Sports

The Under-20 Lady Jaguars and Antigua face off today at the Uitvlugt ground in the first qualifying match of Group C for next year’s Under-20 World Cup.

After a weekend of the final preliminary rounds, Rose Hall Town Gizmos & Gadgets and Young Warriors have earned their places in the semi-finals of the inaugural Universal DVD Club First Division Twenty/20 Cricket Competition in Berbice.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – The guilty verdicts handed out to  Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif in a British  criminal court yesterday should act as a deterrent and stop  others from corrupting the sport, International Cricket Council  (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said.

Godfrey Lowden and Omar Persaud claimed the Men’s Over-40 Doubles title when play resumed in the Trophy Stall Doubles tournament on Saturday at the Pegasus hard court.

QUEBEC CITY, Canada, CMC – Glen Johnson returns to the ring on Saturday, looking to prove that he is still a major force in the sport.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Sunil Narine has been recognised for his impressive bowling in recent weeks for Trinidad & Tobago.

Reuters) – Former Olympic champions Maurice  Greene, Gail Devers and Vince Matthews have been named to  the National Track & Field Hall of Fame, USA Track & Field  (USATF) said yesterday.

If talks go as planned then the possibility exists that public schools will once again have physical education teachers, according to President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Colin Bynoe, speaking at the launching of the National Schools Swimming, Cycling and Athletics Championships.

The Guyana Football Association and a sponsor, who is to be named later, are currently working out the details for the opening of an academy for young players.

Alexis Williams contributed 40 points to help Natural Sciences run away with the University of Guyana (UG) Inter-faculty Sports championship last Friday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sports Ground, Camp Ayanganna.

Dixie Lee has once again thrown their weight behind sports by assisting two riders in  the upcoming Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T), SeaBoard Marines Caribbean Motor Racing Championships slated for November 13 at the South Dakota Circuit.

Seventeen-year-old Akshay Homraj became the second centurion of this year’s New Building Society Second Division 40-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice when he slammed 104 not out for No.70 Young Star.

COLOMBO, (Reuters)- Sri Lanka selectors made seven  changes from the test squad who are trailing Pakistan 1-0 in the  three-test series when they named a 15-man squad on Tuesday for  five one-day internationals.

(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association (NBA)  said yesterday Miami Heat owner Micky Arison has been fined  following reports that he used his Twitter account to comment  on the league’s four-month-old lockout.  

The premiere Guyana Cup Three-Day Twenty20 softball tournament ended with the Regal Masters and Cotton Tree Wild Oats winning their respective categories in Sunday night’s game at the Everest Cricket Club.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – Darren Bravo made the breakthrough, collecting his maiden Test hundred to put West Indies in a near impregnable position in the second Test against Bangladesh yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Chris Gayle was overlooked for the West Indies Test side that will face India in three Tests later this month.

Guyanese Warren ‘40’ McKay of Team Trek pedaled away from defending champion Phillip Clarke in an exciting sprint to the finish to win the Trinidad & Tobago  (T&T) Cycling Federation’s third annual Leslie King Memorial Race, which ended at the BP Sporting Complex in Mayaro on  Sunday.

This year’s Caribbean Karate Championships gold medallist Leah Shariff was promoted from Shodan to Nidan when the third and final grading exam concluded on Sunday at the YMCA Hall at Thomas Lands.

Superbike rider Stephen Vieira is feverishly pushing preparations for the final leg of the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Race of Champions on November 13 at the South Dakota Circuit, with less than two weeks to go.