A masterclass bowling performance from skipper Steven Jacobs yesterday propelled the Malteenoes All-Stars to a crushing 82-run win over Tobago Marlins in the opening round of the University of the West Indies International T20 tournament in the Twin Island Republic.
The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) will be hosting its second event for the 2020 season and the first ‘Development Meet’ tomorrow at 10:30am at the GDF Ground.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Hayden Walsh Jr., said he used the 10th anniversary of his father’s death to inspire him late Thursday, as he produced a gutsy performance to help West Indies win a nail-biter against Ireland.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Emmanuel Stewart’s maiden first class half-century propped up Windward Islands Volcanoes and kept Barbados Pride at bay, on the second day of their Regional Four-Day Championship match here yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Joshua DaSilva stroked a maiden first class hundred and Yannic Cariah his fourth, as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s batsmen dominated Jamaica Scorpions on day two of their first round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Shardul Thakur produced an all-round display and Navdeep Saini impressed with his pace again as India thumped Sri Lanka by 78 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International to complete a 2-0 series victory in Pune yesterday.
Houston’s Russell Westbrook scored 34 points in his return to Oklahoma City, but the Thunder controlled the game from early on to beat the Rockets 113-92 Thursday night.
The NBA fined Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler $35,000 and Indiana Pacers forward T.J.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Ireland bungled two run outs in a melodramatic last over but tail-ender Sheldon Cottrell held his nerve to smash the penultimate delivery for six, as West Indies won a cliff-hanger by one wicket to register their first series win in the Caribbean in six years.
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – All-rounder Kyle Mayers struck a maiden first class hundred in his first-ever four-day appearance for his native Barbados Pride but Windward Islands Volcanoes did well to share the honours on the opening day of the contest at Arnos Vale Stadium.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – Politicians and athletes should keep politics out of this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games to protect the event’s neutrality and its status as a peaceful meeting place, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said yesterday.
Former national youth player Keshram Seyhodan was named the Most Valuable Player for 2019 while Sudesh Persaud was deemed Cricketer of the Year at the McGill Super Stars Sports Club annual awards ceremony on Wednesday.
Santos U20 stormed into the quarterfinals of the Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championship, dismantling Black Pearl by an 8-0 scoreline on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.
High on the agenda of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) this year are plans to send a junior boys team to the 2020 Pan Am games.
JEDDAH (Reuters) – Atletico Madrid pulled off a stunning turnaround to beat Barcelona 3-2 in an enthralling Spanish Super Cup tie in Saudi Arabia yesterday and book their place in the final of the revamped competition.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fast bowlers Oshane Thomas and Obed McCoy have been added to the West Indies squad for the Ireland series to undergo “supervised fitness and technical work” with head coach Phil Simmons.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler has been fined 15% of his match fee and handed one demerit point after a foul-mouthed verbal volley aimed at South Africa batsman Vernon Philander during the second test at Newlands on Tuesday.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Captain Darren Bravo was one of three batsmen with half-centuries to extend his purple patch as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force flourished on the opening day of their first round match against Jamaica Scorpions here yesterday.
LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic champion Mo Farah said yesterday he would have been “the first one out” had he known that his former coach Alberto Salazar faced a ban from athletics for doping violations.
SYDNEY 10 (Reuters) – Australia’s Shane Warne’s prized “baggy green” cap raised more than A$1 million on Friday for bushfire relief efforts across the states of Victoria and New South Wales after the former leg-spinner donated it for auction.
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