Sports

Mohamed’s Enterprise has once again answered the call of the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC).

Guyanese swimmers Andrew Jordan and Fitzroy Thom on Monday clocked Personal Best (PB) times on the first day of the ongoing South American First Force Swim Championship in Trujillo, Peru. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Batting star Hayley Matthews has been named West Indies vice-captain for the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup which bowls off in Guyana today.

Guyana Police Force [GPF] and Santos secured lopsided wins, when the 2nd Annual Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Championship, continued on Wednesday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Plaisance Guardians and Kobras secured wins in the 2nd and U23 divisions respectively, when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA] ‘League Championship’ continued on Wednesday.

The West Indies Women will head into their first match of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Women’s World T20 with confidence after flattening New Zealand last night at the Providence Stadium, the same venue at which they will play their opening contest against Bangladesh.

-Wyatt, Sharma stroke half centuries India defeated England by 11 runs at the Providence Stadium yesterday during the penultimate warm-up match of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Women’s World T20.

Now that the annual GTT National Indoor Hockey championships are done and dusted, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is shifting its focus to hosting the 2018 edition of the Diamond Mineral Indoor Hockey Festival, billed for the weekend of November 29 – December 2, 2018.

National under-17 all-rounder, Dwain Dick bagged a six-wicket haul but Eco Champs were unable to overcome Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) as they fell to a 19-run defeat on Tuesday at the GNIC Ground, Woolford Avenue.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – Captain Carlos Brathwaite said experimenting at the top of the order was necessary, as West Indies searched for a solution to their opening woes in the ongoing Twenty20 International series against India.

CHENNAI, India,  CMC – West Indies head coach Stuart Law has defended under-performing all-rounder, Kieron Pollard, contending the player’s value to the Twenty20 could not be assessed purely on the basis of numbers.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA) is considering a demand by the players’ union that ball-tampering bans on former captain Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft be lifted immediately, the governing body’s CEO Kevin Roberts said yesterday.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Ben Foakes marked his test debut with a century and impressed with his glovework, too, as England bowled out Sri Lanka for 203 before stretching their lead to 177 runs on the second day of the opening test.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA) announced yesterday that high performance chief Pat Howard will leave his role next week as the fallout from a scathing cultural review into the governing body continues.

Guyana’s disappointing campaign in the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship, continues at 12:35hrs today against Curacao at the IMG Academy in Florida, USA.

(Field Level Media) Hassan Whiteside posted 29 points, 20 rebounds and nine blocks to lead the host Miami Heat to a 95-88 win over the San Antonio Spurs last night.

Guyana sunk to further levels of embarrassment in the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship, losing to lowly Cayman Islands 3-2 yesterday at the modernized IMG Academy in Florida, USA.

Australia Women’s captain, Meg Lanning cashed in last night at the Providence Stadium with a solid half century to see her side defeat South Africa by 46 runs in their latest International Cricket Council Women’s World T20 Tournament.

President of the South American Consudatle, Roberto De Melo during his brief remarks at the 70th anniversary of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) told the gathering that Guyana has a bright future.

(Reuters) – Russia will have to meet a set of criteria approved by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) if it is to become a full member again, new IBU President Olle Dahlin has said.