Sports

Usual suspects, Rupert Perry, Natrena Hooper, Arinze Chance, Kenisha Phillips and Andrea Foster were among the standout athletes yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.

Spinners Ershad Ali and Richie Looknauth bowled Demerara to a comfortable 68 run win over Berbice at the Providence Stadium, to lift the 2016 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Hand-In-Hand U19 Inter-county 50-over title.

LONDON, CMC – Somerset will speak to West Indies star Chris Gayle about his latest sexism controversy when he arrives shortly for the Natwest T20 Blast shortly but has given the assurance the player’s contract is not in danger.

Benjamin Mekdeci and Taylor Fernandes clinched the under-19 Boys and Girls titles respectively but it was Shomari Wiltshire’s day at the Georgetown Club’s squash courts yesterday.

RAIPUR, India, CMC – Chris Gayle flopped again with the bat but grabbed two wickets as Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Carlos Brathwaite’s Delhi Daredevils by six wickets, to book their spot in the playoffs of the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

A fourth quarter blitz propelled the Washington-based DC Jammers Basketball Club to a 74-69 come-from-behind win over Ravens when the four-match Goodwill series commenced Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Pulsating matchups are expected to be on show tonight when Team 25 tackles High Rollers and Classic-6 battles Wisroc in the semi-final round in the Guinness of the Streets Linden edition at the Amelia Ward Hardcourt.

The Petra Organization Soft Shoe football championship will kick off today with six group fixtures at the Santos Training area, Square of the Revolution.

Pouderoyen sneaked their way into the next round in the 22nd Mayor’s Cup football championships overcoming Soesdyke Falcons 2-1 yesterday at the  Den Amstel Community Centre ground.

Winston Messengher dumped heartache on Cleveland Forde upsetting him to take gold in the blistering ‘Golden Jubilee Independence’ 10k race yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Twenty20 World Cup-winning captain Stafanie Taylor is one of 27 players called to national trials in preparation for the WICB Women’s Championship scheduled for Guyana this July.

(Reuters) – Exaggerator took advantage of sloppy conditions and a “dream trip” to win the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes by 3-1/2 lengths in Baltimore Saturday ending Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist’s bid for the Triple Crown.

The national 15s rugby team delivered a Golden Jubilee Independence victory to the nation yesterday against Jamaica.

Top players Larissa Wiltshire and Taylor Fernandes will meet sometime today in the final of the Girls’ U19 division of the Guyana Squash Association sanctioned Woodpecker Products Limited Junior National Championships after semi-final wins yesterday at the Georgetown Club courts.

The efforts of Rawle’s Communication Agency (RCA) in further enhancing the sporting development  of the youths of Region Eight was boosted recently with a timely donation of a number of sporting equipment from Regal Sports.

A ruthless bowling performance by Berbice enabled them to easily crush Essequibo by 79 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method yesterday and book a place in today’s final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 Inter-county 50 over tourney against Demerara.

KANPUR, India, CMC – Dwayne Smith’s late cameo earned Gujarat Lions a convincing six-wicket victory over Kieron Pollard’s Mumbai Indians with 13 balls to spare here Saturday, and propelled them to the top of the Indian Premier League standings.

Guyana’s Sachia Vickery has advanced to the main draw of this year’s French Open lawn tennis competition and will open her campaign at Roland Garros today against Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket media titan Tony Cozier was laid to rest here Friday, following a service at the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens which was attended by several dignitaries and influential members of the regional cricket community.

Guyana hopes of qualifying for the semi-final round of the Pan American Junior Hockey Championships were all but extinguished as they lost to Mexico 1-7 yesterday in Toronto, Canada.