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Kirani James
Kirani James

Parchment breaks national record, James falls to Merritt

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.

 Guyana’s rugby players failed to rein in Trinidad and Tobago’s ruggers who sped to a 20-0 victory in the final of the NACRA 15-a-side championships yesterday at the UWI Campus ground, St. Augustine. (Orlando Charles photo)

Local ruggers schooled on UWI campus

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.

Patchy Windies floored by Watson century

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.

Mahendra Persaud

GNRA looking to blood new shooters

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.

Tony Cozier

Champions Trophy triumph not beyond Bravo’s men

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 crowned G/town Conference Champions

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.

Nadal warms to task but joy and pain for Djokovic

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.

Expansion thrust for HPC, says WICB president

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.

Australia defeat Windies in Champions Trophy warm-up

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.

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