Sports

—Cardiff and Fulham relegated LONDON, (Reuters) – Edin Dzeko’s double at Everton helped Manchester City clear the biggest obstacle blocking its route to a second English title in three years yesterday but Cardiff City and Fulham fell through the relegation trapdoor.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky,CMC – Jamaican jockey Shaun Bridgmohan produced one of the best rides of his outstanding career, to land second place in the prestigious 140th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs here today.

By Delvon Mc Ewan   Transport Sports Club (TSC) upset favourites Guyana National Industrial Corporation yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club Ground to win their first title of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Brainstreet Under-15 tournament.

Undefeated featherweight contender Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell flew to the US yesterday to ramp up his preparation for his World Boxing Council (WBC) world championship bout in Mexico on May 24.

-Results from 2012 all erased from record books RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – Former world double sprint champion Tyson Gay has been suspended for one year after testing positive in 2013 for a banned anabolic steroid, the U.S.

GCB Inter County U19 cricket By Delvon Mc Ewan   A fluent century by Shimron Hetmyer combined with quality bowling from their spinners led Berbice to an innings and 88-run win over the President’s XI on the second day of the first round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 three day Inter-County competition.

(Reuters) – Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd was fined by the National Basketball Association yesterday after complaining about a lack of fouls called against the Toronto Raptors in their latest playoff game.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Opening batsman Chris Rogers is uncertain Australia deserves to be ranked world number one in tests, saying the team’s 4-0 drubbing by India was not the mark of a top team.

(The Sports Xchange) ——-Just when it looked as if their demise was complete, the Indiana Pacers found some life and fought off the Atlanta Hawks and an electric crowd at Philips Arena to win Game 6 95-88 and keep their Eastern Conference playoffs matchup alive.

League champions Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) will face Transport Sports Club (TSC) in today’s final of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/ Brainstreet Under-15 Tournament at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Ground, Thomas Lands.

The ninth edition of the Regional Basketball Conference will tip off in the conferences of Georgetown and East Coast of Demerara on May 10 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Christopher Barnwell, Leon Johnson, Robin Bacchus and Devendra Bishoo are just a few of the country’s’ most talented and exciting cricketers who are expected to be on show tomorrow when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) double wicket cricket festival bowls off at the Albion Sports Complex, ground in Berbice.

The Port Mourant Cricket Club (PMCC) through fund raising and assistance from a few kind hearted persons has purchased gear for Arif Chan and Demetri Cameron who have been selected to represent Berbice in the ongoing Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) three-day U19 inter-county competition.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Captain Tamar Lambert has pointed to Jamaica’s final preliminary game against Combined Campuses and Colleges as the turning point in their Regional first class season.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – World and Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will showcase her talents before an adoring home crowd when headlines the Jamaica International Invitational at the National Stadium here today.

Demerara Bank Limited (DBL) for the third year has thrown its weight behind the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) ahead of the 2014 Independence T20 Cup 2014 set for May 25 at the Albion Sports Complex Ground, which will be played under floodlights for the first time.

MIAMI, United States, CMC – The winners of this year’s CFU Caribbean Cup have been guaranteed a spot in the 2016 Centennial Edition of the highly regarded Copa America, as part of a historic collaboration announced by CONCACAF here Thursday.

MIAMI, United States, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago World Cup star Shaka Hislop believes the Caribbean’s collaboration with South America for the 2016 Copa America, will reap huge benefit’s for the region’s football development.

RANCHI, India, CMC – West Indies opener Dwayne Smith sparkled only briefly but his Chennai Super Kings never looked in trouble as they hammered Sunil Narine’s Kolkata Knight Riders by 34 runs in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

Home side Fruta Conquerors extended their unbeaten tourney run to four games, downing arch-rivals BK Western Tigers 2-0 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) u-17 football league continued at the Tucville Community ground yesterday.