The round-robin inter-ministries/corporation football tournament continues tonight at the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park with ten teams battling for a spot in the finals after a halt last Tuesday to accommodate other activities at the ground.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Left-arm pace bowler Sohail Tanvir has been retained in the Pakistan squad for the one-day international series in Sri Lanka.
DDL Pepsi recently presented a cheque to the Japan Karate Association/World Federation (JKA/WF) Guyana to aid its participation
LONDON, (Reuters) – England manager Roy Hodgson has shown a lack of respect to defender Rio Ferdinand by not calling him up for Euro 2012 following an injury to Gary Cahill, the Manchester United player’s representative has said.
After three nights of fierce rivalry in the round-robin segment of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Exhibition Competition, the business end of the tournament kicks off tonight at the National Cultural Centre tarmac.
MADRID, (Reuters) – With a limitless supply of attacking players, Spain head to Euro 2012 with all the attributes required to break down the tightest of defences, according to former national team coach and current China boss Jose Antonio Camacho.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Former world champion Thor Hushovd of Norway will skip next month’s Tour de France because he is not fit enough for a three-week race, his BMC team said yesterday.
TORONTO, Canada, CMC – Barbadian jockey Patrick Husbands captured the CAN$116 000 Alywow Stakes for the third straight year but missed out in the prestigious half-million dollar Woodbine Oaks where he was astride the favourite Dixie Strike, in a day of mixed fortunes at Woodbine racetrack on Sunday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – A new name will be engraved on the Suzanne Lenglen trophy after the last remaining champion, China’s Li Na, was felled in the fourth round of the French Open by a bespectacled 142nd ranked qualifier better known for her doubles skills.
BOSTON, (Reuters) – Miami guard Dwyane Wade missed a three-point shot at the buzzer in overtime, allowing the Boston Celtics to see off the Heat 93-91 on Sunday and level the best-of-seven Eastern Conference Finals series at 2-2.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Marlon King and fellow Britain-based striker, Chris Humphrey, have been axed from Jamaica’s senior men’s football squad for its first two matches in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Semi-Final Round competition for breaking curfew rules on their recent tour of Panama.
(Reuters) – Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar yesterday became India’s first active sportsperson to be sworn in as a member of parliament.
The preparatory T10 competition resumed recently with several matches in the men’s open in the over-35 category where competitors are vying for the $100,000 prize.
Back Circle’s (Team Guyana) two-game winning streak was snapped on Saturday night at the new Albouystown Basketball Court, after they were defeated three goals to one by Albouystown.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A superb spell from medium-pacer Jonathan Carter overshadowed a brilliant innings of 94 by Rohit Sharma as India A grabbed a narrow first innings lead over West Indies A at Kensington Oval yesterday.
By Emmerson Campbell Amid the afterglow of the Guyana Jaguars’ crushing 20-nil victory over Trinidad and Tobago’s Calypso Warriors on Saturday, the local ruggers have been lauded for their superior fitness and the execution of their game plan.
POINTE-A-PIERRE, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounders Dwayne Smith and Kieron Pollard produced electrifying innings to fire Queen’s Park to a 56-run victory over Preysal in the final of the Premiership Twenty20 Festival here Saturday night.
LEICESTER, England, CMC – Rain dealt yet another blow to West Indies’ already wretched tour, forcing the abandonment of the second day of their two-day fixture against Leicestershire here yesterday and further undermining their build-up to the third and final later this week.
PARIS, (Reuters) – No man has won four grand slams in a row for 43 years and Novak Djokovic came close to finding out just how difficult pulling off the feat is when he diced with defeat before conjuring a great escape at the French Open yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner on Saturday remained mum on the ownership of the Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, the multi-million-dollar football facility at Macoya.
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