Sports

Starting today, the Lusignan Golf Club has planned a series of activities leading up to the Easter Weekend including events for adults as well as kids.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) in conjunction with 100 Degrees Sports and FK Sports launched the first National Track and Field Grand Prix series yesterday.

With exactly two weeks to go for the ‘Guyana Fight Night Road to Redemption’ card, the combatants are ramping up their preparation.

Georgetown will be buzzing with high-profile clashes in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall, two-day first-division opening round this weekend.

LONDON, (Reuters) – German tennis great Boris Becker was yesterday found guilty of four charges, including failing to disclose, concealing and removing significant assets, under the Insolvency Act 1986 following his bankruptcy trial in London.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Rising West Indies star Odean Smith had a day to forget in the Indian Premier League, suffering the indignity of a first-ball ‘duck’, dropping a catch and then giving up a brace of sixes off the last two deliveries of the game, as his Punjab Kings went down by six wickets to Gujarat Titans in a last-ball finish.

AUGUSTA, Ga., (Reuters) – A battling Tiger Woods clawed his way out of early trouble to stay in the Masters hunt, carding a second round two-over 74 yesterday as the wind gave him more problems than the right leg that he nearly lost in a career-threatening car crash.

(Reuters) – England all-rounder Ben Stokes is on course to return to action in the County Championship next month following a scan on a left knee problem he struggled with during last month’s tour of the West Indies.

The unbeaten Lady Jaguars will face-off against Central American outfit, Nicaragua, this evening from 20:00hrs at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, in a pivotal Group ‘F’ clash in the Concacaf Women’s Qualifiers.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) has answered the call of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and its CARIFTA Games-bound outfit.

The Guyana senior women’s hockey team will compete in the 2022 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games Qualifier which is slated to be staged in Hamilton, Bermuda.

St Roses High defeated Charlestown Secondary by 10 wickets to win the Our Life-ARD Inter Secondary School Tape-Ball Competition which was staged on Saturday April 2nd at the D’Urban Park tarmac in Georgetown, an official release from the organisers has confirmed.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods made an inspiring start in his return to competition at the Masters yesterday, as he reached the turn three shots behind early leader Joaquin Niemann in front of a throng of patrons thrilled to see the five-time champion back.

(Reuters) – The shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored two of the most famous goals in footballing history was put up for auction by Sotheby’s, with the iconic jersey expected to sell for at least four million pounds ($5.23 million).

(CMC) – Rovman Powell and Evin Lewis both failed while Jason Holder went wicket-less but it was the former West Indies Test captain’s miserly spell which helped Lucknow Super Giants limit Delhi Capitals and pull off a six-wicket win here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Two years after the Australian Grand Prix was scrapped due to COVID-19 hours before the first practice, Formula One returns Down Under to an upgraded Albert Park and a warm welcome from local fans starved of elite motor sport through the pandemic.

(Reuters) – Patrick Mouratoglou, a long-time coach of Serena Williams, will work with two-times Grand Slam champion and former world number one Simona Halep full-time, the Frenchman said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former world number one Chris Evert has called for discussions on the toll tennis is taking on players’ mental health following a spate of angry outbursts and emotional breakdowns on court.

Kevin Durant scored 23 of his 32 points in the second half as the visiting Brooklyn Nets rallied for a 110-98 victory over the New York Knicks on Wednesday night.

(Reuters) – Top European clubs will be limited to spending no more than 70% of their revenue on their squads under new “sustainability regulations” passed by UEFA’s executive committee yesterday.