating uniforms and travel allowance to the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) yesterday at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel.