Sports

It appears as if Guyana will not have  representatives in the discipline of Track and Field at this year’s South American Games which starts in two weeks time in Paraguay.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde scored a superb second-half goal and Marco Asensio struck late to fire the holders to a 2-0 win at home to RB Leipzig in the Champions League yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The inconsistency of the West Indies Women’s batting department is a concern for head coach Courtney Walsh as the squad gets ready to take on New Zealand Women in three ODIs and five T20Is starting here tomorrow.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Left-hander Kyle Mayers lashed his third half-century of the Caribbean Premier League campaign as unbeaten Barbados Royals continued their dominant march through the tournament with an emphatic eight-wicket win over Trinbago Knight Riders.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Title-holders St Kitts and Nevis Patriots won an important second game to climb into third in the standings, while inflicting Jamaica Tallawahs with their third defeat, in a rain-hit contest here yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have experienced T20 players ready to slot in “seamlessly” in place of captain Aaron Finch if required for the World Cup, paceman Josh Hazlewood said yesterday.

Organized by the Flying Stars Cycling Club, Sunday’s race will roll off from Peter Rose Street, Queenstown at 07:30hrs, proceed to Burma Road, Mahaicony and return to CARIFESTA Avenue for the finish.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams may have decided to step away from tennis but yesterday teased that there could be more to her illustrious career when she singled out decorated NFL quarterback Tom Brady’s short-lived retirement from American football.

(Reuters) – England’s all-time leading test wicket takers James Anderson and Stuart Broad will be part of the squad for next year’s Ashes series against Australia, coach Brendon McCullum said.

National junior cricketers Jonathan Van Lange and Niron Bissu put aside their cricket equipment and picked up their table tennis racquets, joining forces to win the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) Open two-player, team, table-tennis tournament.

The town of Rose Hall, Berbice is bracing for an invasion of the country’s top youth Simon Pures, this Saturday when the Guyana Boxing Association under President Steve Ninvalle will take the fistic sport to the Ancient County.

Rivers View Football Club of the Bartica Football Association (BFA), was the recipient of two sets of playing kits which were donated by Lawrence Jordan and Delroy Jacobs’ Boat Service.

Paradise Invaders won the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League, following a drawn encounter with Cougars FC on Sunday at the Rosignol Community Centre ground.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Outgoing South Africa coach Mark Boucher admits he is concerned about the diminishing amount of test cricket being played and believes recent results show the format has adapted to the modern game which prizes entertainment over grit.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – David Warner says he still considers leadership roles a privilege and is ready to talk to Cricket Australia about ending the ban imposed on him for his part in the Newlands ball-tampering incident.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has named former national basketballer Kebra Nanton as their new Chief Financial Officer.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Liverpool’s Joel Matip headed in an 89th-minute winner as last season’s runners-up left it late to beat Ajax Amsterdam 2-1 in their Champions League Group A match at Anfield yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s dominant home summer has convinced former skipper Michael Vaughan that Ben Stokes and his men are capable of wresting the Ashes urn from traditional rivals Australia next year.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – Bayern Munich scored twice in four minutes against the run of play, through Lucas Hernandez and Leroy Sane, to beat Barcelona 2-0 in their Champions League Group C match yesterday.

In excess of 200 children participated in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Summer Futsal Festival which was staged for six weeks and concluded Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.