– Orlando’s Magicians stun Lakers to trim deficit to one game
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The Orlando Magic stormed back into contention in the NBA Finals by knocking off the Los Angeles Lakers 108-104 on Tuesday, trimming the deficit in their best-of-seven series to 2-1.
TORONTO, Canada, CMC – Jamaica’s triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt is the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year after his historic performances at the Beijing Olympics last year.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Suriname-born former Dutch international Edgar Davids helped Suriname take the runner-up spot in the Parbo Bier Cup this past weekend.
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant had a simple explanation for his shooting problems during the final three quarters of the Los Angeles Lakers’ 108-104 loss to the Orlando Magic on Tuesday.
NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – The West Indies were fined yesterday for a slow over-rate during their 15-run loss to Sri Lanka during the Group C match in the ICC World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge.
`The knee is swollen a lot and bruised a lot. So let’s see what happens’
NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Chris Gayle faces a possible non-starter for West Indies’ final group match against Sri Lanka today in the World Twenty20 Championship.
Newly-appointed coach of Guyana’s senior national football team Paul James told Stabroek Sport yesterday that although his side failed to come up with a win at the recently-concluded Parbo Bier Cup in Suriname, he was generally satisfied with their performance.
-says Idi Lewis
Former Caribbean junior boys’ table tennis champion Idi Lewis feels that the Guyana men’s team to this year’s Caribbean championships could bring home the bacon.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal’s Wimbledon defence remained in doubt yesterday after the world number one said he faced a tough two weeks of treatment to overcome knee problems before the grasscourt grand slam.
PARIS, (Reuters) – No Nadal, no excuses! Those are the words that could have haunted Roger Federer for the rest of his life if he had let the French Open crown slip from his grasp on Sunday.
TAUNTON, England, CMC – West Indies Women again gave further proof that bowling will be their strength, but batting will be the key to their success, when they won their second and final warm-up match ahead of the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Championship against Sri Lanka Women yesterday.
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Distraught after a failed gender test that led her to attempt suicide, Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan has turned to coaching and transferred her dreams to her new charges.
LONDON, England, CMC – South Africa yesterday held their nerve to clinch a thrilling one-run victory over New Zealand in the ICC World Twenty20 Championship as both sides advanced to the Super Eights.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan leg-spinner Shahid Afridi destroyed the Netherlands’ Twenty20 World Cup dreams at Lord’s yesterday with four for 11 from his four overs in the final group B match.
President of the Guyana Netball Association Lawrence `Sparrow’ Griffith says that Guyana will not be represented in that discipline at the inaugural Caribbean Games scheduled for next month in Trinidad and Tobago.
-GABA/HJTV/Lens Craft Inter-Ward Basketball
And so it was written that North Ruimveldt would sweep Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust in their best of three finals to retain their Georgetown Inter-Ward Basketball Championship.