Sports

By Rawle Toney The Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) annual Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival came to an exciting end last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Adelaide, Australia: Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach defied all odds on day three of the Second Test at the Adelaide Oval.

By Marlon Munroe Despite rain curtailing play for the morning session, Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) batsman Krishna Arjune managed a century in his team’s 247-3 from 69 overs against Everest in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) three-day first division tournament.

In what is a repeat of their Guyana Football Federation’s Super League final, Alpha United will meet with the Guyana Defence Force in a quarter final match of the annual Mayor’s Cup seven-a-side football tournament.

Fruta Conquerors swamped Uprising 7-0 as the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) DeSinco Under-19 competition continued over the weekend with several matches at the Tucville Playfield.

Berbice under-15 all-rounder Shawn Perreira led Rose Hall Town Farfan and Mendes club to a hard-fought first innings points win over Young Achievers of West Berbice in a quarter-final encounter of the Berbice Tenelec Inc under-15 cricket tournament.

By Rawle Toney The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GT&T) under their Cellink brand on Saturday handed over $2.5m to the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation for the 20th staging of the annual football extravaganza which is set to kick off on Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

Andrew De Abreu, sponsor of the Kenneth De Abreu eight-week table tennis league competition which ended recently has pledged to continue sponsoring the tournament.

The Guyana Football Federation is all set to ban Riddim Squad from this year’s Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India secured top spot in the  test rankings for the first time after handing Sri Lanka a  second successive innings defeat and wrapping up their  three-match series 2-0 yesterday.

ATHENS, Greece, CMC – Guyana’s Nicolette Fernandes celebrated her re-entry to the world’s top 100 players with a fine championship victory at the Greek Open on Saturday evening.

SINGAPORE, CMC – Guyana’s world-rated Leon Moore has declared his readiness for next month’s pivotal title fight against Indonesia’s Marangin Marbun for the Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) super bantamweight belt.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St Lucian veteran Victor Ledger brilliantly paced himself to a sixth victory in the Powerade Marathon yesterday to highlight the closing of the annual Run Barbados Series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Briton Amir Khan retained his WBA  world light-welterweight title in extraordinary fashion when he  knocked out Ukraine-born American Dmitriy Salita in the first  round of his first title defence in Newcastle on Saturday.

Adelaide, Australia: Everything which transpired on day two of the Second Test at the Adelaide Oval suggested that the West Indies will come to a creeping realisation that they will be spending a fair period of time in the field as the Australians pile on the runs.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Veronica Campbell-Brown is getting used to her new training routine and home in the American city of Atlanta.

Edward Beharry and Company has been in business in Guyana for the past 79 years and their support for sport in the country started way back then.

Like football, basketball since its creation in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith is one of the most popular games in the world.

Cozier on Sunday It seemed a good idea at the time but, like the Federation, daylight saving time and the West Indies Cricket Board website, Test cricket’s “Umpires’ Decision Review System” – the UDRS, in the modern way of text-speak – simply isn’t working in practice.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant made a  sensational buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Los  Angeles Lakers a 108-107 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday.