Sports

Veteran Guyanese marksman Paul Slowe has been appointed captain of the West Indies fullbore shooting team for next year’s Australia Cup championships in Barbados.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC- Guyana, which has already been eliminated, take on CONCACAF giants Costa Rica in the third round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, at the Estadio National de Costa Rica,  this evening.

(Reuters) – The Cape Verde Islands will become the smallest country to compete at an African Nations Cup finals after qualifing at the expense of Cameroon and their remarkable rise is the culmination of a project to target ‘top talent’.

The Guyana Draught Association (GDA) will stage its annual National Championships on Saturday and Sunday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the West Indies Cricket Board, Michael Muirhead, has commended the senior men’s and women’s windies teams for achieving targets set out by the WICB.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC- Former West cricket captain Brian Lara has been named brand ambassador of the Bangladesh Premier League franchise Chittagong Kings.

CENTURION, South Africa, Leading Trinidad and Tobago sports official, Colin Borde, is on a visit to South Africa as part of overall efforts to develop a sports tourism brand unique to the twin island republic.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC- Two Grenadian-born athletes have finished in the top rankings of their respective events in the 2012 National Track League (NTL) of Canada.

By Emmerson Campbell Ian’ QB’ Davis, owner of the Miami-based cycling unit Team Coco plans to make junior star riders Paul DeNobrega, Raynauth Jeffrey, Michael Anthony and Raul Leal, the best in the country.

-says public courts are a tremendous asset Twelve-time Jamaican national squash champion Karen Anderson recently upgraded her coaching qualification by completing the Level II coaching certificate here in Guyana from national coach Carl Ince.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – McLaren have left Lewis Hamilton in no doubt that he will feel the love when he goes back to the Formula One team’s factory this week for the first time since his move to Mercedes was announced last month.

MADRID, (Reuters) – France will field 11 warriors intent on proving Spain are not unbeatable when they play the world and European champions in a World Cup qualifier in Madrid  today, according to striker Karim Benzema.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England cricket chief David Collier has been forced to apologise to South Africa after accusing their players of provoking Kevin Pietersen in the text message row that led to the batsman being dropped.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Veteran opening batsman Chris Gayle believes the forthcoming West Indies tour to Bangladesh of Test and limited overs matches is likely to be challenging.

– But Team Coco’s Jaime Ramirez is the overall winner By Emmerson Campbell Gold medalist at last month’s Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships, Paul DeNobrega riding for Team Coco, fittingly brought the curtain down yesterday with a victory in the final stage of this year’s sixth annual ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage event to complete four days of dominance by Team Coco.

By Emmerson Campbell Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy’s reputation of a knockout specialist was once again dented on Saturday night at the Thirst Park Ground by Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman who stunned his opponent with his staying power and turned on the heat in the latter stages of their eight-round contest.

Guyana rifle shooters made a clean sweep of the West Indies Fullbore  Shooting Championships when they added the prestigious short range title to their collection dethroning Jamaica in the process yesterday at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

GCA/Queensway Cup… By Neil Barry Jr There were to be no further upsets as round one of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Queensway knockout competition was completed yesterday with Vikings, 3rd Class and Ace Warriors all being easily dispatched from the tournament.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will stage its second International softball tournament, the Guyana Softball Cup 2 next month.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies dasher Dwayne Smith played a small cameo while the big-hitting Kieron Pollard failed, as Mumbai Indians opened their Champions League Twenty20 campaign with an eight-wicket defeat to South African side Lions here yesterday.