National wicketkeeper/batsman Derwin Christian scored a brilliant century for Demerara Cricket Club to place them in a comfortable position against Everest yesterday on day two of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus First-Division cricket competition.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – American Tyson Gay ran the third fastest 200 meters ever when he clocked 19.58 seconds at the New York grand prix athletics meeting on Saturday.
WORMSLEY, England, CMC – Having failed to impress so far in his fledgling international career, all-rounder Kieron Pollard is eyeing the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 Championships as the opportunity to make his mark.
Dickson’s hat-trick leaves Pele in shambles – Conquerors victorious on opening day A Stephon Dickson hat-trick for Uprising rocked their opponents Pele Football Club while the Fruta Conquerors were also victorious on the opening day of the George-town Football Association’s (GFA) Trix Under-17 Football Tournament at the George-town Football Club Ground (GFC), yesterday.
Rock rocks Allicock on opening night A thrilling bantamweight bout between national junior boxers Herlando Allicock and Clevon Rock was rolled out on the opening night of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association’s (GABA) Na-tional Intermediate Box Off at the National Gymnasium, Friday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Exciting Swansea City striker Jason Scotland was named the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation’s Footballer-of-the-Year at their awards ceremony earlier this week.
Two years ago, the Jamaica Gleaner, one of the West Indies’ oldest and most respected newspapers, seriously advocated in an editorial following the West Indies’ indifferent performances in the first World Cup staged on their own patch that the subsequent tour of England be cancelled, that they withdraw from international assignments for three years and undertake only matches against ‘A’ teams while systems were put in place to raise standards to previous levels.
It’s been two-and-a-half months since the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club opened their Go-Kart track at Thomas Lands and since then the response has been overwhelming, according to President of the Club Vishok Persaud.
West Indies eased to their second consecutive win in the World Twenty20 warm-ups, beating Ireland by five wickets in Wormsley.
DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant scored 35 points to guide the Los Angeles Lakers back to the NBA Finals with a 119-92 rout of the Denver Nuggets on Friday, as the visitors closed out their Western Conference series in style.
PARIS (Reuters) – Andy Roddick produced a sizzling display to reach the fourth round of the French Open for the first time but Elena Dementieva’s hopes of winning a maiden grand slam title fizzled out on Saturday.
– advance to inter-ward basketball final The sounds of the hyped-up fans reverberated throughout the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Thursday evening as scores witnessed North Ruimveldt edge Charlestown/Albouystown 66-60 to take the third and final game of their best-in-three semi-finals.
Airstrip pips RH Lions in sudden death penalty shootout Defending champions Air Strip recaptured their Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport Mahdia Inter-Block Football Tournament title after defeating Roger Hinds (RH) Lions on sudden death penalty kicks.
Ferrari and the rest of the teams in the Formula 1 Teams’ Association (Fota) have submitted conditional entries for the 2010 championship.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) yesterday announced the 20- man squad that will represent Guyana at next week’s Parbo Bier Cup in Suriname and longstanding central defender Howard Lowe has been named as captain of the refurbished Golden Jaguars unit.
Guyana’s WBC Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and NABA bantamweight champion Leon ‘Hurry-up’ Moore is set to headline this evening’s foreign invasion boxing card at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground in Linden and according to the world-rated boxer, the Linden people would be in for another treat.
(BBC) Frank Lampard has given Chelsea a boost by declaring himself fit for today’s FA Cup final against Everton.
PARIS (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal accused anti-doping controllers of “harassing” tennis players yesterday and defended his suspended friend Richard Gasquet.
HELSINKI (Reuters) The WBA heavyweight title fight between Nikolai Valuev of Russia and Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan scheduled for today has been cancelled, a spokesman for the promoters said yesterday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kentucky Derby champion Mine That Bird remains without a jockey for the Belmont Stakes on June 6 but still looks impressive heading into the $1 million race, his trainer said on Friday.
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