Sports

The inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continues today with eight encounters across four different venues.

The stage is set for the 2013-2014 National Rifle Shooting championships which fire off today at the Timehri Rifle ranges at 10:00 hours as the nation’s leading rifle shooters battle for supremacy in the three-day competition.

Minister of Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony saiud yesterday that he was pleased with the pace that the rubberized surface is being laid on the synthetic track at Leonora.

KOLKATA, India,  CMC- West Indies, undermined by high quality swing bowling from Mohammad Shami, tumbled to an innings and 51 runs defeat against India in the first test here  yesterday.

Raymond Harper’s half-century guided Regal Masters to a five-run victory over the New York President’s XI yesterday in the first set of preliminary matches of the Guyana Softball Cup 111 which bowled off at several venues across the city.

Stephan Gouveia and Clairmont Gibson’s lightweight bout delivered a knockout punch to patrons on the first night of the National Open Championships last night at the National Gymnasium.

Abdur Kalib from West Coast Demerara Seals’ Abdur Kalib yesterday blasted a belligerent 93 to help his team defeat Lower East Coast Bulls at the Zeeburg Community Centre ground in a fourth round encounter of the Demerara Cricket Board/Raj Singh Insurance Brokers O40 limited overs tournament.

The third edition of the annual Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup was officially launched yesterday at the Princess Hotel Boardroom, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) will stage a two-day trial match on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.

This year’s 24th edition of the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) year-end football tournament continues to acquire support.

The annual Mayor’s Cup Inter Ward/Village seven-a-side football tournament in honour of Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green’s 79th birth anniversary is expected to get cracking tomorrow from 5pm at the Tucville Playfield with some 12 matches organiser Lennox Arthur said yesterday.

An unbeaten century from former Guyana U15 batsman Keino Gravesande led Rainbow Generation of Seafield Village, West Coast Berbice to victory over Bush Lot Challengers in their final Zone A (Upper West Coast Berbice) match of the 2013 New Building Society second division limited overs competition in Berbice.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Carib Beer sponsored first division T20 competition will bowl off their second round today with two matches at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) Thomas Lands.

The Sports Xchange) – Miami guard Dwyane Wade scored 29 points to lead the Heat to a 102-97 win over the Los Angeles Clippers at AmericanAirlines Arena.

BELEK, Turkey, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods showed precisely why he is the world’s number one golfer yesterday, producing a swashbuckling tournament-best 63 to burst into title contention after the second round of the inaugural Turkish Airlines Open.

(Jamaica Observer) Outgoing United States Ambassador to Jamaica Pamela Bridgewater on Thursday said farewell to members of the press at a luncheon held at her residence in St Andrew.

(Cricinfo) West Indies collapsed from 101 for 1 to 168 all out, plummeting to an innings defeat inside three days at Eden Gardens.

Ahead of today’s action in the 2013 edition of the Guyana Softball Cup 111, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Dr Frank Anthony last evening said that he hoped the tournament will be used as a medium of binding people together while promoting healthy living lifestyles.

The Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) Organization received a shot in the arm for its 24th annual year-end football tournament yesterday when the Bushy Park Sawmills became a major sponsor.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has signaled its non-support of the Guyana Cricket Administration Bill 2012 citing several reasons, sparking a response by three major local cricketing bodies who made clear their backing of the Bill and who urged the regional body to also support it.