Sports

T/dad romps to nine- wicket win over J/ca

—-Guyana/B/dos match washed out An all-round performance by Trinidad & Tobago took the Twin Island Republic to a nine-wicket defeat of Jamaica in round three of the ongoing West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Under-15 limited overs tournament at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

 Rising batting star Shimron Hetmyer.

Hetmyer misses out on second century as Guyana cruise

SPANISH TOWN, Jamaica, CMC – First class batsman Shimron Hetmyer narrowly missed out on his second successive hundred as Guyana easily brushed aside Barbados by seven wickets in their fourth round Regional Under-19 Championship encounter here yesterday.

Windwards beat Leewards to extend lead

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Windward Islands kept up their unbeaten record to go clear at the top of the standings when they beat Leeward Islands by 18 runs in their third round game of the Regional Under-15 Champonship at Albion Sports Complex here yesterday.

Alzarri Joseph

Leewards squeeze home in last over win

SANTA CRUZ, Jamaica, CMC – Mrinal Wadwha’s calm head made all the difference as Leeward Islands squeezed past Windward Islands by a single wicket with three balls to spare in their Regional Under-19 Championship contest here yesterday.

Jamaica falters as Mexico wins seventh Gold Cup 

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, CMC – Jamaica’s dream of becoming the first-ever Caribbean side to win the prestigious CONCACAF Gold Cup ended in disappointment, when they suffered a 3-1 defeat to giants Mexico in the final Sunday night here.

Froome ponders rare Tour-Vuelta double

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chris Froome celebrated his second Tour de France triumph with a bacon sandwich yesterday before chewing over the appetising prospect of a rare grand tour double in Spain next month.

 AB De Villiers

South Africa announce landmark India tour

(Reuters) – South Africa will play four test matches in India for the first time as part of their longest ever tour to the sub-continent later this year, the country’s cricket board announced yesterday.

Annai Secondary’s Garville Daniels (no.7) unleashing a powerful strike at the Dolphin Secondary goal during the matchup between the two teams at the Leonora Sports Facility (Orlando Charles photo)

Annai Secondary mauls Dophin Secondary 13-0

Annai Secondary stormed their way into the semi-final round, mauling Dolphin Secondary 13-0 in their quarterfinal fixture when the 5th annual Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday.

Yesterday’s prize winners posing with their spoils. 

DeNobrega carts away the spoils

In an extraordinary display of speed and stamina, Team Alanis’ Paul DeNobrega took the spoils of the third annual Grenville Felix Memorial 50-mile road race with a wire to wire win yesterday in Berbice.

Red Steel crowned CPL champs

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel crowned themselves the new champions of the Caribbean Premier League when they produced a clinical all-round performance to beat title-holders Barbados Tridents by 20 runs in the grand final here last night.

Winston Stoby squatting yesterday at the Claude Charles Memorial Intermediate and Masters Championships at the National Gymnasium. (Orlando Charles photo)

Stoby, Ramnarine and Nicholas snare marquee titles

Usual suspect, Winston Stoby along with Steve Ramnarine and Shellon Nicholas snared the marquee titles when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) hosted the Claude Charles Memorial Intermediate and Masters Championships yesterday at the National Gymnasium. 

Vettel wins as Hamilton extends lead

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC – Championship leader and defending champion, Lewis Hamilton, suffered a shocking sixth place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix here yesterday, but miraculously still managed to extend his lead in the Formula One drivers standings.

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