(Reuters) – Opening batsman Chris Rogers wants an unchanged Australian team for the fifth and final Ashes test as a reward for the 11 players who beat England in the first four matches to emphatically wrest back the urn.
(Reuters) – Injured fast bowler James Pattinson has returned to the Australia set-up when he was named yesterday for the one-day series against England in January.
(Reuters) – Pakistan fast bowlers Junaid Khan and Bilawal Bhatti scythed through Sri Lanka’s batting during an exciting afternoon session to restrict their opponents to 204 on the first day of the opening test in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
Slingerz FC clinched their spot in the final, edging BK Western Tigers 1-0 in their semi-final showdown when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup continued on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.
Santos outhustled the Guyana Defence Force 2-1 in their semi-final matchup to book a place in the finale, when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup concluded on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.
Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) chairman of national selectors Rayon Griffith yesterday lauded the vast improvement shown by the players during the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) organised three-day fitness camp which ended yesterday.
“So far so good, but we have a job to do still, which is to win on January 1,” exclaimed Charles ‘Lilly’ Pollard, coach of the Slingerz Football Club who will take on Santos in the finals of the third Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer Knock out tournament on New Year’s Day (tomorrow).
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- 400 m hurdles World Champion, Jehue Gordon, has captured Trinidad and Tobago’s prestigious title of Sports Performance of the year.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Performances from opener Justin Guillen, all rounder Kevin Cooper and Jonathan Augustus highlighted Trinidad and Tobago’s second trial match as preparations continue ahead of the new cricket season starting next month.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago footballer Akeem Adams, who suffered a stroke in Hungary earlier this year, has died, his uncle Ivan Dick has confirmed.
(The Sports Xchange) – – – – -Kevin Durant scored 33 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in leading Oklahoma City to a convincing 117-86 points victory over the Houston Rockets.
(Reuters) – San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker apologized yesterday after a three-year-old photo surfaced of him making the same anti-Semitic gesture that has landed former France striker Nicolas Anelka in trouble.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia are expected to keep the successful attack that has carried them to a 4-0 Ashes lead for the final test against England in Sydney, bowling coach Craig McDermott said yesterday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England team director Andy Flower has backed Alastair Cook’s captaincy and will have talks with his new boss in Sydney this week about his own future in the wake of the tourists’ fourth straight loss in the Ashes series.
(Reuters) – Maria Sharapova returned after four months out injured with a completely dominant 6-3 6-0 victory over France’s Caroline Garcia in the opening round of the Brisbane International yesterday.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – Captain Graeme Smith scored the winning runs as South Africa knocked off a modest 58-run target to beat India by 10 wickets in the second test at Kingsmead and win the two-match series 1-0 yesterday.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis said he knew the time was right to quit the test arena as he bowed out after an 18-year career with victory over India at Kingsmead yesterday.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – Captain Graeme Smith scored the winning runs as South Africa knocked off a modest 58-run target to beat India by 10 wickets in the second test at Kingsmead and win the two-match series 1-0.
Manager of the National cricket team Alvin Johnson yesterday urged the players involved in the ongoing training sessions to continue working hard on their fitness and move from strength to strength in time for next month’s Regional tournament.
After three weeks and 20 games involving the 24 teams in the inaugural Chico/Kashif and Shanghai Elite Next Generation Tournament it’s now down to the final four.
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