Sports

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Darts Association (GDA) would be focusing on reviving the sport in communities outside the city and introducing it into the education system, according to President of the GDA Grantley Culbard.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars football team, ranked 91st in World in the FIFA rankings, will take on Guatemala, one of the best football teams in Central America ranked 84th in the World, at the Guyana National Stadium on Wednesday from 8.00pm.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Resolute batting from Sulieman Benn and Kemar Roach lifted Barbados out of the depths of trouble against Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Regional 4-Day Tournament on Friday night.

By Iva Wharton President of Alpha United Football Club Odinga Lumumba yesterday sought to clear the air on his club’s decision to withdraw itself from under the umbrella of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA).

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC  Denesh Ramdin stroked his ninth first class century to power Trinidad and Tobago to a handy total but Windward Islands were making a strong reply at the close on the second day of their Regional Four-Day match here yesterday.

The Thomas United FC 52nd anniversary Mashramani Challenge Cup football club tournament will resume  on Tuesday in Linden with some four Upper Demerara teams vying for two spots to showcase their skills in Georgetown.

There was likely to have been as much steam and pungent hot air during the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) directors meeting in Castries, over the last two days, as from the nearby Soufriere sulphur springs.

The Uitvlugt Community Centre ground will be the venue for the final two matches of the GFF Super League preliminary competition today with the first game set to start at 13:00 hours.The

The semi-finals of the NAMILCO football tournament will be played off this evening with a double header at the Tucville ground.

Overseas-based Kelvin `Fathead’ Duesbury will headline the men’s singles of the National Sports Commission annual Mashramani tournament which climaxes today at the National Gymnasium.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC ? Kieron Pollard?s frenetic, unbeaten 35 lifted Dhaka Gladiators to a five-wicket win over Barisal Burners  yesterday and put them in line for a semi-final spot in the Bangladesh Premier League.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Jamaica, replying to Guyana’s 294 all out, reached 63 for one in their first innings at tea on

By Emmerson Campbell Will the ‘Big Truck’ roll over the ‘Sniper’ or will the ‘The Sniper’ shoot down the ‘Big Truck’?

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Out-of-favour West Indies batsman Narsingh Deonarine and Leon Johnson stroked accomplished half-centuries but Guyana lost a clatter of wickets in the last session to surrender their firm grip on the opening day of their Regional Four-Day match against leaders Jamaica yesterday.

(Cricinfo) Marlon Samuels, the West Indies all-rounder, has been signed up by Pune Warriors for the next two years.

 PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago captain Denesh Ramdin stroked an unbeaten half-century to prop up his side after Windward Islands make key strikes on the opening day of their fourth round encounter in the Regional 4 Day Championship yesterday.

Barbados were yesterday dismissed for 237 in their match against the Combined campuses and Colleges team at Kensington Oval, Barbados yesterday.

The withdrawal of Alpha United Football Club has put the fifth staging of the NAMILCO Football Festival in limbo.

It is indeed commendable that the International Cricket Council (ICC), the world governing body for cricket, has recognized that all is not well with its governance of the sport and as a result set up a commission to look at its present structure.

The 2012 Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) Inter- County Under-19 tournament is set to bowl off in May, a press relase from the Guyana Cricket Board yesterday stated.