Sports

LONDON, (Reuters) – The heavy hitting shook the ground and the volume would have raised the Centre Court roof, had it been closed, as Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka traded blows like a couple of prizefighters at Wimbledon yesterday.

Scotiabank yesterday teamed up with the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to provide gear for DCC players that make the national youth teams.

CAMBRAI, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome lost his yellow jersey but retained his grip on his rivals after surviving a day on the cobbles in the Tour de France yesterday.

National Smallbore captain Dale Hing amassed 139.59 points to win last Sunday’s Practical Pistol Shoot at the Timehri ranges.

Berbice romped to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Demerara to retain their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior female Inter County One-Day title in the final round played at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground on Monday.

National cyclist Geron Williams showed his fine form in Monday’s CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up Classic’, winning three events including the 30-lap feature.

Guyana’s Lady Jags, as the national female soccer team is called, will play their first international match in almost five years when they take on either Jamaica or Puerto Rico at the Leonora Track and Field Facility.

A four-member Draughts swept a two match series against Suriname winning both encounters by 4-0 margins last weekend at the Kweesi School, Nickerie, Suriname.

Students of the Guyana Karate College yesterday morning paid a courtesy call on The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr.

The Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) will Sunday stage the first APNU/AFC coalition victory cycle race in Berbice.

Defending champs Port Kaituma sealed their berth to the final of the Region #1 zone, edging Kamwata Secondary 1-0 in a semi-final affair when the Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Kumaka ground.

A second consecutive superb bowling performance from the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots saw them register their third win of the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League season and consolidate their position at third in the league table, while the Barbados Tridents have now lost two in a row.

LONDON, (Reuters) – After three hours and two minutes of combat yesterday, Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson were forced off court in the twilight with their last 16 clash tantalisingly poised at two sets all and their Wimbledon audience begging for more.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – CONCACAF, the regional body controlling soccer in North and Central America, announced measures yesterday meant to curb corruption and improve transparency following its involvement in a scandal that has engulfed soccer’s governing body, FIFA.

ZURICH/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Harold Mayne-Nicholls, who led the teams which inspected bids to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, has been banned from all football for seven years, FIFA’s ethics committee said yesterday.

Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine on Saturday said that his ministry was committed to returning sports in the curriculum of schools, looking to produce well-rounded athletes and ensuring that monies allocated for sports were utilized by student athletes.

VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Carli Lloyd led from the front as the United States won the Women’s World Cup for a third time with a crushing 5-2 victory over Japan on Sunday, the striker scoring the tournament’s fastest ever hat-trick, including a spectacular long-range goal.

HUY, Belgium, (Reuters) – Chris Froome seized early control of the Tour de France, the 2013 champion snatching the yellow jersey after a crash-marred third stage won by Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pakistan’s Shan Masood struck his maiden test century and Younus Khan his 30th to fuel their spirited chase for a daunting 377-run victory target in the series-deciding third and final test against Sri Lanka at Pallekele yesterday.

Candidate Master (CM) Anthony Drayton played unbeaten Sunday to win the Guyana Chess federation’s first tournament for the year, the Caricom one-day Rapid Play (Blitz) tournament held at the National Resource Center.