Sports

With four days to go before they wing out for international duty, Guyana’s record breaking masters powerlifters, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby and John ‘Big John’ Edwards are both in a winning state of mind.

Following the two-day National Cycling Championships this weekend, the nation’s best cyclists will be on their saddles again on Monday competing for lucrative cash prizes in the 10th annual Roraima Bikers Club and NAMILCO Caricom Day ‘Wheat-Up’ Cycling Classic.

(BBC) Brazil scraped into the final of the Confederations Cup with victory in an emotional and highly-charged encounter at the Estadio Mineirao yesterday.]

New Silvercity Secondary in their final preliminary game defeated Mackenzie High School by a 63-41 margin as action in the Linden Secondary Schools U19 Basketball Championships continued at the Mackenzie Hard-court on Tuesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Sports administrator Michael Fennell has stretched his unbroken run as president of the Jamaica Olympic Association to 36 years following Tuesday’s general election.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods did not express confidence about being 100 percent fit for next month’s British Open but said yesterday his injured left elbow would be “good enough” for the year’s third major championship.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – It was a disgrace to have associated Argentina’s 1978 World Cup-winning players with the military dictatorship of the time, former coach Cesar Luis Menotti has said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Cycling sponsors can enjoy great value for money if they are willing to trust that the sport is finally leaving its dark doping days behind.

(Reuters) – Discarded England opener Nick Compton scored a fluent 81 as Australia suffered another mixed day in an Ashes warm-up against Somerset yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England stand-in skipper Eoin Morgan is backing Kevin Pietersen to help turn around his side’s fortunes in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Banned Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif was robbed of cash and valuables at gunpoint in Lahore yesterday.

(BBC) Kent have confirmed the signing of South Africa bowling all-rounder Vernon Philander on a short-term deal.

(BBC) Darren Lehmann’s appointment as Australia coach should give England cause for concern, according to Ashes-winning bowler Matthew Hoggard.

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC – West Indies A bounced back to square the one-day series against Sri Lanka A, posting a convincing 90-run victory at the Grenada National Stadium yesterday.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- West Indies cricket captain in test and T20, Darren Sammy, has signed a new two year deal with regional telecommunications provider Digicel.

To West Indians of a certain vintage, among whom I now inevitably count myself, the name Dicky Rutnagur evokes memories of India’s tours of the West Indies long before the advent of abbreviated cricket  and, if more forgettable, of the monumental upset of Kapil Dev’s team in the 1983 World Cup at Lord’s.

FREEPORT, Grand Bahama, CMC- A sprint icon in the Bahamas, Chandra Sturrup, has announced her retirement from athletics after a long career.

Demerara and Berbice yesterday gained first innings points over the President’s XI and Essequibo respectively on the second day of the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board/Guyana and Trinidad Mutual Insurance Company-sponsored,  three-day Inter-County tournament.

Popular promoters Lyall Gittens and Mark `Jumbie’ Wiltshire will stage separate dominoes competitions shortly.

Vryman’s Erven Secondary School yesterday hammered Manchester Secondary 13-1 as the nationwide Digicel Schools Football tournament continued at the All Saints Scot’s School ground,New Amsterdam, Berbice Stephen Boucher was the team’s top goal scorer with six goals.