SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil opened two of its busiest airports to private investors on Friday, awarding $9 billion worth of contracts in a hotly contested auction as the country overhauls crowded terminals ahead of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australia shattered England’s batting with six wickets for nine runs in a stunning mid-afternoon spell before dismissing the tourists for 136 and taking a lead of 224 on day two of the first Ashes test on Friday.
Skipper Christopher Barnwell bludgeoned an unbeaten century yesterday against the Leon Johnson-led XI in the first day of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Inter-county 3-day trial match held at the Everest Cricket Ground.
-Abbensetts, Caesar, Sampson, Griffith also blaze to wins One of the fastest men in Schools Track and Field history, Kevin Abbensetts claimed his second gold medal of this year’s 53rd Championships yesterday with an emphatic victory in the Boys 200m under-20 final.
Local conglomerate Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Gatorade and Pepsi brands will continue to refresh pugilists competing in the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Under-16 tournaments.
Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President John Yates was elected President of Pele FC at its AGM yesterday after which he revealed plans to return the club to football dominance through a programme whose foundation is based on discipline.
The 2013 Trophy Stall Doubles Tennis Tournament will commence on Thursday November 28 at the National Park and Non Pariel racquet facilities.
KOCHI, India, CMC- Darren Bravo carried the batting with a well-played half century but India’s spinners made sporadic inroads as West Indies lost by six wickets in the first One Day International (ODI) here yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Indiana Pacers came out ice cold against a revenge-minded New York Knicks team on Wednesday but showed their class and put the NBA on notice with a hot finish that produced another notch in the win column.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England’s destroyer Stuart Broad ended up with figures of six for 81 after helping dismiss Australia for 295 in the opening session on day two of the first Ashes test last night.
A match-winning half-century from Kandasammy Surujnarine and a five-wicket haul from Veerapen Permaul guided Albion Community Centre to a 91-run win over Big Star to secure a spot in the semi-finals of the Elizabeth Styles Under-19 50-Over Cricket Competition in Berbice.
PALLEKELE, (Reuters) – Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusal Perera slammed quick half-centuries to steer Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket win over New Zealand yesterday and take the two-match Twenty20 series 1-0.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England paceman Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, chants and catcalls of a hostile Gabba crowd to take five wickets and leave Australia clinging on at 273 for eight on the first day of the first Ashes test yesterday.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – Australia coach Darren Lehmann’s demand that his compatriots harass Stuart Broad “so he cries and goes home” backfired in spectacular fashion yesterday when the England paceman took five wickets in the first Ashes test at the Gabba.
KOCHI, India, CMC- Captain Dwayne Bravo says the loss of opening batsman Chris Gayle is a severe blow to the West Indies against India in their One Day International (ODI) series currently underway.
(Reuters) – Victoria captain Matthew Wade, the first Australian cricketer to be banned for pitch tampering, lost his appeal yesterday and will serve a one-game suspension in the domestic Sheffield Shield.
KOCHI, India, CMC- India defeated West Indies by six wickets in their first One- Day International here at Nehru Stadium, Kochi today.
BRISBANE, (Reuters) – England paceman Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, chants and catcalls of a hostile Gabba crowd to take five wickets and leave Australia clinging on at 273 for eight on the first day of the first Ashes test yesterday.
The hot, humid conditions at the Providence National Stadium was ideal for breaking records and the high school stars of Track and Field did not disappoint.
Let the games begin. Following the exhortation of the athletes to aim for the 2016 Olympics in Brazil from President of the Guyana Teacher’s Union, Colin Bynoe, the 53rd Guyana Teacher’s Union/Ministry of Education (MOE) National School’s Cycling, Swimming and Track and Field Championships was officially declared open by acting president, Samuel Hinds at the Providence National Stadium.
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