Sports

England feeding off rare ‘feelgood factor’

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s cricketers are riding the wave of a rare “feelgood factor” but have put their Cardiff success behind them and are looking only forward, captain Alastair Cook said ahead of the second Ashes test against Australia.

St Lucia Zouks’ Johnson Charles is yorked by Jacques Kallis for  the top score of 41. (Courtesy CPL website)

Steely win!

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-St. Lucia Zouks edged Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by four wickets in a rain shortened thriller, the 23rd match of the Caribbean Premier League here Tuesday night.

Brad Hodge and Carl Hooper speak to the media during yesterday’s press conference. (Orlando Charles photo)

Warriors aim is to keep momentum going

Guyana Amazon Warriors in-form batsman, Brad Hodge believes a good batting, bowling and fielding performance today will play a crucial role in the home team’s first match at home when they tackle the Jamaica Tallawahs in match 24 of the Hero CPL T20 tournament.

Onika George

Swimmers fail to advance; squash team loses to Argentina

Guyana’s swimmers Onika George and Omar Adams failed to get past the first round of the heats of the 100m freestyle events while the men’s squash team was beaten by Argentina in the qualification round as action in this year’s Pan Am Games continued yesterday in Canada.

(from right) Courtney Walsh, Andre Russell and Andrew Richardson at the Jamaica Tallawahs press briefing yesterday. (Orlando Charles photo)

Today’s match crucial for Tallawahs

Jamaica Tallawahs all-rounder Andre Russell has described today’s encounter against the Amazon Warriors as “crucial” for his side as the visitors look to shrug off Sunday’s defeat against the same opponents in match 24 of the Hero CPL T20 today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Vice-President Michael Singh (left) addressing the gathering at the Duke Lodge during the announcement of the Inter-Guiana Games Boys and Girls u-19 Squads while Manger of the IGG Basketball teams Cecil Chin looks on

GABF shortlists IGG boys, girls’ squads

With Guyana billed to stage the opening leg of the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) yesterday officially short-listed their boys and girls’ U19 squads yesterday for the event billed for August 6th-10th at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Anderson extreme right, with some of the participants of the training camp.

Table Tennis Summer Camp underway in Bartica

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) level two coach Raynor `Copter’ Anderson in collaboration with the Guyana Table Tennis Association and Scotiabank recently commenced a table tennis training camp for beginners.

Asafa Powell

Powell wins in 9.87 seconds at Luzern meet

LUZERN, Switzerland, CMC- Asafa Powell sprinted away from the field in the final stage to pull off another victory this season, the men’s 100m at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meet in Luzern, Switzerland yesterday.

Chris Froome

Froome’s rivals crushed by dominant Sky

LA PIERRE ST MARTIN, France, (Reuters) – One by one, with the exception of Nairo Quintana, Chris Froome’s rivals were dropped from a thinning group of challengers up the gruelling final climb of yesterday’s 10th stage of the Tour de France.

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