Sports

Elections for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) are nigh, but scars from a recent two-decade old vice-grip at its top post are apparent.

Last weekend’s match of the Noble House Seafood’s second division, two-day cricket competition between the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) turned out to be keenly contested so much so that in the final over of the second day’s play all three results were still possible.

LEICESTERSHIRE, England, ,CMC-Leicestershire plans to sign a new overseas player this week to cover for recalled West Indies middle order batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan.

(Jamaica Gleaner) West Indies fast-bowling legend Andy Roberts says he is disappointed that former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd did not get the requisite support needed to be nominated president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

(BBC) India remain in control of the second Test against Australia, despite a tail-end collapse on day three in Hyderabad today.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – World champions West Indies made the most of Zimbabwe’s lacklustre performance to win the final Twenty20 International by 41 runs and sweep the two-match series here yesterday.

Eighteen-year-old Raynauth Jeffrey yesterday sped off with the 16th annual Dr.Cheddi

The Georgetown senior men’s basketball team avenged the defeat of the junior team with a resounding 21-point win against their Linden counterparts Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall during the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) Super League exhibition tournament.

Reigning national Under-19 champion Jason Ray Khalil completed a resounding victory against Nicholas Narain to win the Guyana Squash Association’s (GSA) Bounty Farm Mash Handicap tournament yesterday at the Georgetown Club’s squash facility.

Former Guyana Open champion Alfred Mentore staved off a strong challenge from Guyana’s top ladies golfer Christine Sukhram to win the Ming’s Product and Services Stableford ¾ Handicap Golf tournament Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies Women easily rolled over Sri Lanka Women by six wickets to cruise to a 2-0 lead in the five-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.

Marian Titans and the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) won titles on the opening day of the Hikers Hockey Club’s third annual junior tournament at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue on Saturday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The unrelenting Miami Heat notched another win on their pay-back tour in a Sunday matinee yesterday, dashing the hopes of the New York Knicks while raising the question of whether any team can deny Miami another NBA title.

Lodge Secondary School on Saturday overcame a game Dolphin Secondary 3-1 in the latest action of the Milo U20 schools football tournament played at the Ministry of Education ground Carifesta Avenue.

Goals from Terrence Aaron and Shawn Daniels in the seventh and ninth minutes respectively enabled New Era Russians to defeat Hard Knocks 2-1 and win the inaugural Banks Premium/Unique Entertainment Futsal tournament at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard-court Saturday night.

Elan Rahaman and Leianna Chung won the boys and girls’ Under-11 singles titles when the National Sports Commission all age badminton tournament commenced on Saturday at the Queen’s College courts.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Atletico Madrid squandered a chance to close to within nine points of La Liga leaders Barcelona when they were held to a 0-0 draw at fourth-placed Malaga yesterday.

(Reuters) – Captain Mohammad Hafeez and bowler Umar Gul put their test woes behind them as Pakistan beat South Africa by 95 runs yesterday to win the two-match Twenty20 series 1-0.

(BBC) Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay both scored unbeaten hundreds as India took control of the second Test against Australia in Hyderabad yesterday.

(BBC) Tottenham won a pulsating north London derby  yesterday to go third in the league and seven points ahead of Arsenal.