Sports

McIlroy tops Sunday Times young sportspersons’ rich list

(Reuters) – Former world number one golfer Rory McIlroy is the richest young sportsperson in Britain and Ireland for a second straight year with a net worth of 138 million pounds ($179.68 million), according to The Sunday Times newspaper’s Rich List thesundaytimes.co.uk/richlist2019.

Former West Indies all-rounder, Dwayne Bravo took two wickets to help Chennai reach tomorrow’s IPL final
Former West Indies all-rounder, Dwayne Bravo took two wickets to help Chennai reach tomorrow’s IPL final

Bravo helps power CSK into final

VISAKHAPATNAM, India,  CMC – Dwayne Bravo grabbed a brace of wickets in a miserly spell as his Chennai Super Kings booked a spot in tomorrow’s final of the Indian Premier League with a six-wicket victory over Delhi Capitals here yesterday.

Fowler-Reid outstanding but West Coast Fever loses

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Sunshine Girls star Jhaniele Fowler-Reid produced another outstanding performance for West Coast Fever but was unable to prevent them from suffering a heavy drubbing to two-time reigning champions Sunshine Coast Lightning, in the Suncorp Super Netball championship last weekend.

 Jimmy Butler

76ers storm past Raptors, force Game 7

(Field Level Media) Jimmy Butler scored 25 points, Ben Simmons added 21 and the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the visiting Toronto Raptors 112-101 yesterday to save their season and even the Eastern Conference semifinals at three game apiece.

Kelvin Umroa (right)  (5-21 and 3-7) and Nigel Deodat (2-8 and 1-0) helped stifle Demerara’s batting and placed them in a position to win the match

Berbice in control after 25-wicket second day

As 25 wickets fell in just over five hours of play on the second day of the final round in the Hand-in-Hand Inter-County Under-19 three-day tournament at Lusignan Community Centre yesterday, Demerara holds a slim 18-run lead over Berbice, with five wickets in hand in their second innings.

Joshua Ramdehol [centre] of Rose Ramdehol displaying the MVP prize for the Corona Beer Futsal Championship alongside Petra Organization Co-Director Troy Mendonca [right] and member Mark Alleyne

Rose Ramdehol Autos backing Futsal

Rose Ramdehol Autos continued their support of the Annual Corona Beer Futsal Championship, donating a Hero Motorcycle toward the event’s Most Valuable Player [MVP] yesterday, during a simple ceremony held at their South Road office.

Mia Mottley

Late Nurse influenced generations, says PM Mottley

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,, CMC – Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has hailed late West Indies great, Seymour Nurse, as “a true cricket icon and gentleman” and has credited him with influencing successive generations of Barbadian cricketers.

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