Sports

The National Sports Commission (NSC) and Secure Innovations and Concept Inc.

As customary, Fitness Express has answered the call of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Inc.

Ansa McAl through its 592 Lager Beer brand will be throwing its support behind the ‘592 Street Kings’ street-ball tournament which is set for September with the official launch August 19.

Assistant Coach of the West Indies cricket team, Roddy Estwick, has lambasted the level of cricket being played in the region.

Ramps Logistics – one of Guyana’s leading providers of freight forwarding and supply chain management services – yesterday wrapped up its annual cricket camp at the Everest Cricket Club Ground.

Forty of the best young local swimmers will dive into the Goodwill Games swim meet in Suriname from August 16-18.

Guyana ended their CONCACAF U15 boys campaign with a 1-1 draw against traditional foe French Guiana yesterday at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Popular off-spinning all-rounder, Rahkeem Cornwall, is set to make his long-awaited Test debut after being named in a 13-man squad to face India in the two-match rubber which bowls off later this month.

TAROUBA, Trinidad,  CMC – Opener Jeremy Solozano struck his second half-century of the match but fell just short of a hundred as West Indies A produced a resilient display to frustrate India A and force a draw in the final four-day “Test” here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – All-rounder Moeen Ali has been left out of England’s squad for the second Ashes test against Australia next week after a disappointing display during a crushing defeat in the opener.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has shed its apprehensions about efficiency of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and will come under its ambit, a sports ministry official said yesterday.

(Cricket West Indies) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Rahkeem Cornwall could make his long-awaited Test debut on home soil, when West Indies kick off their campaign in the new ICC World Test Championship against India later this month. 

The first One Day International between India and West Indies in Guyana in 30 years was abandoned due to consistent showers at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

The Jubilee Tarmac Park will be a battlefield tonight when the eagerly anticipated Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship officially kicks off.

Trend-Setters, High Rollers and Germans United secured lopsided wins when the 6th edition of the New Era Entertainment/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal Tournament continued on Wednesday.

Guyana Rush Saints defeated Far East Sports Club 2-1, when the Theresa and George Bobb/RFA Under-17 Women’s Football tournament continued on Wednesday at the St Ignatius Sports Ground.

Aliyah Abrams finished last in the 400m women’s final yesterday while Brenessa Thompson ended fifth of six starters in semifinal two of three in the 200m, dashing Guyana’s last hopes of medaling at the ongoing Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

The National U-15 footballers secured their quarterfinal berth in the CONCACAF Under-15 Championship, defeating Cayman Islands 2-0 yesterday at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Teenager Shubman Gill punished West Indies A with his second first class double hundred, leaving the hosts with a huge victory target and a battle for survival in today’s last day of the final four-day “Test”.

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United succeeded in offloading striker Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan on a transfer deadline day which saw plenty of business but few jaw-dropping deals from Premier League clubs.