KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Guyana were crowned one-day champions of the Regional Under-19 Championship for the third straight year here yesterday, when they easily brushed aside Windward Islands by five wickets in the final at Arnos Vale Stadium.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A bit of melancholy and unbridled joy converged at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Olympics yesterday as Brazil breathed a collective sigh of relief for having pulled off South America’s first Games.
Add another first place trophy to Orville Hinds’ and Team Evolution’s (TE) cabinet.
Pepsi Hikers maintained their unbeaten run while Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Vintage and Bounty GCC secured commanding wins when the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship continued Saturday at the National Gymnasium.
Guyana’s badminton players are assured of medals after reaching the finals of the boys and mixed doubles events at the Carib-bean Badminton International Championships (CAREBACO) which ended yesterday at the Centro Deportivo Sports Hall, Aruba, After both Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani lost their singles semi-final matches, the Guyanese rebounded to reach the mixed doubles and the boys doubles final.
Director of Sports Christopher Jones yesterday said that this year’s National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Summer Camp has laid a solid foundation for making the event grander come next year.
Colts defeated fierce rivals Pacesetters 54-45 in their Open division matchup when the Turbo Hard-Court basketball championships continued at the Plaisance Community Court, Saturday.
(Reuters) – Steve Smith and Aaron Finch struck half-centuries to help Australia to a three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first one-day international in Colombo yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – A ruthless United States pounded Serbia 96-66 to claim a third straight Olympic men’s basketball title yesterday, giving coach Mike Krzyzewski a golden send-off.
(Reuters) – The final test between West Indies and India headed towards an inevitable draw after play was washed out again on the scheduled fourth day in Trinidad yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO,(Reuters) – Neymar shed tears of joy after delivering Brazil’s first men’s football gold medal with the winning penalty in a 5-4 shootout triumph over Germany after a thrilling final ended in a draw following extra-time yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Shakur Stevenson’s bid for Olympic gold ended in tears yesterday but the U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (Reuters) – The United States women’s basketball team thumped Spain 101-72 to claim a sixth straight gold medal yesterday to rubber-stamp their credentials as one of the greatest Olympic sporting dynasties of all time.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – LaShawn Merritt ran a blistering anchor leg to return the men’s 4x400m title to the United States, and win his third Olympic gold medal, in the final athletics event of the Rio Games yesterday.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Briton Mo Farah became only the second man to retain both Olympic track long-distance titles yesterday when he produced an utterly dominant performance to add the 5,000m gold to the 10,000 he collected a week ago for a glorious double-double.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The United States maintained their iron grip on the Olympic women’s 4×400 metres relay yesterday when they held off Jamaica for their sixth straight victory in the event to give anchor Allyson Felix her sixth career gold.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Caster Semenya became the first South African woman in 64 years to win Olympic gold in athletics yesterday, running a personal best time of 1:55.28 in the 800 metres final Burundi’s Francine Niyonsaba finished in 1:56.49 to claim the silver, her country’s second medal in any sport at the Olympics.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Fast bowling legend Joel Garner says the successful emergence of Twenty20 cricket has dulled the appetite of younger players for the longer version of the game, and has also contributed to a negative work ethic in the region.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, CMC – Jamaican Yohan Blake says he is ready to assume the mantle from Usain Bolt, after the sprint sensation wrapped up an outstanding Olympic career with his ninth career gold medal here Friday night.
A Guyana Under-15 boys team will depart local shores tomorrow to participate in the 2016 CentroBasket U15 championships from Wednesday to Sunday in Puerto Rico.
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