Sports

National rifle shooting captain Mahendra  Persaud defied the elements to win last Sunday’s third Recorded Shoot at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

Guyana Basketball Association Federation (GABF) General Secretary Michael Burnett stated that the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) will continue to be officially suspended until they accept the federation’s decision of uplifting the ban on Retrieve Raiders national centre Dwayne Roberts.

All rounder Devon Clements struck a match-winning half-century and took three wickets as Bermine defeated West Berbice by 26 runs Sunday to win the 2013 Universal DVD first division T20 competition.

Hikers Cadets crushed Old Fort by 8-4 margin in their first division matchup when action in the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB)/Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) National Indoor Hockey Championships continued at the National Gymnasium on Tuesday.

National Cycling Coach Hassan Mohamed will resume his cycling calendar on Saturday at the National Park with the staging of the second annual Payless Variety Store 11-race cycle programme.

A confident 10-member outfit of under-18 lawn tennis players departed for French Guiana yesterday to compete in the three-day Inter Guiana Games which serves off tomorrow.

The Shameer Baksh Memorial U17 competition produced outstanding all-round performance from the county’s Under-15 cricketers in the first two rounds of its fixtures played over the weekend across the ancient county of Berbice.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) overcame Old Fort 6-3 in their veterans divisional fixture when the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB)/Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) National Indoor Hockey Championships continued at the National Gymnasium on Tuesday with president of the Guyana Hockey Board Philip Fernandes netting a helmet-trick.

The Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup Trophy will be arriving in Guyana next Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Corey Anderson smashed his first test century as New Zealand reached 419 for eight against Bangladesh to take a first innings lead of 137 on the third day of the second and final test in Dhaka  yesterday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Manchester City’s Ivorian midfielder Yaya Toure said he was the victim of racist abuse from the stands during his side’s 2-1 Champions League victory away at CSKA Moscow yesterday.

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee in collaboration with the Queen’s College Allied Arts department will be hosting a day of sports at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue on Saturday from 9:00hrs.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC- Stand-in captain Jenny Gunn and all-rounder Natalie Sciver exploded in a combined bowling offensive as England stormed back to annihilate New Zealand by 19 runs in the fifth match of the Women’s Twenty20 International Tri-Series on Tuesday at Kensington Oval here.

(The Sports Xchange) – The NBA Finals is returning to a 2-2-1-1-1 format in a change unanimously approved yesterday by the owners during their meetings in New York.

FLORIDA, CMC- West Indies batsman Kieran Powell says he is anxious to partner with veteran Shiv Chanderpaul for a significant milestone in his test playing career when the series against India get underway next month.

(Reuters) – Leg spinner Imran Tahir grabbed five wickets to put South Africa in control of the second test as Pakistan collapsed to 99 all out on the opening day in Dubai yesterday.

(Reuters) – England captain Alastair Cook says his side accepts their role as favourites as they chase a fourth consecutive Ashes series victory over Australia for the first time in over 100 years.

National table tennis player Christopher Franklin last weekend smashed his way to the men’s singles title at the French League team and individual tournaments in French Guiana.

Four of the five Guyanese participants who recently returned from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sponsored Tutor/Assessor course held at the University of Technology (UTech) in Jamaica, said that once in effect the course will revamp, strengthen and standardize the foundation of cricket in Guyana and across the Caribbean.

Reigning Guyana and Caribbean individual shooting champion Lennox Braithwaite was back to his winning ways when he won last weekend’s Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) second Recorded Shoot at the Timehri Rifle ranges.