Heeralall Bridgelall and Riaz Imam produced outstanding performances to help Shieldstown defeat Number Three by 212 runs when the New Building Society second division limited overs competition continued recently in Berbice.
BIRMINGHAM, England, CMC – Kim Collins said he was looking forward to a showdown with former World 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell at an indoor meet next month.
NEW YORK CITY, CMC – American Ted Howard will act in the post of general secretary of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football.
DOHA, (Reuters) – Roger Federer staked his claim as one of the favourites for the Australian Open title later this month by romping into the second round of the Qatar Open, while rival Rafa Nadal survived a scare in windswept Doha on Tuesday.
(Reuters) – No last-second buzzer-beater could save Oklahoma City this time as the Thunder lost a rematch with the Dallas Mavericks 100-87 on Monday to become the last NBA team to record a loss this season.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – James Pattinson took four wickets as Australia bundled India out for 191 on the opening day of the second test yesterday, before coming through a top order crisis of their own to finish a frenetic day on 116 for three.
Sri Lanka’s national cricket board was elected uncontested yesterday amid allegations that political pressure had forced the favourites to withdraw from the first election in seven years.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis and Alviro Petersen hit centuries to drive South Africa into a commanding position on the first day of the third test against Sri Lanka at Newlands yesterday.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake conceded Sri Lanka had misread the pitch when they asked South Africa to bat first in the third and final test yesterday and then compounded the mistake by bowling badly.
Trinidad and Tobago semi-professional football club Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA are the 2011/12 Kashif and Shanghai champions after they defeated Pele FC 2-0 in the final of the 22nd staging of the annual tournament On New Year’s Day at the Providence National Stadium.
For the second year in succession Alpha United won a football tournament on New Year’s Day following last year’s victory in the annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament.
The race by sports associations to be the adjudged among the best over the past year could see Track and Field ending up in the “also ran” category despite the strenuous efforts of those in charge.
By Emmerson Campbell ALBA Games bronze medalist and gold medalist at the Ronald Wilson Memorial boxing tournament, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan ended 2011 on a high note by defeating previously unbeaten Lawrence Singh in the headline amateur bout of a Pro Am card in Trinidad and Tobago last Friday night.
(Edited version of a New Year’s Day statement from the Guyana Cricket Board) “We take this opportunity to wish all Guyanese a bright and prosperous new year and trust that better sense will prevail in these troubling times.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The scandals that have plagued recent series with Pakistan must be forgotten when England play them in the United Arab Emirates later this month, captain Andrew Strauss said yesterday.
President Donald Ramotar will seek the advice of the Attorney General in relation to the members of the National Twenty20 team’s appeal to him, Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Cricket Development Officer Robin Singh said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England captain Andrew Flintoff briefly considered quitting the game after hitting an “all-time low” during the 2006-07 Ashes whitewash in Australia, the player told a BBC programme discussing the mental health of top sportsmen.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Omar Khan said winning a warm-up Twenty20 tournament in Barbados this week would be the right tonic for reigning Caribbean champions Trinidad & Tobago ahead of the Caribbean T20.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Dwayne Bravo was a bust again in his final Big Bash League match before returning home for the Caribbean Twenty20.
LONDON, CMC – Gifted West Indies middle order batsman Darren Bravo has been named in ESPN’s Cricinfo Test XI of 2011.
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