Sports

National cyclist Alonzo Greaves powered to his sixth win of the season by lapping all but seven riders from a star-studded field of 32 starters to claim the feature 35-lap event of the ninth annual Universal Auto Sales sponsored 11-race cycle programme.

Ian Chappell, one of the most perceptive of former players, has set off an informed discussion on the social media with his reasoning for what he sees as the decline in Australian batsmanship.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, CMC- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accused the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) of reneging on an agreement to facilitate a tour of the Caribbean this year.

HYDERABAD, India, CMC – West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels lost a battle with pacer Thisara Perera as his Pune Warriors went down by 22 runs to debutants Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan,  CMC- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has accused the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) of reneging on an agreement to facilitate a tour of the Caribbean this year.

HYDERABAD, India,  CMC – West Indies middle order batsman Marlon Samuels lost a battle with pacer Thisara Perera as his Pune Warriors went down by 22 runs to debutants Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Friday.

Slingerz Football Club,a compliments of goals on either side of half time defeated the Guyana Defence Force 2-1 to book their spot in the Mayor’s Cup final as the semi-final round concluded at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Bourda on Thursday.

By Juanita Hooper Coach of the 2013 CARIFTA Games Team which returned home yesterday after participating at the XLII CARIFTA Games in The Bahamas, Mark Scott, said some members of the local team were approached by Jamaican and American scouts to attain scholarships.

Rugby fans will be in for another treat today when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) stages another double header at the National Park’s rugby field.

National Cycling Coach, Hassan Mohamed with the help of sponsors pedaled off 10 successful races in the first quarter of the season, five of which were won by the teenage trio of the newly formed Coco’s Cycling Club.

The Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy is being hailed as the centre of the development of female footballers, with its members winning several tournaments and even qualifying for the CONCACAF World Cup.  

Beacon Ministries Inc. as part of its 15th Anniversary will host today’s Medal/Stoke Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan golf Club.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafoods second division two-day competition comes alive this weekend when the top four teams meet in the semi finals.

Action in the John Fernandes Insurance Service (JFIS) second division hockey league continues today at the Saints Recreational ground Carifesta Avenue with two slated fixtures beginning at 14:30hrs.

By Neil Barry Jr., Guyana’s leading military men will clash on the cricket field this weekend in the Hadi’s World Incorporated division one, two-day competition when the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) hosts the Police Sports Club at Camp Ayanganna.

(Reuters) – A bowler clattering into the non-striker’s wicket will now be no-balled under new playing conditions, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said in a statement on Thursday.

After seven rounds of gruelling competition in the Brainstreet Under 15 100 overs cricket tournament the bowlers have been dominant evidenced by the seven five wicket hauls.

Former national basketball player Aubrey Chalmers is lamenting the absence of proper fundamentals by t young and up and coming basketball players.

Former national basketball player Aubrey Chalmers is lamenting the absence of proper fundamentals by t young and up and coming basketball players.

New York registered group Hearts of Linden, will host their annual ‘Best of the Ward’ basketball competition this afternoon at the Mackenzie  Sports Club Hard Court.