Sports

David Stern
David Stern

NBA players reject offer, put season in jeopardy

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.

Andrew Daly
Andrew Daly

Daly plans to dominate national table tennis tourney

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.

Some of the action during the group three races yesterday.

Roger Mayers is champion driver

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.

Slim lead for Bangladeshis as rain wrecks day

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.

 Denis Legay

GDF topples Malteenoes in two-day contest

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.

Players tussled for ball control at the Burnham Court on Saturday night. (Orlando Charles photo)

Exciting play in Guinness street football

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.

Getting openers early is key, says Edwards

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.

Ganga quits as T&T captain

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.

Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao edges Marquez on tight decision

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.

Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton wins, rare retirement for Vettel

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.

The proud Golden Jaguars team. At extreme right are Manager Mark Xavier, Head Coach Jamal Shabazz and Assistant Coach Wayne Dover.

Government gives Golden Jaguars $2M for win

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.

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