Sports

—- says Lumumba President of the Alpha United football club Odinga Lumumba says that he is standing firmly behind the club’s captain Howard Lowe who has decided to withdraw from the Guyana National Football team.

The sport of football  took another critical blow with the announcement that the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) had suspended the NAMILCO Football Festival after a stabbing incident on Friday night’s opening games at the Tucville Playfield.

As the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) inaugural Super League nears its climax, the action on the field is expected to be just as exciting with several teams  fighting for survival and to make the final four.

Cozier on Sunday IT IS a fitting irony that Daren Ganga should have, in the space of a couple of weeks, suddenly returned as a credible candidate as West Indies skipper through his leadership in the shortest form of the game, even more so since the principal claimant to reclaiming the post is Chris Gayle.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea reclaimed top spot in the  Premier League with a crushing 5-0 win over Blackburn Rovers yesterday but Tottenham Hotspur were brought down to earth when  Stoke City snatched a late 1-0 victory at White Hart Lane.

SALVO, North Carolina, (Reuters) – World 100 metres  silver medallist Tyson Gay has successfully undergone surgery on  a painful groin problem that hampered him during much of the  athletics season, his manager said yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Andy Moles has resigned as  New Zealand coach, the country’s national cricket board  announced yesterday.

HOVE, England,  CMC – Dwayne Smith will be eyeing a return to West Indies colours after work permit problems recently forced the Barbados batsman out of his contract at English County Sussex.

Guyana advanced to yesterday’s final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Twenty20 Festival despite losing to Barbados in their controversial match Friday night at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

VADODARA, India, (Reuters) – Explosive India batsman  Yuvraj Singh is a doubt for their opening one-day international  against Australia today after failing to recover from a  finger injury.

-Phillip Persaud, Ianna Graham and Treiston Joseph run unbeaten By Marlon Munroe Nisa Allen exploded yesterday to leave her challengers in the dust when she won the three sprint top spots yesterday in the North Georgetown Inter Zone athletics track meet yesterday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

Jamaica pluck United Chargers by 77 runs By Rawle Toney Jamaica stormed into the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) 20/20 Cricket Festival by stomping the United Chargers of the USA by 77 runs yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, Pro-vidence.

– Digicel contributes $100,000 to event Digicel Guyana has added its touch to the one-day rodeo  as preparations move apace for the event billed for tomorrow from 11:00am at Arima Park, West Coast Berbice, and organised by the Rodeo Committee of the Rising Sun Turf Club.

By Tiadi Blair President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.

By Rawle Toney Just days before the Golden Jaguars football team heads off to Suriname, national captain Howard Lowe has withdrawn his services from the team because of issues over insurance and a training stipend.

“Continue to pursue excellence” Motivational speaker Dr. Marlon Hestick yesterday challenged the region’s U-19 cricketers to continue to pursue excellence as a great cricket future could be their reward.

Jamaal Duff scored the biggest win of his fledgling table tennis career when he defeated Warren Hackshaw as the Kenneth DeAbreu Table Tennis League continued last Saturday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC).

Defending Diamond Mineral Water men’s  Indoor champions  Hikers continued their preparation for the upcoming international Festival by securing a place in the GT&T National Indoor final billed for tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Golden Stars started their 2009 East Coast Demerara Mackeson Premier League on a winning note when they edged Bakewell Buxton Stars 1-0 at Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground on Wednesday night.

The National Closed Chess Championships will get underway today at the Ocean Spray International Hotel at 10am.