Hikers secure first win Everest Hikers scored their first victory in the Farfan and Mendes sponsored First Division Hockey tournament when they came from behind to stop Old Fort 2-1 at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground (GCC) yesterday.
DUBLIN, Ohio, (Reuters) – Three-times champion Tiger Woods was let down by his approach play at the Memorial tournament yesterday as fellow Americans Jim Furyk and Jonathan Byrd moved into a tie for the lead after the second round.
The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) has short-listed teams for five upcoming international track and field competitions during the period June 18 to August 2.
PARIS, (Reuters) – World number two Roger Federer kept his dream of a maiden French Open title alive when he battled past Argentine fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro 3-6 7-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 in a nail-biting semi-final yesterday.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has every reason to look forward to his side’s opening Twenty20 World Cup match against defending champions India today.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers produced a dazzling display at both ends of the floor to crush the Orlando Magic 100-75 in the opening game of the NBA Finals on Thursday.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni took the unusual step yesterday of leading his team into a news conference where he publicly denied reports of a rift between himself and Virender Sehwag.
EUGENE, Oregon, (Reuters) – Having raced a zebra and a giraffe, American Shawn Crawford is in a unique position to gauge Jamaican sensation Usain Bolt’s explosive impact on sprinting.
NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has urged his team to show “mental strength and fortitude” at the Twenty20 World Cup after the trauma of Lahore this year when the team bus was attacked by armed militants.
The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will become a basketball haven as 37 schools from around the country compete for the right to be called National Schools Basketball Champions beginning June 26.
Golden Jaguars to seek redemption It’s day two of the 2009 Parbo Bier Cup in Suriname and team Guyana after losing their opening game on Wednesday will be coming out looking for a much needed victory when they face the hosts today at the Andre Kampervene Stadium at 4 pm local time.
LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies batting ace Ramnaresh Sarwan has shrugged off his team’s below par performances in England on their current trip and declared the Caribbean side as positive ahead of the ICC World Twenty20 Championship.
LONDON, (Reuters) – In contrast to the ebullience of some of the other Twenty20 World Cup contenders, England open the tournament today almost apologising for their presence.
WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have agreed to allow players returning from the ‘rebel’ Indian Cricket League (ICL) to be selected for their national team with immediate effect.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Unbeaten Barbadian cruiserweight boxer Shawn “The Sniper” Cox will defend his Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) title later this month against the rising Guyanese prospect Cleveland Fraser.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Twenty20 has made a virtue of challenging cricket convention and if an English inventor is right the next thing to be abandoned will be the long-standing design of the bat itself.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Retired International Cricket Council (ICC) umpire Steve Bucknor is the new president of the West Indies Cricket Umpires Association (WICUA).
DUBLIN, Ohio, (Reuters) – Britain’s Luke Donald produced a spectacular burst of six consecutive birdies to surge into a commanding three-shot lead in yesterday’s opening round at the Memorial tournament.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Dinara Safina and Svetlana Kuznetsova, the world’s best women claycourters in 2009, relied on their wealth of experience to set up an all-Russian final at the French Open yesterday.
Basketball is set to take centre stage in Linden over the weekend when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) recommences its Pioneer Construction-sponsored First Division League at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court.
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