Sports

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will open its 2014 competition season with the annual Junior and Novices Powerlifting competition today at the National Gymnasium.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Kieron Pollard stroked his fourth first class century to inspire Trinidad and Tobago in their Regional Four-Day match against Jamaica here Friday.

Defending female champions Tutorial Secondary defeated Lodge Secondary 3-1 when the Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF), Pepsi/Scotia Bank football tourney continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Winning the World Twenty20 title will be a perfect farewell gift for the departing Sri Lankan greats Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, stand-in skipper Lasith Malinga said yesterday.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Compatriots Mervin Matthew and Liam Sebastien led a spirited Windward Islands fight-back, after a career-best spell from Ryan Austin bowled Combined Campuses & Colleges into a favourable position in the Regional Four-Day Championship yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has already trained his sights on next year’s 50-over World Cup, in the wake of his side’s failed campaign at the World Twenty20 Championship.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Windward Islands defied half-centuries from Kyle Corbin and Chadwick Walton, as well as rainy weather to take an early advantage over Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional Four-Day Tournament here Friday.

Domino lovers will be involved in an intense day of competition today when Mark `Jumbie’ Wiltshire stages the “Clash of the Titans” competition at R&R Sports Bar.

The Guyana National Domino Federation (GNDF) will stage a grand tournament dubbed “Dominoes in the Country Part 2” on April 13 at Solomon’s Residence Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,  (Reuters) – Under a charismatic Mahendra Singh Dhoni, world champions India could seal an unprecedented limited-overs treble with victory against neighbours Sri Lanka in today’s World Twenty20 final.

Professional boxing returns to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) tonight with a bang; a five-fight card dubbed ‘Jamaican Invasion’.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Captain Leon Johnson’s second first class century held Guyana together on the opening day of their sixth round match against Leeward Islands here yesterday.

MIRPUR, Bangladesh,(Reuters) – Virat Kohli’s red-hot bat powered India into Sunday’s World Twenty20 final against Sri Lanka as the 2007 champions breezed past South Africa by six wickets yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Head coach Ottis Gibson believes if the weather had not intervened, West Indies would have pulled off another sensational victory to beat Sri Lanka in the first semi-final of the World Twenty20 on Thursday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira has described her side’s semi-final loss to Australia as “heartbreaking” but says the team must use the disappointment as a learning moment and try to bounce back.

(Reuters) – The 16-team field for the NBA playoffs has virtually been set but there is plenty of jockeying for position still to be done, including ultra-tight races to determine the top seeds in both conferences.

Jamaica Tallawahs fast-bowler Andrew Richardson said he is fully fit and ready to play a major role in his team’s title defence in July’s 2014  second edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) T20 tournament, after recovering from a knee injury he sustained.

Guyana’s former world champion Vivian Harris (32-9-2, 19 KOs), now has his eyes set on another shot at the world championship belt after his latest upset win in Mexico.

Alpha United hammered BK Western Tigers by a 5-0 score line when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) second division league continued at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground on Vlissengen Road and Carifesta Avenue on Thursday.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Aubrey Hutson yesterday sought to clear the air on the selection of this year’s Carifta games team following the publication of a letter in another section of the media which questioned some of the choices of the AAG selection committee.