Sports

Three  West Indies batsmen would not have slept easily last night.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has suspended negotiations with Sir Allen Stanford over a new sponsorship deal after fraud charges in the US.

By Orin Davidson Compared to all the other  West Indies Cricket Board blunders over the years, the latest fiasco in Antigua would win a unanimous decision in the  levels of condemnation that erupted  in its aftermath.

By Rawle Toney National striker Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson is set to become the first Guyanese to play in the US Major League Soccer (MLS) as he wrapped up his one week training session with the team in Miami, Florida.

– Government backs initiative By Rawle Toney President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF), retired Col.

– Harper to bowl first delivery After an absence of 20 years, National Sports Commission in collaboration with the Allied Arts Department of the Ministry of Education, will be hosting a 40-overs a side cricket match involving Berbice High School (BHS) and Queen’s College (QC) today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence from 10:00hrs.

Albert Semple won his first major title when he carted off the President’s Medal Play Golf tournament last Saturday at Lusignan Golf Course (LGC).

By Rawle Toney Following a weekend meeting the sport directors of the three Guianas Guyana, French Guiana and Suriname, decided that the first leg of the 2009 Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) would be held in Georgetown from April 23-26.

-Thompson wants sport to regain `top dog’ status President of the Old Fort Hockey Club (OFHC) Ivor Thompson is pushing for the sport to be expanded countrywide with the hope of increasing the club’s membership by fifty percent.

An attractive even half century from skipper and Berbice under 19 player Eon Hooper led Rose Hall Town Pepsi ‘A’ to a crushing nine wicket victory over RHT Pepsi ‘B’ at the Area ‘H’ Ground, when play in the Gilgeous Pawn Shop 10th Anniversary 20/20 tournament continued.

Led by resilient half centuries from Leon Johnson (58) and Narsingh Deonarine (51 not out), Guyana   avoided a fifth successive defeat when they held leaders Jamaica to a tame draw in their sixth round match at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

From Tony Cozier in Antigua The embodiment of the fearsome fast bowling on which the reputation of West Indies cricket is largely founded has been all around the Antigua Recreation Ground over the first two days of the shifted Test.

– says ‘Piggy’ Griffith “I will be walking with my notepad and pen but who will be using it, certainly not me.

Nalico/Nafico yesterday continued its support of youth cricket by sponsoring the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-15 inter association competition for the third straight year.

The Georgetown selectors yesterday named a 14- member squad to participate in the Nalico/Nafico round-robin competition which starts on Thursday.

By Rawle Toney President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federa-tion (GABF) retired Col.

By Rawle Toney Courts Pacesetters Basketball Club added another piece of silverware to its collection when they clinched the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Kevin Worrell/Lens Craft third division league title by beating Bounty Colts last Saturday at the Burnham Basketball Court.

Lowe and Bryan prove too strong for competition Trenace Lowe and Nigel Bryan made their presence felt in this year’s annual National Sports Commission (NSC) sponsored Mashramani  table tennis tournament making a clean sweep of their respective categories when the event continued at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday.

The BK International Western Tigers football team defeated Flamingo 3-1 on Sunday at the Tucville Ground to capture the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) organized Banks Beer first division title and the sum of $150,000.

– Dowlin unbeaten on 71 at the close Guyana, led by a pugnacious, maiden first-class century from Darwin Christian, ably supported by skipper Travis Dowlin’s unbeaten innings of 71, finally showed their true colours at the end of the penultimate day’s play against Jamaica at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.