DURBAN (Reuters) – Herschelle Gibbs crafted an unbeaten half-century as the Deccan Chargers maintained their position at the top of the Indian Premier League (IPL) thanks to a six-wicket win over the Chennai Super Kings yesterday.
DETROIT (Reuters) – The Cleveland Cavaliers completed their expected sweep of an overmatched Detroit Pistons in Sunday’s NBA playoff action, while a determined Chicago Bulls continued to take the fight to the Boston Celtics.
CHELMSFORD, England, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul has described his vital unbeaten half-century for West Indies on Sunday as a “decent” knock as he tunes himself up for the series against England next month.
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs was voted Player of the Year for the first time by the Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) on Sunday.
KARACHI (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council should shift the 2011 World Cup out of Asia after Australia refused to send its Davis Cup tennis team to India, former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad said.
Barnwell in match-winning spell Led by a man-of-the-match performance from national all rounder Christopher Barnwell, Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) whipped Lusignan Cricket Club (LCC) by seven wickets at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCB) ground yesterday, to claim the coveted crown of national first division 20/20 champions.
Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen says that he is highly disappointed about not facing Howard Eastman on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall when the two were suppose to clash for the vacant Super Middle weight title of Guyana.
Suriname comprehensively won the 2009 Inter Guiana Games overall swimming title while Guyana and French Guiana tied for second place as the championships culminated at the Castellani Pool in Georgetown yesterday.
Alpha and Pele advance Reigning Kashif and Shangai champions Pele and former champions Alpha United set up a date with each other, when they won their opening matches over BK International Western Tigers and Victoria Kings in the second annual Bakewell Buxton Stars-organized Mackeson Stout/Digicel-sponsored Sweet 16 football tournament at the Plaisance Community Centre ground on Saturday night.
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan, (Reuters) – LeBron James poured in 36 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers pounded the Detroit Pistons 99-78 yesterday to complete a sweep of their Eastern conference quarter-final.
MANAMA, (Reuters) – Britain’s Jenson Button won the Bahrain Grand Prix and stretched his Formula One world championship lead to 12 points yesterday with his third victory in four races.
Despite not having ‘The Big Showdown’ between Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen and Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, the under cards did spark some fire on a cold and disappointing night for boxing fans.
Suriname’s male and female football teams have won both titles at this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG) which wrapped up yesterday at the Guyana Defence Force ground.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – World number one Rafael Nadal powered to his fifth consecutive Barcelona Open title with a 6-2 7-5 win over Spanish compatriot David Ferrer yesterday.
CHELMSFORD, England, CMC – Dependable Shivnarine Chanderpaul carved out an unbeaten half century but Jamaican fast-bowler Maurice Chambers snared four wickets and Test opener Alastair Cook stroked an unbeaten half-century to place Essex in a commanding position against West Indies in their three-day tour match on yesterday.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Sri Lankans Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara scored half-centuries to guide the Delhi Daredevils and King’s XI Punjab to comfortable wins on day nine of the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.
(Reuters) – Indian Premier League results and standings on Sunday. Kings XI Punjab beat Rajasthan Royals by 27 runs Delhi Daredevils beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by six wickets Standings P W L T NR PTS Deccan Chargers 3 3 0 0 0 6 Delhi Daredevils 3 3 0 0 0 6 Kings XI Punjab 4 2 2 0 0 4 Chennai Super Kings 4 1 2 0 1 3 Mumbai Indians 3 1 1 0 1 3 Kolkata Knight Riders 4 1 1 1 1 3 Rajasthan Royals 4 0 2 1 1 3 Bangalore Royal Challengers 5 1 4 0 0 2 * T denotes tied, NR no result
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has been reported for a suspected illegal action following the second one-day international against Australia in Dubai on Friday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said.
Suriname on pace for swimming title Suriname dominated day one of the Inter Guiana Games male and female swimming championships, winning all but one race when the event splashed off at the Castellani Pool yesterday.
Guyana were crowned the 2009 Inter Guiana Games Track and Field Champions, after dominating both days of competition hosted at the Eve Leary Sports Complex and the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) grounds.
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