Sports

Popular city businessman, Ramesh Sunich, owner of Trophy Stall, recently honoured Guyana’s first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighter, Carlston Harris for his exploits in the sport.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Sri Lanka made steady headway on day two of the second Test in Mirpur, first through Kasun Rajitha, who completed a five-wicket haul, in the first hour, then later through Dimuth Karunaratne and Oshada Fernando, who hit half-centuries in response to Bangladesh’s 365.

By Charwayne Walker Cricket rivalry between Jamaica and British Guiana (BG) began in 1896 when the two teams met in Georgetown at Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Bourda.

(Reuters) – Double Olympic 800 metres champion Caster Semenya offered to show her vagina to athletics officials when she was 18 to prove she was female, the South African middle distance runner said in an interview with HBO’s Real Sports that will air yesterday.

Berbice women solidified their dominance in female cricket after adding the Guyana Cricket Board senior female inter-county title to the T20 title they won recently following a seven-wicket win over Demerara women yesterday.

Marlon Nicholson along with CARIFTA Games medalists, Attoya Harvey and Javon Roberts ran away with the first place trophies when the Ex Athletes and Friends Inc.

Pouderoyen dismantled Crane Rovers by a 6-0 scoreline when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Government Technical Institute (GTI) and the University of Guyana (UG) will contest the final of the inaugural Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary Basketball League, following semi-final wins on Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

Candidate Master Wendell Meusa and Nellisha Johnson sport undefeated records after four rounds in the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) ‘National Open and Women’s Championship’ respectively.

TULSA, Okla.,  (Reuters) – Justin Thomas capped a breathtaking comeback by beating Will Zalatoris in a three-hole playoff to win the PGA Championship on Sunday after Chile’s Mito Pereira blew a one-shot lead on the final hole.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Barbora Krejcikova’s French Open title defence ended in the opening round yesterday as local hope Diane Parry was roared to a 1-6 6-2 6-3 victory against the second seeded Czech.

PUNE, India,  CMC – Deandra Dottin’s cameo with the bat outshone West Indies teammate Hayley Matthews’ with the ball as Supernovas trounced Trailblazers by 49 runs in the opening fixture of the Women’s T20 Challenge here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Jamaica’s Olympic champion Elaine Thompson Herah and American prodigy Sha’Carri Richardson will headline the 100 metres at Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, organisers for the Diamond League event said on Monday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu showed exemplary grit on her French Open debut to rally to a 6-7(4) 7-5 6-1 victory in the battle of teenagers against Czech qualifier Linda Noskova yesterday and reach the second round.

PARIS, (Reuters) – World number one and holder Novak Djokovic cruised past Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka 6-3 6-1 6-0 yesterday to advance to the French Open second round in a comfortable start to his quest for a record equalling 21st Grand Slam.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal showed no signs of pain as the 13-time French Open champion marched into the second round at Roland Garros with clinical 6-2 6-2 6-2 demolition of Australian Jordan Thompson yesterday.

 LONDON,  (Reuters) – Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy entered pleas of not guilty to nine charges of sexual assault against six women on Monday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek put on a commanding display against Ukrainian qualifier Lesia Tsurenko with a 6-2 6-0 opening victory yesterday to kickstart her bid for a second French Open title and extend her winning run to 29 matches.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Liam Livingstone was unable to fire Punjab Kings into the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoffs but the season’s most expensive overseas player is pleased that his performances have at least silenced the critics.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Former New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has been appointed an assistant coach of Australia after working with the squad during the white-ball component of the Pakistan tour.