Sports

The inaugural Mackeson/Rawle Toney 3×3 Basketball Classic was officially launched yesterday at the Fireside Grill on Garnett Streets.

The eight franchises in the SBF Petroleum/Cricket Guy Inc., Jaguars 50-over Franchise league will brace themselves for back-to-back matches this weekend.

Defending champion Sparta Boss, Bent St, Tiger Bay and Showstoppers clinched opening night wins on Thursday in the annual GT Beer ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship.

Candidate Master Taffin Khan moved to five wins from as many matches after defeating Loris Nathoo Thursday evening at the National Resource Centre in the latest round of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) GAICO_sponsored Swiss System tournament.

The top golfers in the country will begin their preparation for the Guyana Open when they take to the Lusignan Golf Course in the Citizen’s Bank Cancer Awareness and Banks DIH Classic today and tomorrow respectively.

Title contenders GBTI GCC Tigers continued their rampant run in this year’s GTT National Indoor Hockey Championship after they recorded another excellent showing on Thursday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue by mauling GBTI GCC Spice 7-0. 

The quarterfinal round in the Courts Pee Wee Football u11 Championship will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The University of Guyana will take on the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) in the feature match of this weekend’s action in the ongoing Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), Noble House Seafoods, Second Division two-day competition at DCC. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard has pointed to inconsistency as the main reason behind Trinbago Knight Riders’ disappointing performance in the just-concluded Caribbean Premier League.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – USA Cricket has hailed Hayden Walsh Jr’s selection to the West Indies limited overs side, branding the leg-spinner an “all-round talent” and a “world-class” fielder who they expected to excel at the highest level.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – While traditionally formidable on home soil, India’s cricket teams have been known to struggle on their travels but West Indies batting great Brian Lara has said the current side are a force to be reckoned with anywhere in the world.

A fiery spell of fast bowling from 23-year-old Nial Smith condemned Georgetown to their third successive defeat, falling to Lower Corentyne by seven wickets in the third round of the ongoing SBF Petroleum Jaguars One-Day League at Bourda, yesterday. 

Anthony and Ricardo Adams pulled off stunning bowling performances to see Essequibo beat West Berbice by six runs in a low-scoring third round contest at Bush Lot yesterday in the SBF Petroleum/ Cricket Guy Inc Jaguars 50-over Franchise League.

The 2nd edition of the ‘GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League’ was officially launched yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said yesterday that the fallout following a tweet from a Houston Rockets official who backed the Hong Kong democracy protests has already cost the league substantial financial losses in China.

-Fiedtkou scores hat trick Defending Men’s champion Pepsi Hikers, GCC Tigers and GCC Spice recorded wins when the GTT National Indoor Hockey Championship continued on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.  

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fast bowling legend Sir Andy Roberts has questioned the appointment of Miles Bascombe to the West Indies men’s selection panel, and believes the former Windward Islands batsman should have withdrawn himself from consideration after having been a member of the recent Cricket West Indies Task Force which led an overhaul of regional selection policy.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – India’s Virat Kohli is captaining an enormously talented team, but the players need to adjust their mentality to win big tournaments, having failed in the last seven, ex-captain Sourav Ganguly said as he prepares to head the national cricket board.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Cricket West Indies on Wednesday named Gus Logie as the interim head coach of the West Indies women’s team, and said it would immediately begin the recruitment process to fill the role permanently.  

(Field Level Media) The Los Angeles Clippers will win the 2019-20 NBA title, 46 percent of league general managers said in the 18th annual NBA.com GM Survey.