Sports

Trophy Stall continues to exhibit its corporate and social responsibility in a tangible way and has agreed to be on board the inaugural Bartica Cycling Challenge, the first road race to be held there on Saturday.

Michael Anthony produced a gem in the early cycling season yesterday, racing to victory in the feature 35-lap event of the 14th Diamond Mineral Water multi race programme.

Defending champions, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) is scenting a season-opening win in the 2019 GISE, Star Party Rental and Trophy Stall first division two-day competition against the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). 

On a day highlighted by two drawn encounters, Lodge Secondary downed President’s College 2-0 in the Milo Secondary School Football Championship yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Off-spinner Roston Chase’s five-wicket haul floored Jamaica Scorpions and left Barbados Pride with a modest victory target, in their 10th round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship here yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – In-form veteran Devon Thomas stroked a sparkling less than run-a-ball unbeaten hundred to fire Leeward Islands Hurricanes to an emphatic six-wicket win over Windward Islands Volcanoes here yesterday, and keep the hosts in with an outside chance of winning the Regional Four-Day Championship.

Plaisance Secondary, Chase Academy, St. Stanislaus and Annandale Secondary secured victories in the Youth Basketball Guyana [YBG] U18 Developmental League Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

The University of Guyana’s (UG) Andre Jaganadan won the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) junior qualification tournament held recently.

Defending champions, the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC), will begin their title defence when the 2019 GISE, Star Party Rental and Trophy Stall first-division two-day competition continues today.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] officially launched its ‘Roar to the Gold Cup’ Football Extravaganza yesterday at the Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, ahead of their must-win CONCACAF Nations League clash with Belize.

Teenagers, Afruica Gentle and Lafona Gilgeous were the only newcomers in the Guyana senior female team for the upcoming Cricket West Indies Regional 50-overs and T20 tournament billed for Guyana from March 17 to April 4.

The Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) on Saturday last held its annual awards ceremony at the GuySuCo Apprentice Hostel. 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – West Indies capitulated for the second lowest total in Twenty20 Internationals and their lowest ever, to hand England their biggest ever victory in the format, with a stunning 137-run win here yesterday.

The seventh edition of the Milo Secondary School Football Championships resumes today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue with three group matches.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Torrential rain washed out the entire day’s first play of the second test between New Zealand and Bangladesh at the Basin Reserve yesterday.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – Shoaib Malik will lead Pakistan in this month’s one-day series against Australia after the cricket board decided to rest six players including regular captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, for the five matches in the United Arab Emirates.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Steve Smith and David Warner will have to find form in the Indian Premier League to win places in Australia’s squad for the World Cup after being left out of the final warmup series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

(Reuters) – Usman Khawaja hit his maiden ODI hundred as Australia clinched the third one-day international against India by 32 runs in Ranchi yesterday to stay afloat in the five-match series.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Indian cricketers wore army camouflage-style caps in a match with Australia yesterday in solidarity with Indian paramilitary police killed in a militant attack by a Pakistan-based group and in an unusually strong display of patriotic fervour in sport.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar have been dropped from the top rank of India’s annual contracts with the board showing faith in young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant by handing him the second-most lucrative retainer.