The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) sponsored Berbice recovered from losing first innings points to beat Essequibo outright in Round Two of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County four day competition at Wales.
Incumbent Vernon Burnett was yesterday re-elected president of the Georgetown Football Association when that body held its election of office bearers at the Sleepin International Hotel.
Clyde Butts and his selection panel had a couple of contrasting dilemmas to resolve last week as they sorted out the West Indies squad for the five One-Day Internationals and one Twenty20 in Australia next month.
PAARL, (Reuters) – A superb rear-guard knock of 47 not out from James Franklin helped New Zealand pull off an improbable one-wicket victory against South Africa in the first one-day international yesterday.
Given his subtle campaigning, reflected in the numerous media interviews given in recent days, Colin Boyce seems overly desperate to retain the presidency of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG).
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – World marathon champion Edna Kiplagat, Olympic silver medallist Vivian Cheruiyot and former Olympic champions Asbel Kiprop and Nancy Jebet Lagat, were beaten in Kenya’s Defence Forces and Police cross country championships yesterday.
(Reuters) – Kevin Durant scored a career-high 52 points as the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder prevailed 117-114 in an overtime thriller against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.
PERTH, Australia, CMC – West Indies speedster Kemar Roach saved his best for last, producing a superb spell to help propel Brisbane Heat to the capture of the Australian Big Bash title here today.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer was in no mood to let a trend develop after the first real upsets of the week at the Australian Open tennis today and slapped down local upstart Bernard Tomic with authority to reach the fourth round.
In a nail-biting finish Guyana defeated the Windward Islands by four wickets to set up a showdown with Chris Gayle’s Jamaicans today for a spot in tomorrow’s final of the West Indies Cricket Board’s T20 tournament at Gros Islet, St Lucia yesterday.
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Hadi’s World Incorporated (City Mall) first division two-day cricket competition resumes this weekend with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) playing Gandhi Youth Organization (GYO) at Camp Ayanganna.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong ended years of vehement denial on Thursday by finally coming clean and admitting he had cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France titles with systematic use of banned, performance-enhancing drugs.
(Reuters) – LeBron James scored a season-high 39 points to help the Miami Heat survive a late rally from the Lakers and post a 99-90 win in Los Angeles on Thursday.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Batting superstar Chris Gayle announced his arrival at the Caribbean Twenty20 the only way he knows how, belting an high octane half-century to fire Jamaica to a seven-wicket win over Combined Campuses and Colleges and confirm their place in today’s playoff final.
Medium pacer Mark Tyrell bagged 6-14 to help Essequibo secure first innings points against GT&T Berbice on the third day of their Guyana Cricket Board Inter County cricket match at the Wales Community Development Centre ground yesterday.
Half centuries from Vishaul Singh and Shaquille Williams saw Demerara posting 365 all out against the President’s XI who had replied with 62-2 at the close of the third day’s play of the Guyana Cricket Board Inter County four day competition at the Demerara Cricket Club in Queenstown on Thursday.
(Reuters) – Sri Lanka laboured to a four-wicket victory after right-arm pacer Nuwan Kulasekara destroyed Australia with a fine display of swing bowling in the third one-day international in Brisbane yesterday.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – A scintillating Darren Sammy cameo helped Windward Islands overpower beleaguered Barbados and keep alive their chances of reaching the playoffs of the Caribbean Twenty20.
Ravens and the Amelia’s Ward Jets bastketball teams will clash today in the ‘Jets Basketball Exchange Classic’ at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hardcourt.
(Reuters) – A welcome wind blew away the stifling heat at Melbourne Park yesterday but there was no diverting Novak Djokovic or Maria Sharapova from their paths to the last 16 of the Australian Open on day five of the tournament.
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