Superstreet humbles Raiders
The Superstreet XI team crushed Raiders XI by a margin of 70 runs when action in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Trophy Stall 15-overs–a-side countrywide softball competition continued at the Leonora Primary School ground on Sunday.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan has predicted a volatile, high quality contest when his compatriot Ricky Hatton defends his IBO light-welterweight title against Filipino Manny Pacquiao on Saturday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Dallas Mavericks completed a surprise series victory over the higher-ranked San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday, while the Rockets’ bid for a second-round berth was grounded when Houston lost to the Portland Trail Blazers.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – John O’Shea’s early goal put Manchester United in control of their Champions League semi-final against Arsenal with a 1-0 first-leg win at Old Trafford yesterday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – World record sprinter Usain Bolt was being treated at a hospital near the Jamaican capital yesterday after a motor vehicle accident, a doctor said.
DURBAN, South Africa, (Reuters) – The Bangalore Royal Challengers secured a five-wicket win off the penultimate ball against the Kolkata Knight Riders to move off the bottom of the Indian Premier League (IPL) standings yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Referee Howard Webb has admitted he was wrong to award a penalty to Manchester United in their Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford on Saturday.
STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – Bahrain’s Olympic 1,500 metres gold medallist Rashid Ramzi and two cyclists are among six athletes to test positive for drugs at the Beijing Olympics, officials said yesterday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s Formula One title defence remained alive yesterday after his McLaren team were handed a suspended three race ban for lying to race stewards.
LONDON, England, CMC – Batting standout Ramnaresh Sarwan is anxious to transfer the pivotal form he showed in the recent home series against England to help West Indies retain the Wisden trophy in the upcoming Test series.
LONDON, CMC – Michael Vaughan has failed in his bid to earn a recall, when he was excluded from England’s 12-member squad for the opening Test against West Indies, starting in a week’s time at Lord’s.
The Sunburst Camptown team is the inaugural champion of the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) Milo Under-21 Competition after they defeated the Pele Football Club in the final at the Tucville Playfield last evening.
It took defending champions Berbice just six minutes after lunch to defeat hosts Essequibo in their GTM three-day under-19 Inter county cricket match at the Anna Regina community centre ground yesterday.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A majority of the 2011 World Cup matches will be held in India after Pakistan was stripped of co-hosting rights over security concerns.
The 5th Victory Valley Royals (VVR) inter-school basketball championship has finally come down to the finals with McKenzie High School (MHS) battling New Silver City Secondary School (NSSS) today.
Camptown, Alpha dominant on opening night
Sunburst Camptown and Alpha United began their run in the Georgetown Football Association’s (GFA) 2009 season with emphatic victories when the third annual Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Cellink Plus Premier League was launched at the Tucville playfield on Monday.
Corriverton Queens triumph in historic match
Scottsburg United, Corriverton Queens, and Vishnu Super Store were the successful teams at the Crabwood Creek cricket ground last Sunday at three softball matches.
RICHMOND, Virginia, CMC – Guyanese striker Randolph `Black head’ Jerome struck a late first-half goal that helped Pittsburgh Riverhounds draw 1-1 with Richmond Kickers in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) Second Division on Saturday night.