BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa, (Reuters) – England must improve on their performances in the recent Ashes victory over Australia in order to repeat that success in South Africa, captain Andrew Strauss said yesterday.
— Lorgat optimistic of another great ICC event; wants the Caribbean to successfully host next year’s Twenty20 World Cup as tickets officially go on sale from today In the presence of the Caribbean and the world’s finest cricketers, Clive Lloyd, Sir Everton Weekes, Sir Garfield Sobers and Joel ‘Big Bird’ Garner just to name a few, the International Cricket Council (ICC) officially launched it’s ticket sales for next year’s Twenty20 World Cup at the outstanding facilities of the Kensington Oval in Barbados Saturday evening.
By Marlon Munroe Defending champions Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) and last year’s runners up Barbados square off in today’s first day/night semi-final at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence in the WICB President’s Cup 50-overs Tournament from 13:30 hours.
Experienced golfer Colin Ming stepped up his game to triumph in the European Union (EU) sponsored Medal Play handicap tournament last Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course just three weeks before the Guyana Open championships.
-Kelvin Johnson places sixth PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Kenyan distance runner Alfonsi Kibor Yatich made a winning debut at the sixth annual University of the West Indies Sports and Physical Educational Centre (SPEC) International Half-Marathon yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chris Gayle has been reappointed captain of the West Indies team after an emphatic vote in his favour and will lead the side to the tour of Australia later this month.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wants to investigate whether any charges can be brought against Andre Agassi following his admission that he lied after taking crystal meth in 1997 and failing a drugs test.
DOHA, (Reuters) – Ruthless Serena Williams underlined her dominance at the top of women’s tennis yesterday, completing her year in style with a 6-2 7-6 defeat of big sister Venus in the final of the WTA Championships.
ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Germany’s Sebastian Vettel led Red Bull to a one-two finish at Abu Dhabi’s stunning new circuit yesterday to bring down the chequered flag on a Formula One season like no other.
MILWAUKEE, (Reuters) – Rookie Brandon Jennings provided a Halloween treat for Milwaukee, hitting 24 points including nine straight in the third quarter, as the Bucks rallied past the Detroit Pistons 96-85 on Saturday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Injured Australian all rounder James Hopes will fly home after becoming the latest in the squad to be forced out of the one-day series in India.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Meb Keflezighi became the first American to win the New York City marathon since 1982 when he took the men’s title in two hours 9 minutes and 15 seconds yesterday.
Rain and not performance determained which teams would advance to the semi-finals of the President’s Cup limited overs competition after all four matches were washed out yesterday.
REPORTS out of Guyana from the opening matches of the President’s Cup (presumably Julian Hunte’s rather than Bharrat Jagdeo’s) have made dismal listening and reading.
-Guyana to host Rugby Sevens tournament in 2010By Marlon Munroe The Central American and Caribbean Sports Organisation (CACSO) yesterday signed an agreement with three major international organisations appointing Guyana as the host of the 21st Central America and Caribbean Games Rugby Sevens Tournament.
Joseph Chin emerged the winner of the Spads Inc. Cup sponsored two-day handgun tournament held recently at the Timehri Rifle Ranges.
BOSTON, (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics blasted the Chicago Bulls 118-90 on Friday to maintain their unbeaten start to the new NBA season.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – High profile Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president Deryck Murray lost his bid for re-election yesterday when he was swept from power in a stunning upset following elections at the annual general meeting.
Santos and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were the latest two teams to enter the quarterfinal round on Friday night at the Tucville playfield after defeating their opponents in the first round of the NAMILCO Football Festival which is organized by Fruta Conquerors.
By Marlon Munroe Home-town hero Narsingh Deonarine exploded on the hapless Barbados bowlers yesterday blasting a 79-ball unbeaten 102 as Guyana registered its second victory in the WICB President’s Cup limited-overs tournament at the Albion Community Centre Ground.
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