CENTURION, South Africa, (Reuters) – Yusuf Pathan blazed his way to an unbeaten half-century to propel Rajasthan Royals to a five-wicket win over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Growing fears over the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico have forced the cancellation of the remainder of the CONCACAF under-17 championship in Tijuana, the region’s governing body said on their website (www.concacaf.com).
STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has discovered seven more positive drugs results from re-testing samples taken at last year’s Beijing Games, stemming from six athletes, it said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Paul Collingwood wants to captain England at this year’s Twenty20 World Cup even though he is not considered good enough for a starting place in his Indian Premier League (IPL) team.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers cruised into the second round of the NBA playoffs on Monday while the Denver Nuggets moved a big step closer to joining them with a record-equalling thrashing of the New Orleans Hornets.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Joe Calzaghe said yesterday he would not come out of retirement to fight Carl Froch after the English super middleweight demanded an all-British world title showdown.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Asafa Powell plans to honour his obligation at the IAAF World Athletics Tour meeting in Doha, Qatar, on May 8.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has undergone a successful knee operation and expects to be fit for the World Twenty20 in June, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.
MILAN, (Reuters) – Juventus will play their Serie A match at home to Lecce behind closed doors on Sunday after losing an appeal.
Guyana’s middleweight champion, Howard ‘the Battersea Bomber’ Eastman says if it’s a fight Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen is looking for, then he certainly will be meeting the right person.
ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Michael Clarke produced a brilliant all-round performance as Australia staged a dramatic recovery to beat Pakistan by 27 runs and take a 2-1 lead in the five-match series at the Sheikh Zayed stadium yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former Guyana and West Indies leg-spinner Mahendra Nagamootoo made headlines in Trinidad and Tobago’s National Premier League Sunday, completing a nine-wicket match haul for Central Sports against Queen’s Park CC.
The East Coast team to contest the DJ Stress 20/20 cricket festival which is scheduled for Friday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, has been selected.
Suriname retained their Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) overall first leg title winning all but the athletics competition and amassing a total of 38 points, while Guyana settled for second with 28 points and French Guiana once again finished at the bottom with 24 points.
Triumph and Back Dam first day winners Triumph and Back Dam were the first two teams to record victories in this year’s Ministry of Sport Inter-Block Football Tournament which kicked off on Sunday at the Beterverwagting (BV) ground.
Fraser nets double as Milerock and Blueberry Hill complete semi-final lineup A Royston Fraser double was the highlight of the evening as Milerock and Blueberry Hill United Football Clubs assured themselves a share of the prizes by reaching the semi-finals of the Linden Town Week Football Tournament being staged at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.
– Somai hits resilient 94 Host Essequibo was staring down the barrel of defeat at the end of the second day of their second round match in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/GTM-sponsored Under-19 inter-county cricket match against defending champions Berbice at the Anna Regina Community Centre ground yesterday.
LONDON (Reuters) – McLaren are on the mend after throwing everything they have into making their troubled car go faster and keeping Lewis Hamilton’s title defence alive, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh.
CHELMSFORD, England, CMC – West Indies have remained upbeat ahead of their preparation for the upcoming Test series even though rain ruined the final day of their three-day tour match against Essex yesterday.
MILAN, (Reuters) – Juventus will play their Serie A match at home to Lecce behind closed doors on Sunday after losing an appeal.
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