Sports

Guyana Cup Fever winner, King’s Knight leads the field as the ‘Four Horse Men Promotions’ presents the grand ‘Golden Jubilee Independence’ meet at the Port Mourant Turf Club tomorrow.

A new champion will be crowned in the Guinness of the Streets Linden competition as holders Amelia Ward Russians were booted in the quarterfinal round Thursday at the Mackenzie Market Tarmac.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Outspoken former West Indies captain Sir Vivian Richards, has leapt to the defence of Sir Curtly Ambrose, slamming the reason given for the legendary former pacer’s dismissal as West Indies bowling consultant.

BRISBANE, Australia, May 20, CMC – Test opener Joe Burns says Mitchell Starc has fully recovered from injury and will be in peak fitness for next month’s Tri-Nations Series against West Indies and South Africa in the Caribbean.

Demerara Captain Travis Persaud bowled his team to a 16-run win via the Duckworth/Lewis method as they defended a low score against the Under-17 Select XI in yesterday’s rain-affected Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 50 overs Inter-County tournament which resumed yesterday at the Providence National Stadium.

RAIPUR, India,  CMC – Twenty20 World Cup star, Carlos Brathwaite, shone with the ball but failed to deliver with the bat, as Delhi Daredevils kept their playoff hopes alive with a six-wicket win over leaders Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League here Friday.

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic, CMC – World and Olympic champion Usain Bolt delivered on his promise of a sub-ten clocking as he continued his domination of the Golden Spike Meeting by speeding to an easy win in the 100 metres here yesterday.

All systems are in place for a successful staging of the ‘Golden Jubilee Independence’ day of sports tomorrow.

Come see the Green Machine take on the reggae ruggers from Jamaica today at the National Park in their Rugby America’s North (RAN) 15s matchup from 16:00hrs.

The 22nd edition of the Mayor’s Cup Football Championship will continue today and tomorrow at the Victoria and Den Amstel Community grounds respectively.

Guyana got off to the worst possible start in the Pan American Junior Hockey Championships in Toronto, Canada, losing to Chile 6-1 yesterday at the University of Toronto venue.

Benjamin Mekdeci, Alex Cheeks as well siblings Larissa and Shomari Wiltshire were among the winners on day two when the Guyana Squash Association sanctioned Woodpecker Products Ltd Junior National Championships continued on Thursday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has launched an investigation into the reasons surrounding Pele FC walking out of their Stag Beer Elite League fixture against Alpha United on Wednesday at the Leonora Sports Facility.

(IPLT20.com) The Gujarat Lions began their Kanpur-leg of VIVO IPL 2016 with a commanding victory over Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova may not play again after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium, the president of the Russian tennis federation was quoted as saying yesterday.

Mobile phone company, Digicel yesterday launched the 6th edition of their National u-18 Secondary Schools Football Championship at the Covent Garden Secondary School.

National rugby skipper, Richard Staglon yesterday had no doubt that Guyana is heading for another victory in their Rugby America’s North (RAN) 15s matchup tomorrow against Jamaica at the National Park.

Payless Variety Store has joined the list of sponsors for the  5k and a 10k race along with a 5k health and fitness walk which is scheduled for Sunday.

(Reuters) – Alex Hales and Jonny Bairstow led England’s recovery from a poor start as the hosts reached 171 for five before rain ended the opening day of the first test against Sri Lanka in Leeds yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former champion Roger Federer withdrew from the French Open yesterday, citing fitness issues, as his record run of appearing at 65 consecutive grand slam tournaments came to an end.