Sports

Brandon Baldie won two matches and Akesia Nedd one to help Mae’s `A’ stop the rampaging Bishops’ High School team in the final of the 18 years and under Guyana Table Tennis Association/National Sports Commission  Business School sponsored schools’ team tournament Monday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Mae’s Secondary School and Bishops’ High School winners of the U18 and U15 and U13 categories respectively of the just-concluded Business School sponsored schools’ table tennis championships will each receive a donation of a table from former national player Diane Chance.

Persons with Disabilities (PWD) will have a chance to benefit from the National Sports Commission and the Special Olympics Committee of Guyana Swimming Instructors Course that commenced yesterday at  Colgrain Swimming Pool on Camp Street.

Over the last five years, the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTYSC) has invested millions of dollars on youth development as the key to the club’s development.

The Guyanese pair of Steve Neils Jr and Andrew Ifill led the Royal Extra Lions to a 78-68 upset win over top contender Detour Shak Attack as play in the Trinidad and Tobago National Basketball Federation Club Championships “Big Eight” continued on Monday at St Paul Street Complex in Port of Spain.

– Warriors squeeze past Mocha Champs Soesdyke Falcons’ John Gordon scored a helmet-trick to help his team get past Kuru-Kuru Lions on Sunday when the East Bank Football Association (EBFA) Stag First Division League continued at the Grove Playfield.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 2, CMC – New West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson said yesterday he was looking forward to the challenge awaiting him in developing regional cricket.

MARBELLA, Panama, CMC – Kirt Sinnette, of Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaican Nicholas Walters have secured their highest ever world boxing ratings while  Guyana’s Leon Moore holds a prominent top 10 spot in the latest rankings by the World Boxing Association (WBA).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Gilbert Arenas issued a public  apology yesterday as he prepared to start rebuilding his image  less than a week after the NBA suspended the Washington Wizards  guard for bringing guns into the team’s locker room.

-as Taffin Khan secures first senior tournament triumph National Chess champion Wendell Meusa put a spoke in Errol Tiwari’s wheel allowing former national junior chess champion Taffin Khan to secure his first tournament win playing as a senior.

LONDON, England, CMC – Guyana’s international squash star Nicolette Fernandes continues her rise up the world rankings and is up to No.62 in the February ratings released yesterday.

Bishops’ High School was adjudged the most outstanding school when the curtain came down on the National Sports Commission and Guyana Table Tennis Association three category tournament sponsored by the Business School of Brickdam.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) have teamed up with the Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport and National Communication Network (NCN) to present ‘Friday Night Fights’ – a Pro-Am feature which will be held on the last Friday of every month.

Nets basketball Open and Third Division teams were on the losing end of encounters Sunday night as the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) two-tiered tournaments continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Guyana Defence Force all rounder Travis Blyden scored the second century of the Trinidad & Tobago national Two-Day Championship league, South zone, for Rousillac United in the second innings against the Valiants over the weekend at the Roussilac United ground.

BOSTON (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant made amends for a poor  shooting game by sinking a spectacular game-winning jumper as  the Los Angeles Lakers edged the Boston Celtics 90-89 on  Sunday.

RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Suspended U.S.  Olympic relay gold medallist Crystal Cox has denied using  performance-enhancing drugs.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Roger Federer described his  performance against Andy Murray to win the Australian Open title  as possibly the best of his career and his words were not  intended just to make the tearful Scot feel better.

NAGPUR, India, (Reuters) – South Africa captain Graeme  Smith urged his side yesterday to make the most of their five  days’ preparation before the first test against India after a  tumultuous week for himself and his side.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Tino Best produced a memorable spell of fast bowling to help Barbados formalise a 98-run victory over Windwards Islands in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.