Sports

The local 2020 rugby pre-season scrums off  Saturday at the National Park from 15:00hrs with a 15s match involving ‘North’ and ‘South’ players but concerns have been raised over the suitability of the National Park Playing Field for International competitions.

Following the awarding of the rights of the FIFA Women’s U20 World Cup to Costa Rica and Panama, the Lady Jaguars and Saint Kitts and Nevis have been selected to compete in the second round of the CONCACAF women’s tournament in the Dominican Republic from February 22nd-March 8th.

Albion Community Center Cricket Club have expressed their dissatisfaction with the constant overlooking of 25-year-old, Kandasammy Surujnarine by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and by extension, Cricket Guy Inc.

(Reuters) – India are “absolutely open” to playing a day-night test in Australia this year and the world’s top-ranked team have the confidence to take on any side in the world in any condition, captain Virat Kohli said yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Wriddhiman Saha wants to represent India in all formats of the game but the test wicketkeeper is not losing any sleep over his lack of opportunities in limited-overs cricket, the 35-year-old told Reuters in an interview.

SOWETO, South Africa, CMC – Antonio Morris and Nyeem Young smashed whirlwind half-centuries to power West Indies Under-19s to a three-wicket victory over Canada Under-19s in their first official warm-up match in preparation for the ICC Youth World Cup here yesterday.

Kyrie Irving scored 21 points in his first game in nearly two months as the Brooklyn Nets never trailed and cruised to a 108-86 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday night in New York.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Half-centuries from debutant Desron Maloney and captain Kavem Hodge underpinned a clinical Windward Islands Volcanoes run chase as they stunned Barbados Pride by three wickets on a tense final day of the first round clash here Sunday.

Half-centuries from national player, Ronaldo Alimohamed and Martin Pestano-Belle, saw Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) beating Rising Stars by seven wickets on Sunday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French judges yesterday adjourned the trial of Lamine Diack, the disgraced former head of athletics’ governing body IAAF who faces charges of corruption and money laundering linked to a Russian doping scandal.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa, (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root was back in training yesterday after being sidelined with an upset stomach ahead of the third test against South Africa at St George’s Park starting on Thursday.

(Reuters) – World number one Rafa Nadal has called on tennis administrators to create one “big world team cup competition” instead of confusing fans by staging the ATP Cup and Davis Cup within two months of each other.

Some local CARIFTA and Olympic Games hopefuls got their competitive juices flowing yesterday when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) hosted its first ‘Development Meet’ of the 2020 season at the GDF ground.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – Opener Evin Lewis made up for his heartbreak of six days ago with a third One-Day International hundred as West Indies completed a whitewash of Ireland with a straightforward five-wicket victory in the third ODI here yesterday.

Tucber Park and Young Warriors Cricket Clubs booked spots in the semi-final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Banks Beer first-division, two-day, third and final round yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has been predictably recalled to the West Indies side for the three-match Twenty20 International series against Ireland starting here Wednesday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic inspired Serbia to victory in the inaugural ATP Cup team event in Sydney after defeating his long-term Spanish rival Rafael Nadal in singles yesterday before playing a pivotal role in the deciding doubles match.

The Golden Jaguars U20 side will open their campaign in Group-A of the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Qualifying Championship on February 15th against Montserrat at the Estadio de Nacional de Futbol in Nicaragua.

Canje Knights clinched the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association [BABA] ‘Mecca Championship’ pipping Rose Hall Town Jammers 88-86 Saturday at the Vryman’s Erven Court, New Amsterdam.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams won her first title since the 2017 Australian Open with a 6-3 6-4 victory over Jessica Pegula at the Auckland Classic yesterday but was unable to complete the perfect week in New Zealand when she lost the doubles final.