Sports

National player Edinho Lewis showed off  a wide repertoire of strokes whilst playing unbeaten to win the men’s Open singles when the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior and `C’ Class tournaments  sponsored by Hopkinson Mining Company concluded last night at the National Gymnasium.

It’s an easy guess to determine the type of spin the West Indies Cricket Board  (WICB) will use to cover up the team’s recent embarrassing  One- Day International series loss to lowly Bangladesh.

By Iva Wharton The development of chess in schools will not be left to the annual schools tournament but efforts are also being made to have vibrant chess clubs in the schools.

By Yonalla Dalrymple West Ruimveldt Primary was adjudged the best school on Saturday when the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) staged its 10s competition at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

TORONTO,  (Reuters) – The injury-depleted Toronto Raptors won consecutive games for the first time in eight months with a 103-96 victory over the Houston Rockets yesterday.

(BBC) Sprinter Usain Bolt has been named the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year after winning triple Olympic gold for the second successive Games.

HOBART, (Reuters) – Peter Siddle grabbed five wickets to help Australia to a 141-run lead at the end of the third day of the first test  yesterday but only after a brilliant 147 from Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan had stalled the hosts for much of the day.

(BBC) England face a nervy last day in the final Test as they seek a first series victory in India for 27 years.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Tickets for the Caribbean Twenty20 go on sale today, with organisers encouraging fans to take advantage of the “attractive” prices on offer for the January showpiece.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Big Bash outfit Sydney Thunder have dished out the luxury again for West Indies Twenty20 mega star Chris Gayle.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine’s miserly spell was not enough to prevent Sydney Sixers from defeat to Perth Scorchers, in the Australian Big Bash League here yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Eon Bancroft copped the best boxer award, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan survived a third round scare and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) lifted the Best Gym trophy in the two-day action packed National Open Boxing Championships which concluded yesterday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.

 FOUR YEARS ago, when the idea that Test cricket should be split into two divisions was gaining currency, there was no doubt which one the West Indies would be in.

By Iva Wharton The second annual Banks DIH/GFA tournament is expected to  kick off today at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground, Bourda and officials said everything will be in place for game time at 6pm.

By Emmerson Campbell Once good weather prevails, the 23rd edition of the annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament will kick off tonight at the scheduled Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground and once play is possible two teams will move closer to the four million dollar first prize.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago edged Martinique on penalties in a dramatic semi-final to book their spot in today’s final of the CFU Caribbean Cup.

HOBART,  (Reuters) – Mike Hussey scored an unbeaten 115 to drive Australia towards an aggressive declaration at 450 for five before Sri Lanka were reduced to 87-4 at stumps on the second day of the first test yesterday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies batsman Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels both failed, but Samuels’s Melbourne Renegades snatched a five-wicket in a low-scoring encounter in the Australia Big Bash here Friday.

(BBC) England took four wickets in the last hour of the third day to fight back against India in the final Test.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Merissa Aguilleira says she wants to see fearlessness from her charges, as the side gears up for the home series against South Africa and the ICC World Cup in India next month.