Sports

The Western Union Plaisance/Vryheids Lust team became the third team to qualify for the semifinal round in the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) when they defeated Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust 77-67 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) last Sunday evening.

Getting word of her confirmation to attend the 2012 Summer Olympics was the high point of the year for Bishop’s High School student Britany Van Lange.

The Guyana Rugby Football (GRFU) Union yesterday named the team to play against Bermuda on Saturday in the final Caribbean qualifying match for the 2015 Rugby World Cup to take place in Hamilton, Bermuda on Saturday.

POZNAN, (Reuters) – Italy never do things easily and although the 2-0 scoreline suggests they comfortably beat Ireland yesterday to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals, the bruised palms of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon prove otherwise.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Angelo Mathews kept a cool head to guide Sri Lanka to a nerve-jangling two-wicket win over Pakistan in the fifth and final one-day international  yesterday.

MIAMI,   (Reuters) – Miami’s dominance from the free-throw line proved strong enough to quell the Oklahoma City Thunder in a fierce fourth-quarter battle as the Heat claimed a 91-85 Game Three victory on Sunday and a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals.

LONDON, England, CMC – Injury has ruled West Indies batsman Darren Bravo out of the tour of England, dealing yet another blow to the Caribbean side ahead of today’s second One-Day International against England.

The Guyana Table tennis Association is in receipt of the second set of Stag equipment.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A jury on Monday acquitted Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens of all six criminal counts against him in a trial on charges that he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – While Webb Simpson emerged from the damp mist to win his first major title at the U.S.

By Emmerson Campbell After roaring to a 20-nil victory against the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Warriors two weeks ago in the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the Guyana Jaguars have now turned their attention to Bermuda.

Defending Champions Young Achievers Volleyball Club is racking up the wins in the third annual Tradewind Tankers nationwide invitational volleyball competition organized by Castrol Strikers which began Saturday at the National Gymnasium.

CHRISTCHURCH,  (Reuters) – Tom Latham has had all of his injections.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Opener Kieran Powell kept himself in the Test selection frame when he stroked his third first class hundred and his second in as many months, to lead an impressive West Indies A effort on the second day of the decisive third and final Test against India A here  yesterday.

Organisers of the upcoming lucrative inaugural Guinness Street Football Challenge tournament yesterday said that only teams from five Caribbean countries will participate in the tournament following the withdrawal of a representative team from Haiti.

Yesterday’s annual Guyoil sponsored Father’s Day race. Was won by Orville Hinds after Alonzo Greaves was disqualified.

 LONDON,  (Reuters) – Argentina’s David Nalbandian was defaulted from his Queen’s Club final against Croatia’s Marin Cilic  yesterday for kicking out and injuring a linesman.

McDoom/Diamond handed Nigel Hinds and Associates North Ruimveldt their first loss of the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) last Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

National junior sprinter Elton Bollers is making headway with his rising career as he clocked 10.88s to with the boy’s under-20 100 metres yesterday at the Mustang Games in Trinidad which was held at the Hasley Crawford Stadium.

The Little Rascals convincingly defeated the Black Panthers on Saturday evening to cart off this year’s Farfan and Mendes Junior Team Tournament at the Georgetown Club courts.