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.
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.
HAMBANTOTA, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi celebrated his 50th appearance in Twenty20 internationals with a half century to lead his side to a 23-run victory over Sri Lanka yesterday.
(Reuters) – Argentina’s decision to play their four world class forwards was fully justified in a crushing 4-0 win over Ecuador that put them top of the South American World Cup qualifiers on Saturday.
(Reuters) – Kevin Durant’s unstoppable fourth-quarter explosion lifted Oklahoma City to a 109-103 victory over the recently unbeatable San Antonio Spurs on Saturday and levelled the Western Conference Finals series at 2-2.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Officials of problem-plagued football club Boulevard Blazers have kicked out 13 players in a drastic move to clean up the club’s image.
EDMONTON, Alberta, CMC – Defending Northlands Park jockeys’ champion Rico Walcott rode a triple on Friday’s eight-race card to extend his winning trend, after landing four-winners on Wednesday’s mid-week programme.
DUBLIN, Ohio, (Reuters) – Tiger Woods’ remarkable two-shot victory at the Memorial tournament yesterday will have sent a few shivers down the spines of his rivals with the year’s second major, the U.S.