Sports

Following the completion of the group round, the round of 16 stage of the fourth annual Courts Pee-Wee Under-11 Football Championship will kick-off today at the Thirst Park ground.

Guyana’s football clubs will be unable to participate in next year’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships but will be able to participate in the 2017 tournament.

Loring Benons was elected President of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Football Club when the entity staged its Electoral Congress on Wednesday at their Camp Ayanganna locale.

(Reuters) – The Golden State Warriors have not even raised their championship banner, yet they are already defending their title from vocal challengers ready to debunk their success ahead of the 2015-16 NBA campaign that opens on Tuesday.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Dhammika Prasad picked up four wickets as hosts Sri Lanka bundled out West Indies for 163 to take a first-innings lead on the second day of the second and final test at the P Sara Oval today.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Debutant left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican says words of advice from legendary former all-rounder Sir Garry Sobers inspired him on the opening day of the second Test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

League leaders Pele FC handed Alpha United their first defeat in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, crushing their fierce rivals by a 3-0 score line on Wednesday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

Following a Management Committee meeting yesterday, it was confirmed that the National Schools’ Championships will be staged from November 23-27 at the National Stadium and the National Aquatic Centre.

The boxers competing in tomorrow’s Next Generation Boxing: The Giftland Showcase card have been putting in work in and out the gym.

When the GTM Health and Fitness Expo is staged this weekend at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Courts Guyana Inc.

Plaisance Guardians secured the biggest upset to date in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) League Championship, downing number one seed Ravens 51-45  in their Open Divisional fixture on Wednesday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A blistering 133 from Javid Karim saw Rosignol Secondary trouncing Belladrum Secondary by 116 runs at the De Edward ground in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) inaugural National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) sponsored by Banks DIH’s Coco Cola and Rainforest Water, along with Digicel.

Slingerz FC got their Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League back on the right track, dismantling Georgetown Football Club (GFC) by a 5-0 score line on Wednesday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.

(Reuters) – Virat Kohli struck his first one-day international century since the World Cup in February to lead India to a series-levelling 35-run victory over South Africa in Chennai yesterday.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican snatched four wickets on debut to help inspire a Sri Lanka collapse but West Indies then lost opener Shai Hope to stumble to the close on a sluggish opening day of the pivotal second Test, when 12 wickets tumbled.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq made an unbeaten century as the resurgent hosts reached 282-4 at close of the opening day of the second test against England in Dubai yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australian coach Michael Cheika and his star players have been getting all the attention during the Rugby World Cup but the Wallabies know their chances of winning the tournament are dependent on the depth of their squad and the backroom staff.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – West Indies left-arm spinner Jomel Warrican celebrated his test debut by capturing four wickets on the opening day of the second test against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval today.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Legendary all-rounder Sir Garry Sobers believes West Indies’ downward spiral will continue unless players begin to pledge their allegiance to the Caribbean side over the lucrative Twenty20 leagues across the globe.

Fruta Conquerors halted their three- game losing streak in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, squeaking past Monedderlust FC by a 1-0 score line on Tuesday at the Camp Ayanganna ground.