(Reuters) – A week, as former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once quipped, is a long time in politics, though New Zealand captain Ross Taylor and his young team have also discovered that it also applies to test cricket.
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Batsman Younus Khan warned Bangladesh to get ready to face yet another onslaught from Pakistan’s feared spinning attack as the teams got ready for the two-test series that begins in Chittagong today.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Jose Mourinho wants to prove there has been a shift in the balance of power towards his Real Madrid side when the La Liga leaders host bitter rivals Barcelona in the opening ‘Clasico’ of the campaign tomorrow.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – National Basketball Association (NBA) players and owners ratified a new collective bargaining agreement yesterday, formally ending a five-month lockout and ensuring the season will start on Christmas Day.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – A swashbuckling finish yielding five birdies in six holes catapulted Rory McIlroy up the Dubai World Championship leaderboard yesterday as he seized the early initiative in his European money-list battle with Luke Donald.
Former Guyana captain Ramnaresh Sarwan has found himself in hot water with the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) following a dispute over his non selection on the Guyana national Twenty20 team named for next year’s regional Twenty20 tournament.
Star Party Rentals and Global Connection have become the latest entities to throw support behind the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament, which commences on Saturday with a double-header at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has warned paceman Pat Cummins about his Indian Premier League ambitions after it emerged the talented teenager’s heel injury would see him sidelined for most of the Australian cricket summer.
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Bangladesh have recalled former captain Mohammad Ashraful to a 15-man squad for their upcoming two-test series against Pakistan.
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – The Bangladesh Cricket Board are to carry out an investigation after the car carrying match officials following Tuesday’s defeat by Pakistan was alleged to have been stoned.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United and Manchester City will begin 2012 scrapping with the also-rans of European football after ignominious Champions League exits as Basel, Olympique Lyon, Napoli and CASK Moscow grabbed the last four knockout round spots yesterday.
Says Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, Kurt ‘The Sledgehammer’ Bess will look to destroy the bodywork and break through the defenses of World Boxing Council (WBC) CABOFE cruiserweight champion Barbadian Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox when the two pugilists match gloves for the latter’s title in the headline bout of the 19th edition of the Pro Am Guyana Fight Night card on December 17.
The Round-of-16 stage matches in the 2011 Guinness-in-the-Streets football tournament got underway on Tuesday evening with Alexander Village, West Front Road and Charlestown securing spots in Saturday’s quarter-finals.
INDORE, India, CMC – For the second time in four days, West Indies face a crucial test of their mettle as they seek to win the fourth One-Day International against India here today and stay alive in the five-match series.
It has come to the attention of the Kashif and Shanghai Organisation that various public pronouncements are being made which suggest that the organization has been displaying partisan political preferences.
The Queen’s Park Cricket Club (QPCC) has stated that its is extremely disappointed to learn of the decision of the WICB to relocate the preliminary round of the regional T20 tournament from the Queen’s Park Oval to the Sir Vivian Richards Cricket Grounds in Antigua.
The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has confirmed that the National Table Tennis Championships will bounce off tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) from 16:00 hrs.
The Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) is requesting the presence of the executive members of its seven top clubs this evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club Pavilion from 18:00hrs.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies off-spinner Rangy Nanan has praised the selection of fellow Trinidadian Sunil Narine for the third One-Day International against India, and says playing leg-spinner Anthony Martin in the first match of the series was a mistake.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies batting legend Gordon Greenidge partnered with Trinidadian Carlos Baynes to win this year’s inaugural Celebrating Life World Aids Day Golf tournament here last weekend.
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