“When the going gets tough, the tough get going” is one of sport’s oldest maxims – and the going could not have been tougher for the West Indies and, more especially, for captain Chris Gayle entering the second Test against Australia in Adelaide 10 days ago.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – Marquee middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan is confident West Indies can level the series by beating Australia in the third and final Test starting next Wednesday (10.30pm Tuesday Eastern Caribbean Time).
PERTH, Australia, CMC – A former Australia fast bowler has raised questions over the hosts’ pace attack ahead of the final Test against West Indies here next week and believes speedster Kemar Roach will be the main threat on a pitch expected to provide plenty pace and bounce.
Known to world as ‘King Pele’ Brazilian football legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento will receive a red carpet welcome to Guyana today when he arrives at 13:30 hours at the Dr.
-Says Minister Anthony Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, says the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) did not adhere to protocol by informing his ministry of the success of the national men and women’s rugby Sevens sides at the recent North American and Caribbean Rugby Association tournament in Mexico but left it up to news reports for his ministry to be informed.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – Golfer Tiger Woods, fighting to fend off intense media scrutiny over allegations he cheated on his wife, has won a British court order banning publication in Britain of any photos or video showing him nude or having sex.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Sony Ericsson’s relationship with the WTA Tour remained positive despite Serena Williams’s foul-mouthed outburst at the U.S.
Three of the four remaining matches in the round robin stage of the DeSinco Trading Under-19 Competition which is organized by the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) kicks off today at two venues.
RRT Enterprises of Regent Street, Bourda will sponsor the penultimate golf tournament of the 2009 season today at the Lusignan Golf Course on the East Coast of Demerara.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – Mike Hussey’s lean run against West Indies has prompted spin legend Shane Warne to call for his axing.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A back injury has forced Russia’s Dinara Safina to pull out of next month’s Brisbane International, one of the main lead up events to the Australian Open.
(BBC) Pakistan opener Imran Farhat carried his bat for an unbeaten 117 but New Zealand’s bowlers dominated the first day of the deciding Test in Napier yesterday.
The sport of kings got king size sponsorships as a number of the country’s leading entities have joined forces with the Port Mourant Turf Club (PMTC) in preparations for the grand one-day end-of-year horse race meet set for Sunday.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics chalked up their ninth win a row and padded their Atlantic Division lead with a 104-102 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – West Indies coach David Williams says Australian bowling attack holds no terrors and lacks the experience to compare with their successful predecessors.
Perth, Australia: Active Australian captains in general, but Ricky Ponting in particular, are not the type of men who busy themselves heaping praise on opposition players.
PISA, Italy, (Reuters) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has not ruled out the possibility of being a team mate of Lance Armstrong again despite their difficult relationship when both were with Astana.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Three months after being axed for Jamaica’s President’s Cup campaign, Tamar Lambert has resurfaced as captain of an 18-man squad announced Thursday for next month’s regional four-day championship.
Berbice under-19 all-rounder Terrence Madramootoo blasted his second century in succession to lead Rose Hall Town Bakewell Cricket Club (RHTB) to a crushing 145-run victory over Nigg Invaders at the Area ‘H’ ground in the New Building Society second division tournament.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies’ impressive showing in the Adelaide Test did not catch Australia unawares, claims opener Simon Katich.
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