Sports

Gym enthusiasts anxious for a sweat session at Space Gym 2.0 will have to wait a bit longer as its opening has been delayed.

The Guyana Badminton Association yesterday benefited from the National Sports Commission’s generosity when they received $1.6M for their participation at this year’s Yonex Panam Individual Championships.

The contracts are in for the return of professional boxing. Amid trash talk yesterday, the locally based combatants for the ‘Guyana Fight Night Road to Redemption’ card inked their respective contracts at the headquarters of the boxing board at the Avenue of the Republic.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies vice-captain Kirk Edwards and out-of-favour Test gloveman Shane Dowrich have completed Level Two of Cricket West Indies’ Representative Coaching Programme.

The Georgetown Cricket Association is bracing for a packed weekend of cricket in the city with the Noble House Seafoods second-division two-day final set to take place.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South African off-spinner Simon Harmer took all the wickets in his first test appearance for seven years as Bangladesh reached 98 for four at the close of play on a gloomy second day of the first test at Kingsmead yesterday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – Hayley Matthews believes the difficulties of the last several months resulted in a united West Indies Women’s squad, and led to their relative success at the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup.

Incumbent Otis James was re-elected unopposed as President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), when the entity staged its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Electoral Congress yesterday at the Cara Lodge Hotel on Quamina Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – KL Rahul and Quinton de Kock set the platform with a 99-run opening stand, Evin Lewis smashed an unbeaten 55 off 23 balls and Ayush Badoni played a cameo towards the end as Lucknow Super Kings chased down 211 with six wickets and three balls to spare.

(Reuters) – Temba Bavuma scored an unbeaten half-century as South Africa reached 233 for four at the premature close on a stop-start opening day of the first test against Bangladesh at Kingsmead yesterday.

(Reuters) – Four-times Grand Slam winner Naomi Osaka fired off 18 aces as the Japanese former world number beat Swiss Belinda Bencic 4-6 6-3 6-4 yesterday to reach her first Miami Open final.

(Reuters) – The Asian Cricket Council is set to play a role in helping grow the game in Africa through a plan prepared by ACC chief Jay Shah, a source told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has spoken about his mental and emotional struggles, saying in a social media post yesterday that it was “hard some days to stay positive”.

The management team for the CARIFTA Games has been named by the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and the body will host its ‘Super Champs’ event on Sunday pitting the Games bound athletes against the cream of the nation’s athletes.

The 592 Beer ‘Skills for Cash’ seven-a-side football tournament will kick-off today at the Number 5 Ground, West Coast, Berbice, with a doubleheader.

(Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios has been fined $35,000 for his behaviour during a fourth-round loss to Jannik Sinner at the Miami Open in which he criticised the umpire and smashed his racket, the sport’s governing ATP said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pakistan completed their highest successful run chase in one-day internationals when they chased down a mammoth target of 349 to beat Australia by six wickets in Lahore to level the series at 1-1 yesterday.

Chris Paul hit the game’s final two baskets 1:24 apart, including a clutch runner in the lane with 13.1 seconds remaining, as the Phoenix Suns survived a foul-filled finish to equal their single-season franchise record for wins with a 107-103 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday in San Francisco.

(Reuters) – Danni Wyatt scored her second one-day international century and Sophie Ecclestone took six wickets as champions England crushed South Africa by 137 runs yesterday to set up a mouthwatering Women’s World Cup final against heavyweights Australia.

(CMC) – Despite failing to advance to the final of the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup, West Indies Women captain Stafanie Taylor believes her side exceeded expectations while star all-rounder Hayley Matthews said the Caribbean women demonstrated fight and heart against some of the top-rated teams.