By Neil Barry
Skipper Shaquille Williams gave his home ground a welcome return to club cricket as he smashed 158 against Transport `A’ playing for Malteenoes Sports Club in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s (GCA) David Persaud Investments Cup match yesterday which ended in a draw.
The inform Troy Cadogan, Ansa Mc Al Trading Marketing Director, will attempt to add the Carib Beer Medal Play Golf title to his collection when the tournament is played Saturday at the Lusignan Golf Course.
(Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has no doubts the team will miss the experience of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman but expects young players to step up and fill the void created by the retirement of the batting stalwarts.
LINZ, Austria, CMC– World and Olympic 400 metre champion Kirani James continued his winning ways when he outpaced the field in the Gugl games in the Austrian City of Linz on Monday.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- West Indies middle order batsman Shiv Chanderpaul has moved up one place in the latest ICC reliance rankings for test batsmen.
(Reuters) – Frankel, a British colt who has become known as the Usain Bolt of horse racing, won his first 10-furlong race to complete a run of 13 straight victories when he clinched the International Stakes at York yesterday.
LOGRONO, Spain, (Reuters) – Up-and-coming German sprinter John Degenkolb claimed his second stage of the Vuelta a Espana yesterday when he outpowered Italian Daniele Bennati and Belgium’s Gianni Meersman in a mass charge for the line.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Australia’s acting coach Steve Rixon believes the extreme heat they will face in the United Arab Emirates when playing Afghanistan and Pakistan will be the perfect preparation for the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Barcelona striker David Villa was fined yesterday for taking off his shirt to reveal a vest with a message dedicated to his family after he scored on his long-awaited return from injury last weekend.
By Emmerson Campbell
Gold medalist at the recently completed South American Powerlifting Championships in Cali, Colombia, John ‘Big John’ Edwards said his experience there is one that will forever be etched in his memory.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s double gold medallist Mo Farah will lead a glittering cast of 42 London Olympic medal winners, including 16 champions, when he races over two miles at a Diamond League meeting in Birmingham on Sunday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen’s rapid fall from grace was completed yesterday when the controversial batsman was left out of the England squads for the Twenty20 World Cup and the one-day series against South Africa.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC- Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake are among Caribbean athletes headlining a star studded cast of Olympic medalists arriving here for tomorrow’s Diamond League event.
By Treiston Joseph
Being silent for approximately one week certainly allowed President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) KA Juman Yassin to take in all the criticism that came his way after Guyana’s 2012 run at the Olympics.
By Iva Wharton
In an effort to sharpen their skills, three players from the Orealla community are part of 10-day training programme conducted by Coach Roy Sharma at the National Library.
By Treiston Joseph
In the face of the blast by Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) President KA Juman Yassin over comments by Director of Sports, Neil Kumar, in the August 12th edition of the Guyana Chronicle, Kumar is holding firm to his denunciation of the Guyana Olympic team’s performance and his criticism of the GOA as well.