Sports

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday disassociated itself from the upcoming DJ Stress 20/20 cricket festival which is scheduled to be held at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Labour Day.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Ravi Bopara blasted his way to  a half century to help the Kings XI Punjab beat the Bangalore  Royal Challengers by seven wickets at Kingsmead yesterday for  their first victory in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

(Reuters) – Indian Premier League result and  standings yesterday. Kings XI Punjab beat Bangalore Royal Challengers by seven  wickets Standings                                         P      W     L     T    NR    PTS Deccan Chargers                          2          2      0      0     0        4 Delhi Daredevils                          2          2      0      0     0        4 Mumbai Indians                          2          1      0      0     1        3 Rajasthan Royals                        3          0      1      1     1        3 Chennai Super Kings                 3          1      2      0     0        2 Kings XI Punjab                           3          1      2      0     0        2 Bangalore Royal Challengers 4          1      3      0     0       2 Kolkata Knight Riders                3          1      1      1     0       2 * T denotes tied, NR no result Playing on Saturday (GMT) Mumbai Indians      v Deccan Chargers, Durban          (1030)   Chennai Super Kings v Kolkata Knight Riders, Cape Town (1445)

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Australia produced a disciplined  all-round performance to beat Pakistan by six wickets to level  the five-match series 1-1 yesterday.

MONTPELLIER, France, (Reuters) – American Lance  Armstrong has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the French  Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) over a random test conducted last  month, the AFLD said in a statement.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Dallas Mavericks guard Jason  Terry has won the Sixth Man Award given to the best player in a  reserve role, the NBA said yesterday.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, (Reuters) – Deron Williams  drained a last-second jumper to give the Utah Jazz an 88-86  victory over the Los Angeles Lakers yesterday, breathing new  life into their playoff series after two heavy defeats.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England all-rounder Andrew  Flintoff will miss next month’s test series against West Indies  after returning from the Indian Premier League to undergo knee  surgery, the England and Wales Cricket Board said yesterday.

With the aim of making sure that the future of basketball is bright, the Maccabees basketball club along with the newly formed Everything Basketball promotion, launched a school’s clinic on Thursday at the St Stanislaus College basketball court.

ST LOUIS, Missouri, CMC – World-rated Guyanese Nicolette Fernandes was knocked out in the first round of the Racquet Club International Squash tournament on Thursday, beaten by the fourth seed Miranda Ranieri, of Canada.

The Guyana Overseas-based Women’s Football Programme is set to kick-off in June with the national team participating in a four-team tournament hosted by the Turks & Caicos Football Federation, according to a release from Colin Baker, president of the Guyana Sports Development Foundation.

Queens taking on Heroines in first match The Corriverton Queens are set to take on the Crabwood Creek Heroines in the first match of the Bier and Prakash Singh Memorial/Vishnu Super Store softball games set for the Crabwood Creek Cricket Ground tomorrow.

After months of preparation the first leg of the 2009 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) will commence today in Georgetown featuring male and female teams from French Guiana, Suriname and Guyana, competing at football, athletics and swimming.

Camptown ousts Golden Stars in penalty shoot-out Sunburst Camptown eliminated Golden Grove’s Golden Stars from the Mackeson Stout/Digicel Sweet 16 Football Competition in a nail biting encounter at the Plaisance Community Centre Ground last evening.

Former Guyana and West Indies cricketer 74-year-old Ivan Madray died at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday, after being admitted the previous day, suffering from hypertension.

Guyana welcomed German Grand Master Rainer Buhmann yesterday on a three-day visit, the first by a Grand Master in 32 years.

Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony gave some words of encouragement to the female football squad who will be representing Guyana over the next few days against French Guiana and Suriname in the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) Competition.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – A Florida pharmacy said yesterday it had incorrectly mixed a medication given to 21 polo  horses that died this week, as investigators awaited the result  of toxicology tests that could reveal what killed them.

Led by a solid all round performance from Anand Bharat, Bhaiya XI secured a five-wicket victory over Banks DIH when action in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) Trophy Stall sponsored nationwide 15 overs-a side competition continued on Sunday.

President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Godwin McPherson says Guyana will not be represented at this year’s Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) Championship in the British Virgin Islands because the time given for preparation was too short.