(Reuters) – Martin Guptill blasted a majestic unbeaten 189, the equal fifth highest score in one-day international cricket, to propel New Zealand to a 86-run win over England at the Rose Bowl yesterday.
EUGENE, Oregon, CMC – Jamaican sprint hurdler Hansle Parchment clocked a world-leading time and new national record while Grenada’s World and Olympic champion Kirani James suffered defeat at the hands of American archrival Lashawn Merritt, at the Prefontaine Classic here Saturday.
(Reuters) – The Indiana Pacers beat the Miami Heat 91-77 on Saturday to force a decisive game seven in the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Eastern Conference finals.
(Reuters) – Martin Guptill blasted a majestic unbeaten 189, the equal fifth highest score in one-day international cricket, to propel New Zealand to an 86-run win over England at the Rose Bowl today.
By Emmerson Campbell
in Trinidad and Tobago
The national rugby team was booted out of the NACRA Senior men’s championships after receiving a 20-nil drubbing from Trinidad and Tobago yesterday at the University of the West Indies campus ground here in St.
CARDIFF, Wales, CMC – West Indies played well in patches but could not withstand an imperious century from opener Shane Watson and slumped to a four-wicket defeat to Australia in their opening warm-up match of the ICC Champions Trophy here yesterday.
In the wake of the Guyana national rifle shooting team’s loss of the short range title at the recent West Indies Full-bore rifle shooting championships in Barbados national Full-bore Captain Mahendra Persaud said the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) is looking to place more emphasis on blooding new shooters to aid in the development of the sport.
By Tony Cozier
A HOST of variables confront the West Indies in the seventh, and last, ICC Champions Trophy tournament that starts for them against Pakistan on Friday at London’s Oval, venue as well for their second qualifying round match against India on Tuesday week.
Marian Academy yesterday crushed the Georgetown Technical Institute 56-19 to be crowned Georgetown Conference U20 champions for the third consecutive year as the Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) continued at the Marian Academy School Court, Carifesta Avenue yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla quit yesterday in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal swirling around the multi-billion dollar Twenty20 tournament.
Former West Indies vice-captain Brendan Nash completed his second century of the County season but Kent were held to a draw by Leicestershire in the rain-affected encounter here yesterday.
Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) defeated Old Fort 4-2 in a bruising encounter as action in the Bryden’s Super Classic Indoor Hockey Tournament continued at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue on Friday.
Tutorial High School male and female teams yesterday booked semi-final and final spots respectively in the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Tournament at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
PARIS, (Reuters) – The good news for Rafa Nadal yesterday was his game began to click, the sun shone and the red clay courts got bouncy – the bad news was French Open rival Novak Djokovic looked in the mood to snatch his crown.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Newly elected West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron is planning a major expansion of the High Performance Centre, that will see similar academies established in every cricketing territory across the region.
(Reuters) – Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting marked his English county championship debut for Surrey by compiling an unbeaten 120 against Derbyshire yesterday.
CARDIFF, Wales, CMC – West Indies played well in patches but could not withstand an imperious century from opener Shane Watson, and slumped to a four-wicket defeat to Australia in their opening warm-up match of the ICC Champions Trophy here Saturday.