LONDON, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova was heading for the airport after losing at Wimbledon yesterday while another former champion Roger Federer sauntered through to the third round in glorious sunshine after a clinical display.
MHS on the road to redemption After taking Linden by storm, the Mackenzie High School (MHS) basketball team is now feasting their eyes on capturing the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) title and according to their coach Quincy Cummings, it would be a form of redemption since they finished fourth in the last installation of the tournament.
By Tiadi Blair Coach of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Gokarn Ramdhani recently obtained his diploma at a training course held in Mexico for qualified sports coaches ‘held’ from June 14 to 20.
– ‘Reds’ Perreira Prominent Guyanese and West Indian Sports personality Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira is hoping that the Caribbean would host the best ever International Cricket Council (ICC) Championship Trophy next year …“with all the ICC stringent rules and controls going out of the window.”
(BBC) Australian tail-enders Brett Lee and Nathan Hauritz fought back against Sussex on day one of the first match of their Ashes tour at Hove.
The tension is building for the S and S Promotions ‘Final Execution’ card as Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes throws out a challenge to anyone in the sport, stating that he would wager $100,000 that Leon ‘Too Sharp’ Allen cannot knock him out in four rounds.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Dwayne Bravo will be spending plenty of time in Australia later this year.
By Tiadi Blair The Trinidad and Tobago Squash Association (TTSA) has announced that they will be unable to host this year’s Bmobile Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships due to the current swine flu outbreak in Trinidad and Tobago.
The Guyana Squash Association has named 14 players to contest the team events at next month’s Junior Squash Championships to be held in Barbados.
Analysing the denialsGeneral Secretary of the Guyana Table Tennis Association GTTA Godfrey Munroe has denied telling Kaieteur News’ Edison Jefford that he had given him the names of the Guyana representative male, female and under-21 teams to compete at next month’s Caribbean table tennis championships in French Guiana.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Local sporting associations are crushed over last Friday’s sudden cancellation of the inaugural Caribbean Games and track and field bosses are now concerned over the status of the Pan American Junior Championship scheduled for next month-end.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Chris Gayle will not be drawn into a false sense of believing that West Indies can manhandle India’s depleted side in their imminent One-day International series.
– Six teams romp to victory Six venues, six matches, and six winners were the highlights as another round of the recently-resumed Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) Spready’s Bakery 2009 Under-19 50-Over Cricket Competition was contested throughout the Ancient County.
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Three Indian players have yet to leave for the West Indies barely three days before the start of the four-match one-day series because of a delay in getting transit visas for Britain.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The now familiar tide of Murray-mania swept across Wimbledon yesterday as Andy Murray began his bid to end Britain’s 73-year wait for a men’s singles champion in glorious sunshine at the All England Club.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Bangladesh yesterday named Mashrafe Mortaza as captain and the uncapped wicket-keeper/batsman Saghir Hossain in a 15-member squad to tour West Indies next month.
– Thomas ton propels Airport X1 to victory A brilliant 107 from Eric Thomas was just what Airport XI needed to guide them to a nine-wicket win over Country Side on Sunday as action continued in the Sonny Boy Milk Powder 15-overs softball cricket competition at the Guyana Softball, Windball and Cricket Association ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.
– Rose Hall Community Centre and Police through to semi-finals Rose Hall Community Centre defeated Blairmont Community Centre in their final Zone A preliminary match to end as winners of that zone with 9 points, earning their place in the semi-finals of the 2009 Tenelec Inc.
– says Darren Bravo PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, June 22, CMC – Darren Bravo has predictably identified Brian Lara as his cricket hero, but denies he makes a conscious effort to bat like the West Indies legend.
– But Federer marches through with military precision LONDON, (Reuters) – Roger Federer turned up at Wimbledon yesterday resembling an army general ready to conduct his latest campaign and soon disarmed the opposition on the opening day of the grasscourt championships.
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