NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The National Basketball Players Association (NBPA) rejected the owners’ latest proposal for a new labor agreement and will file an antitrust lawsuit against the league, union chief Billy Hunter said yesterday.
By Emmerson Campbell
The Guyana Power Lifting Federation (GAPF) will be looking to improve the sport and awareness of it while reintroducing new tournaments in the year ahead.
Table tennis player Andrew Daly, who returned to the national scene with a bang, capping off a first place finish in the singles category of the just-concluded Inter-Organization Tournament, said his future in competitive table tennis depends on the outcome of the national championships.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Cricket’s world test championship will not begin until 2017, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat announced yesterday.
Drama unfolded at the South Dakota racing circuit yesterday as the 2011 GT&T/Seaboard Marine Caribbean Race of Championships ended with spills, thrills and an unlikely winner in Barbadian Roger Mayers.
Pacesetters ‘A’ were crowned the inaugural champions of the Mackeson smooth moves 3-on-3 basketball tournament on Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall tarmac.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Bangladesh A secured a slim first innings lead but rain wrecked the second day of the second four-day “Test” against West Indies A at the Beausejour Cricket Ground here yesterday.
KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Ishant Sharma is relishing the task of leading India’s pace attack against West Indies in the absence of the injured Zaheer Khan, the 23-year-old paceman said yesterday.
Kolkata, India — West Indies captain Darren Sammy offered condolences to the families and loved ones of those who died in the tragic accident in his native St Lucia last Thursday.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) secured an outright victory over Malteenoes, while the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) drew with the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC), in the latest round of the Carib Beer/Friends of Cricket/Heroes Cup, two-day first division competition, which was played over the weekend.
In front of a reasonable-sized crowd at Burnham Court on Saturday night, all teams made strong cases for the top prize in the Guinness Greatest of the Street football competition with eight exciting match-ups.
KOLKATA, India, IANS/CMC – West Indies fast bowler Fidel Edwards says getting Indian openers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag out early would be the key to taking control in the second Test against India at Eden Gardens, starting today.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Perennial Trinidad and Tobago captain Daren Ganga has quit the post, two weeks after his side’s failed campaign in the Super50 series in Guyana.
LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao was tested to the full before retaining his WBO welterweight title with a controversial majority decision over Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand Garden Arena Saturday.
ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton won the floodlit Abu Dhabi Grand Prix yesterday after Red Bull’s double Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel suffered his first race retirement in more than a year.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Just a week before the ATP World Tour finals, Roger Federer signalled his return to the top in timely fashion with a sensational run to the Paris Masters title.
(Reuters) – David Warner will replace the injured Shaun Marsh in the Australian squad for the second and final test against South Africa, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.
By Emmerson Campbell
The government of Guyana will reward the history-making Golden Jaguars with $2 million after the team roared to a 2-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors in the penultimate Group B, 2014 World Cup Qualifier at the Providence Stadium on Friday night.