Sports

Trinidad and Tobago’s Aaron Hackett and Barbados’ Kimberley Gittens punched their way to the best boxer – male and female – awards when the curtains came down on the Caribbean Development Goodwill Tournament at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Sunday.

The Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) defeated Albion Cricket Club by seven wickets in last Sunday’s Balram Shane 50-overs tournament played at the PMCC Ground, Berbice.

The Guyana Baseball League (GBL) will be staging a Level 1 Coaching Certification Course at Kildonan, East Berbice on December 5th from 9:30hrs.

LONDON (Reuters) – Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo will go head-to-head once again for the title of world’s best footballer after being short-listed along with Neymar yesterday for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d’Or.

The Port Mourant Training Centre (PMTC) Volleyball Club recently returned from the University of the West Indies (UWI) 2015 Pelican Invitational held in Jamaica with tons of confidence following a decent performance in the three-day tourney.

Pele FC clinched the third spot in the League Genesis of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, squeaking past archrival Fruta Conquerors by a 1-0 margin at the Leonora Sports Facility on Sunday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, (CMC) – The West Indies Cricket Board has given Sunil Narine its full backing after the beleaguered off-spinner was on Sunday banned from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action.

Junior James cracked 61 as Two Brothers Primary recorded a nine wicket win over Kawall Primary while Vive-la-Force Primary beat Nismes Primary by 34 runs as the GCB/Scotiabank Kiddy Cricket continued in the West Bank Demerara Zone.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – West Indies can compete with Australia in the upcoming three-test series if they can exploit the inexperience in the hosts’ middle order, captain Jason Holder said yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns was cleared by a London court today of claims he had lied in a libel case three years ago when he said he had never been involved in cheating.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – The career of beleaguered West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine lay in tatters yesterday after the International Cricket Council banned him from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action.

Guyana’s boxers continued to admirably defend home turf at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Saturday in the Caribbean Development Goodwill Tournament.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant, arguably the best player of his generation, announced on Sunday he will retire after the 2015-16 National Basketball Association season.

South Ruimveldt, West Ruimveldt and St. Stephen’s stormed their way into the knockout round when the group stage in the 2nd Smalta/Ministry of Public Health, Girls U-11 Football Championship concluded yesterday.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia pace spearhead Mitchell Starc has been ruled out of the test series against West Indies and is no certainty to play in Australia’s tour of New Zealand early next year as he recovers from a broken foot, the left-armer said yesterday.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Paceman Peter Siddle struck the final runs under the Adelaide Oval floodlights to seal a series-winning victory against New Zealand after Australia all but collapsed late on day three of the third and final test.

The newly minted Pizza Hut Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ladies continued their dominant showing when the 11th Edition of the Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Festival continued on Saturday at the National Gymnasium.

Following an absence of international basketball for over 40 years, the Mackenzie Sports Club in Linden was treated to a demolition as the Guyana All-Stars got their International series against Antigua off to the perfect start, winning 76-42.

West Front Road, North East La Penitence, East Front Road and Old School Ballers secured berths to the knockout stage when the final group round in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship concluded on Saturday. 

History will be created today when fierce rivals Alpha United and Slingerz FC face-off in the League Genesis finale in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League at the Leonora Sports Facility from 21:00 hrs.