Sports

– Bramble, Chandrika and Ravi Sarwan included Although the host country for this year’s Regional Limited Overs tournament has not been named by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the six territorial boards have gone ahead and named their squads in preparation for the match.

– West Berbice crushed by 158 runs A defiant 76 from national middle-order batsman Gajanand Singh followed by a destructive spell of fast bowling from former Berbice  Under-19 left-arm fast bowler Devendra Ramoutar (6-17), propelled Young Warriors into the Berbice zone semi-finals of the Guyana Cricket Board/Neal and Massy sponsored nationwide first division 40-overs competition.

Wolf Warriors gained two victories when they defeated Rangers and La Jalousie in the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Memorex Enterprise Countrywide 15-Overs Softball Tournament on Sunday at the Den Amstel ground.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars have slipped to an astounding 118 place in the latest Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) rankings released on Wednesday.

At the completion of the first day of events in the North Georgetown Branch Champion of Champions athletics two day meeting which is being held at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, St.

-Record number of participants for annual Ansa McAl tourney tomorrow With just weeks away from the start of the Guyana Open, local golfers will be fine tuning preparations this weekend in the annual Ansa McAl Ltd.

Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani proved their mettle Wednesday night sweeping the under-11 and under-13 junior titles as the Sterling Products Ltd.,

– A trans-Atlantic telephone conversation between Sir Allen Stanford and  Denis O’Brien has paved the way for the 20/20 for US20m to go ahead A “COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT”, reportedly finalised after a trans-Atlantic telephone conversation between Sir Allen Stanford and Denis O’Brien, head of Irish mobile phone company Digicel, sponsors of West Indies cricket, has opened the way for the 20/20 for US$20 million match between the Stanford Superstars and England to go ahead.

By Rawle Toney The cause of death of Courts Pacesetters basketball player Kevin Worrell remained a mystery yesterday after yesterday’s post-mortem results were returned as inconclusive.

The 12-member Guyana junior Commonwealth team yesterday departed for Pune, India to participate in the third Commonwealth Youth Games.

Everest Hikers and Old Fort hockey teams, the only two unbeaten teams in the Banks DIH night hockey tournament, will be looking to continue their winning ways tonight, but unless the match ends in a draw some team’s unbeaten record will be gone.

The Sterling-sponsored Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) tournament at the Queen’s College Badminton Court concludes last night.

Defending champions BV /Triumph United and Victoria Kings will face off from 6pm this evening as play in the East Coast Demerara Football Association (ECDFA)/ Mackeson Stout-sponsored Premier League continues at the Plaisance Community Centre Ground.

– Family lauds support Scores of basketball players and friends of the late Kevin Worrell turned up on Monday evening at the Burnham Basketball Court to pay their respects to the 21-year-old former Courts Pacesetters player.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board Chetram Singh left Guyana yesterday for St Lucia to attend a meeting of the West Indies Cricket Board today.

The Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club will stage its sixth annual track meeting at the Everest Cricket Club ground this Sunday.

Canje Secondary mauled 13-0 by Berbice High School Canje Secondary School received a mauling from Berbice High School (BHS) as the Vibert Garrett Cup Inter-Secondary Schools football continued in Berbice on Monday at the Esplanade ground in New Amsterdam.

Guyana looking to retain male basketball championships By Rawle Toney Guyana’s male basketball team which will be participating in the second leg of this year’s Inter-Guiana Games in French Guiana has been selected and, according to the representatives on the local planning committee, they are confident of retaining the title they won in 2007.

Time for Obama–type change in sports In the world of politics, at least US politics, one word  “Change”  seems set to,  pardon the pun, change the history of US politics as we, in Guyana know it.

Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are this morning considering the ramifiactions of yesterday’s judgement of the London Court of International Arbitration (LICA) in favour of its main sponsor, Digicel, that has thrown into doubt its officially approved, US$20 million match between the Stanford Superstars and England, scheduled in Antigua on November 1.