CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Bowling coach Champaka Ramanayake conceded Sri Lanka had misread the pitch when they asked South Africa to bat first in the third and final test yesterday and then compounded the mistake by bowling badly.
Trinidad and Tobago semi-professional football club Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA are the 2011/12 Kashif and Shanghai champions after they defeated Pele FC 2-0 in the final of the 22nd staging of the annual tournament On New Year’s Day at the Providence National Stadium.
For the second year in succession Alpha United won a football tournament on New Year’s Day following last year’s victory in the annual Kashif and Shanghai tournament.
The race by sports associations to be the adjudged among the best over the past year could see Track and Field ending up in the “also ran” category despite the strenuous efforts of those in charge.
By Emmerson Campbell ALBA Games bronze medalist and gold medalist at the Ronald Wilson Memorial boxing tournament, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan ended 2011 on a high note by defeating previously unbeaten Lawrence Singh in the headline amateur bout of a Pro Am card in Trinidad and Tobago last Friday night.
(Edited version of a New Year’s Day statement from the Guyana Cricket Board) “We take this opportunity to wish all Guyanese a bright and prosperous new year and trust that better sense will prevail in these troubling times.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The scandals that have plagued recent series with Pakistan must be forgotten when England play them in the United Arab Emirates later this month, captain Andrew Strauss said yesterday.
President Donald Ramotar will seek the advice of the Attorney General in relation to the members of the National Twenty20 team’s appeal to him, Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Cricket Development Officer Robin Singh said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England captain Andrew Flintoff briefly considered quitting the game after hitting an “all-time low” during the 2006-07 Ashes whitewash in Australia, the player told a BBC programme discussing the mental health of top sportsmen.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Omar Khan said winning a warm-up Twenty20 tournament in Barbados this week would be the right tonic for reigning Caribbean champions Trinidad & Tobago ahead of the Caribbean T20.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Dwayne Bravo was a bust again in his final Big Bash League match before returning home for the Caribbean Twenty20.
LONDON, CMC – Gifted West Indies middle order batsman Darren Bravo has been named in ESPN’s Cricinfo Test XI of 2011.
LONDON, CMC – British Conservative MP Damian Collins said Sepp Blatter’s conduct as president of FIFA should be independently investigated.
(Reuters) – The Miami Heat mauled the Charlotte Bobcats in a 129-90 blowout on Sunday to improve to a franchise-best 5-0 start to an NBA season.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa must be mentally stronger in the third and final test against Sri Lanka, captain Graeme Smith said on the eve of the match.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The green shoots of Australian recovery will be exposed to the full glare of India’s determination to level the series in the 100th test match to be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting today.
COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka recalled fast bowler Nuwan Kulasekera in naming a 15-man squad for the five-match one-day series against South Africa starting at Paarl on Jan.
Captains of Alpha “The Hammer” United and Fruta Conquerors, the teams competing in the Banks Beer Cup knockout final have expressed confidence ahead of the much anticipated grand finale this evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
The 22nd annual 2011/12 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament, the premier football competition in Guyana over the past two decades, which commenced this year on December 10h with 22 teams, vying for the prestigious prize of one pound of gold (4 million dollars) concludes tonight at the Providence National Stadium with just the final two teams – Pele and Neal and Massy Caledonia AIA of Trinidad and Tobago facing off.
Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United hammered in two late goals against Sunburst Camptown in the final minutes of extra time to secure their spot in the final of the Banks Knockout Football Tournament at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground Friday evening.
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