Sports

HUBLI, India, CMC- West Indies A squandered a good start against India A and collapsed to 268 all out on the first day of their third unofficial test match at the Hubli Cricket Ground here yesterday.

The nation’s leading rifle shooters resumed training over the weekend ahead of the national senior and junior championships next month at the Timehri rifle ranges.

The resurfacing works on the athletic track at the National Park have been stalled after one of the main heavy duty machinery stopped working almost a month ago.

New Amsterdam (NA) United coach Lennox Adams says that to be afforded the opportunity to compete in the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League is a great experience and a privilege.

COLOMBO, – Sri Lanka opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is retiring from test cricket to make way for the next generation but will still be available for the shorter forms of the game.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Former West Indies offspinner, Lance Gibbs, says the current crop of West Indies cricketers should be allowed to develop around veteran middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Hassan Mohamed will resume his cycling calendar on Saturday at the National Park with the staging of the ninth annual Hand-in-Hand Insurance 11-race cycle programme.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Promising Trinidad and Tobago batsman Nicolas Pooran has been drafted into the West Indies Under-19s team for the ongoing seven-match limited over series against Bangladesh Under 19s in Guyana.

Newly formed Little DIVA Flames Female Football Club is set to kick off training for club members on Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground from 09:00hrs.

New Amsterdam (NA) United defeated Cougars FC 4-0 in their east zone matchup when the Berbice Football Association (BFA) U20 tournament continued at the Burnham Park ground in New Amsterdam on Sunday.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago defender Akeem Adams has lost his left leg following a fourth operation as he continues to fight for his life in a hospital in Hungary, his club Ferencvárosi Torna has reported.

(Reuters) – Kane Williamson hit a fourth test hundred to put New Zealand on top on the first day of their opening test against Bangladesh yesterday.

SOUTH CAROLINA, United States, CMC- Leading Caribbean high jumper, St.Lucia’s Jeannelle Scheper, has received the inaugural Hammer Strength All-American award.

BUENOS AIRES,  (Reuters) – Colombia will end a 16-year wait for a place in the World Cup finals if they get a point when they host Chile at the Metropolitano in Barranquilla on Friday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It would be wrong for Manchester United’s Adnan Januzaj to play for the England team as only English people should be selected, Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has said.

(BBC) Hot Spot will not be used in this winter’s Ashes series in Australia, says the inventor of the infrared camera technology used to detect edges.

(BBC) Former England paceman Steve Harmison believes Alastair Cook’s side will be victorious in the winter Ashes series whatever the conditions in Australia.

After a convincing six-wicket win over the touring Bangladesh U19 side in the first of the seven One Day Internationals on Monday the West Indies U-19 team will seek to go 2-0 up in the seven-match series today when the two teams collide in the second match at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda  Ground.

Says Donald Duff Just about a year ago then Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Lolita Applewhaite, in her address at the opening ceremony of the 17th Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development with a focus on sport held at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana, said that sport should be one of the tools used to boost economic activity in the region.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup quarterfinal round commences today at the Tucville Community Centre ground with a double header.