University of Guyana (UG) all-rounder Keon Roberts on Sunday last produced a fine display with both ball and bat to spur Rising Star into the final of Amreith Rai Memorial T20 tournament as his side defeated Canal #2 Sports Club by 21 runs.
Guyana were drawn in Group-A of the Caribbean Playoff Leg of the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship following yesterday’s official draw.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former Cricket West Indies president, Pat Rousseau died here late Tuesday following a long illness.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Test batsman, Ramnaresh Sarwan, says he is thrilled at the opportunity to work with the West Indies one-day squad in the lead-up to the Tri-Nations Series in Ireland and the ICC World Cup.
LONDON, CMC – Highly-regarded Barbadian fast bowler, Jofra Archer, was yesterday ignored for England’s preliminary 15-man World Cup squad but has been named to face Ireland and Pakistan, leaving the 24-year-old still with an outside chance of turning out at the ICC showpiece starting next month.
PARIS, (Reuters) – The first Iranian woman to contest an official boxing bout has cancelled plans to return home after an arrest warrant was issued for her in Tehran, her representative said yesterday as Iranian authorities issued a denial.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Opener Romario King struck an attractive hundred as unbeaten Trinidad and Tobago powered their way to their third straight win with a 151-run crushing of Jamaica in the Regional Under-15 Super50 Cup here Tuesday.
(Reuters) – England have not picked uncapped all-rounder Jofra Archer in a preliminary 15-man World Cup squad but have named him in squads for the warm-up games against Pakistan and Ireland.
The extension granted by the Guyana Football federation to the Georgetown Football Association [GFA]-Interim Management Committee [IMC] has ended.
The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) yesterday recorded opening round wins in the GCA/American Youth Premier Cricket League Under-19 Cricket Competition.
Defending champions, President Guard (PG) romped to their fourth consecutive final with a nine-wicket win over ‘D’ Division while ‘F’ Division escaped with a three-wicket win over ‘A’ Division yesterday to book their spots in the final of the Police Commissioner’s Inter-Division T20 tournament.
Everest, Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) and the Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) all recorded first round victories yesterday in the first round of the Georgetown Cricket Association/AYPCL Under-19 50-overs tournament.
La Bonne Intention [LBI] won the 4th Annual P.K.F. Barcellos, Narine & Company Secondary Schools tapeball cricket competition Saturday at the Durban Park Tarmac, Homestretch Avenue.
Linden Technical Institute [LTI] and New Silvercity secured contrasting wins when the Linden Town Week Secondary Schools Basketball Championships continued on Monday at the Mackenzie High School court.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Outspoken Cricket West Indies director, Conde Riley, has slammed the regional governing body’s decision to axe the entire coaching staff of the men’s senior side ahead of the World Cup, and has warned that the sweeping personnel changes announced last week could “destabilise the whole process” heading into the ICC showpiece next month.
Landry Shamet buried a go-ahead three-pointer with 16.5 seconds remaining, capping a historic rally from a 31-point deficit Monday night and delivering the Los Angeles Clippers a shocking, 135-131 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series in Oakland, Calif.
TURIN, (Reuters) – Ajax Amsterdam followed up their elimination of Real Madrid by producing a spell-binding display of inventive, passing football to win 2-1 away to Juventus yester day and end the Serie A team’s dreams of winning the Champions League.
BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi produced another masterful Champions League performance to knock out Manchester United and fire Barcelona into the semi-finals for the first time in four years, scoring twice in a 3-0 home win yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Experienced West Indies seamer Kemar Roach is hoping for a major impact on the upcoming tours of Ireland the World Cup, after recovering from the injury which forced him out of the recent England one-day series.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – Rookie swing bowler Abu Jayed earned a spot in Bangladesh’s World Cup squad yesterday while batsman Mosaddek Hossain also made the cut for the showpiece tournament in England and Wales.
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