Sports

National cyclist, Alonzo Greaves yesterday blitzed a star studded field at the National Park to cart off top honours in the feature 35-lap event of the National Sports Commission (NSC) 11-race cycling meet.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says there was no need to press the panic button despite watching his side get routed by Australia for their third lowest total in One-Day Internationals here last Friday.

Guyana, the 2012 West Indies fullbore shooting champions will host the Great Britain Rifle shooting team during the first half of this year ahead of an international shooting championship in Barbados.

Newly crowned Kashif and Shanghai champions Buxton United will be looking to prove that their success was no fluke when they take on Milerock of Linden as the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) 10-team Super League competition resumes today with three matches at two venues.

NOT unexpectedly, the International Cricket Council (ICC) last week gave an unequivocal endorsement to the domestic Twenty20 tournaments that continue to proliferate wherever the game is played.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Football Club, two-time winners and defending champions of the NAMILCO Football Tournament will begin their quest to retain their title starting this evening at the Fruta Conquerors ground.

Several batsmen found form in a rain-affected limited overs game at the Everest Cricket Club ground between the national cricket team preparing for the upcoming regional season and a Rest Team.

A gritty performance by tournament heavyweights Tucville Secondary saw them come from behind to defeat a dogged Tutorial High 6-2 in latest action of the Milo U20 school football tournament.

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Ghana stayed on course for their fifth African Nations Cup title when substitute Mubarak Wakaso scored twice to sink surprise packages Cape Verde Islands 2-0 in a fiercely contested quarter-final  yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Hendy Springer said Barbados will be looking to focus energy on upholding their rich heritage in the game during the Regional 4-Day and Super50 Tournaments.

(Reuters) – Brook Lopez led the way with 20 points in three quarters as the Brooklyn Nets outlasted an under-strength Chicago Bulls 93-89 at home on Friday.

MUMBAI, India,  CMC – Captain Merissa Aguilleira says West Indies have not been daunted by their opening loss to Australia and remain confident they can hit back and still qualify for the Super Six, second round stage of the ICC Women’s World Cup.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore believes an onslaught by the South African pace bowlers in the morning session on day two of the second test at the Wanderers  yesterday was the best he has ever seen.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa held a 411-run lead over Pakistan at the close of the second day of the first test at the Wanderers  yesterday with seven second innings wickets still in hand after dismissing the visitors for their lowest test score of 49.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore believes an onslaught by the South African pace bowlers in the morning session on day two of the second test at the Wanderers today was the best he has ever seen.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson says there was no need to press the panic button despite watching his side get routed by Australia for their third lowest total in One-Day Internationals here last Friday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa fast bowler Dale Steyn took six for eight as Pakistan collapsed to their lowest test total of 49 on the second day of the first test at the Wanderers today.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Lethargic West Indies were bowled out for their lowest ever One-Day International score against Australia, as they made a calamitous start to their five-match series with an embarrassing nine-wicket defeat here  yesterday.

Following the visit of CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb and Thierry Regenass of the world governing body for football (FIFA) an end was brought to the impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association with the voting rights for the latter being restored and the GFA agreeing to withdraw the matter from the Court.

After losing in the semi final of the 23rd Kashif and Shanghai tournament to eventual winners Buxton United, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will look to bounce back and lift the champion’s trophy of the sixth annual NAMILCO Football Tournament.