NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s tone about Sri Lanka in the ongoing series has been quite dismissive but touring captain Dinesh Chandimal chose to overlook it yesterday on the eve of the third and final test at the Feroz Shah Kotla.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies laboured but managed just one wicket as New Zealand took control of the opening Test at the Basin Reserve yesterday.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – John Campbell and Fabian Allen hit half-centuries, but another destructive spell from Shane Shillingford prevented Jamaica Scorpions from taking a runaway lead against Windward Islands Volcanoes in the Regional 4-Day Championship yesterday.
ADLAIDE, (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root’s impatience to resume hostilities with Australia at Adelaide Oval after a week of off-field distractions was palpable on the eve of the first day-night Ashes test yesterday.
Neil Wagner’s role in New Zealand’s set-up is unambiguous. In an attack with world-class swing bowlers, Wagner is tasked with enforcing with a hard length.
The two standouts from MacKenzie High School recorded sprint doubles yesterday in familiar record breaking fashion at the National Track and Field Centre to ensure the Linden track and field outfit heads into today’s finale with a firm grip on the trophy for this year’s National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships.
A seventh wicket century stand between all-rounders Kenroy Williams and Justin Greaves dug the Barbados Pride out of a tricky position against the Guyana Jaguars, and guided the visitors to 282 – 7 at the close of the opening day, yesterday, in fifth round action of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Four Day tournament at the National Stadium at Providence.
The National Senior Powerlifting Championships will be held on Sunday at the Princess Ramada Poolside and it is expected to attract in excess of 20 athletes, including two females.
The 4th edition of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) ‘Road to Mecca’ Club Championship, commences today at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.
The ‘Race of Champions’ horse race fixture which was scheduled to run off on Sunday at the Rising Sun Turf Club has been cancelled indefinitely.
Guyana’s representatives at the Phillips and Springer Weightlifting Championships held in Barbados last weekend, returned with a treasure trove of hardware.
Thomas United Masters will oppose Georgetown All-Stars today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in the Earl O’Neil 60th Birthday Veteran’s Clash from 10:00hrs.
The Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden will come alive tonight, when Season III of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) ‘Elite League’ resumes with an exciting doubleheader.In
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions captain Nikita Miller gave his side the early edge when he triggered another inexplicable Windward Islands Volcanoes batting collapse to overshadow Devon Smith’s third century of the season in the Regional 4-Day Championship on Thursday.
MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russia will host the 2018 World Cup draw today, the glittering ceremony providing a welcome distraction to the unrelenting diet of doping and corruption news that has sullied the nation’s sporting reputation in recent years.
ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – England paceman James Anderson raised concerns about potentially ‘dangerous’ short-pitched bowling at the tourists’ tail-enders during the first Ashes test, but his captain Joe Root said the lower order would just need to learn to ‘deal with it’.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Roookie left-hander Amir Jangoo was eyeing a maiden first class hundred as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force made a dominant reply against Leeward Islands Hurricanes, on the opening day of their fifth round match here Friday.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – The grassy surface at the Basin Reserve remained a major talking point, as West Indies geared up for the opening Test against the Black Caps starting here Friday (6 pm Thursday, Eastern Caribbean time).
Star sprinter, Daniel Williams of Mackenzie High School turned back the challenge of Omkosie Vancooten to break the National School Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships Boys’ U-18 100m record last evening at the National Track and Field Centre.
Two-time defending champion Sparta Boss and former titlist Back Circle were put on the brink of elimination in the Guinness СGreatest of the Streets Georgetown zone, losing to Gaza Squad and Rising Stars respectively Tuesday at the National Cultural Centre tarmac.
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