Sports

By Neil Barry Guyana’s premier intuition of higher education has embarked on an ambitious trail to become a permanent fixture in the local premier league for the first time and to become Caribbean collegiate champions in the upcoming tournament to be staged in Curacao.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A ruthless Barbados cricket team crushed archrivals Trinidad and Tobago by 227 runs inside three days here yesterday, to storm into the final of the Regional Four-Day Championship.

(Reuters) – Hero Of Order, a 99-1 rank outsider, won yesterday’s $1 million Louisiana Derby at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans in a major boilover.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica took yet another giant step towards an unprecedented fifth successive first class title when they brushed aside a fragile Guyana by 133 runs with a day to spare, in their Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder made a major statement heading into the final month of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season with a playoff-clinching 92-78 home victory over the league-leading Chicago Bulls yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Featherweight boxer Mandessa Moses used her superior ring craft to record a unanimous defeat of heavyweight opponent Pauline London In the headline bout of the 21st edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Pro Am card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Friday night.

Guyanese powerlifters broke records and had a massive medal haul at the two-day Caribbean Power lifting Championships over the weekend in St Thomas, USVI on Friday.

As action in the third edition of the  Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tournament continues around Guyana with teams battling for over G$30M in cash and incentives, one team from the Lower East Coast Zone is looking make big steps in this year’s competition.

By Iva Wharton For former Group Three `Top Dog’ Ryan Rahaman the roles are reversed going in to today’s Race of Champions motor race meet at the South Dakota Circuit but he would not have it any other way.

They flocked to Kensington Oval in their thousands on Friday for the second of the West Indies’ Twenty20 Internationals against Australia, many with their red T-shirts proclaiming the Obama campaign slogan, “Yes We Can!”.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Barbados were grinding themselves into a strong position against Trinidad and Tobago as 17 wickets fell on the second day of the Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy has warned Australia to expect more of his side’s fighting spirit when the three-Test series bowls off here next weekend.

Enterprise Legends scored a crushing nine wicket win over East Bankers on Sunday last when the Guyana Floodlight softball Cricket association  Hadi’s sponsored competition continued.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Guyana conceded valuable first innings points despite a valiant effort from veteran batsman Shiv Chanderpaul as Jamaica emerged with the advantage after a keenly contested second day of the Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Dashing West Indies batsman Dwayne Smith has pointed to his six-year-old daughter Niyesha as one of the main reasons behind his recent resurgence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – For the second time in as many weeks, West Indies walked away with a share of the spoils after they beat Australia by 14 runs to tie their two-match Twenty20 International series here yesterday.

The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday pledged its support to the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to end the current crisis facing Guyana’s cricket, a decision that IMC chairman Clive Lloyd called a landmark move.

Cellphone Giants Digicel yesterday renewed its commitment to the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club by sponsoring the four-year horses race of tomorrow’s Jumbo Jet meeting at the club’s racetrack.

Guyana stands a good chance of moving up from its current number three ranking at the annual Caribbean junior table tennis championships which commences in Cuba next week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Donovan Pagon and captain Tamar Lambert hit half-centuries but Jamaica suffered a batting collapse after Guyana’s spinners struck telling blows on the opening day of their Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.