Sports

By Emmerson Campbell The 20th edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card this Friday night could be of one of the most meaningful boxing events ever in the history of boxing in Guyana and the Caribbean.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC –Andre Russell and Shawn Findlay said a lack of togetherness undermined Jamaica’s chances of becoming regional Triple Crown champions.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Melaine Walker said she had no immediate plans to switch to the flat 400 metres ahead of the Olympics in London.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Roger Federer sauntered through at the Australian Open on yesterday to set up a first grand slam semi-final against Rafa Nadal since 2005 after the Spaniard fought tooth and nail to keep his own hopes alive.

In this year of the London Olympics there is no indication that Guyana is anywhere near being represented in  basketball.

The Next Level Sports Club’s second annual Inter Corporation dominoes competition is set to get cracking early next month, promoter Lyall Gittens said yesterday.

On Sunday the first meet of the horse race season runs off at the Norman Singh Memorial Turf Club, West Coast Berbice, with $7M up for the taking.

(Reuters) – The Boston Celtics forced the Orlando Magic into a franchise-worst offensive performance in 87-56 rout on Monday, despite the home team missing several key players.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke both hit centuries and combined for 251 runs to drive Australia to 335 for three as India wilted in the Adelaide sun on the opening day of the fourth test yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board Azim Bassarath and Minister of Sport Anil Roberts seem to give proof that success can breed togetherness.

THE VALLEY, Anguilla, CMC – All-rounder Omari Banks, Anguilla’s first and only Test player, has announced his retirement from the professional game.

Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Boxer-of-the- Year 2011 Imran ‘Magic’ Khan said that he is rapidly recovering from the stab wound he sustained on his left arm last Thursday that required six stitches.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, CMC – One of the arbitrators hearing Mohamed Bin Hammam’s case to prevent the Asian Football Confederation from removing him as president said both sides have presented good arguments.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – All-rounder Kenroy Williams, along with openers Rashidi Boucher and Martin Nurse were the outstanding performers in the rain-affected second Barbados three-day trial match which ended on Sunday.

By Emmerson Campbell Proud owner of South America’s fastest knockout Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy has reiterated his intent to knockout Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore when they match gloves Friday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is expected to open its season on Sunday with the annual cross country event at the National Park.

Former three-time national table tennis champion and `ball player extraordinaire’ Maurice Montague Moore, who died on January 8, had his cremated body laid to rest on Sunday in Canada following a moving ceremony attended by family members, close friends, and sportsmen and women of yesteryear.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Five-times champion Serena Williams lost for the first time in four years at the Australian Open yesterday but Novak Djokovic moved into the quarter-finals despite picking up a few battle scars against Lleyton Hewitt.

Junior’s Jewellery and Pawn Shop for the sixth consecutive year will be donating a gold chain to the highest goal scorer in this year’s NAMILCO Football Festival.

If anything, the fact that the Amazon Conquerors failed to reach at least the semi-finals of the just-concluded Caribbean T20 cricket tournament must be a huge disappointment to local cricket fans.