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Letitia Myles comfortably crosses the finish line in the girl’s under-20 200 metres to record her sprint triple.
Letitia Myles comfortably crosses the finish line in the girl’s under-20 200 metres to record her sprint triple.

Protest and hunger strike mar championships…Three sprint triples recorded

By Treiston Joseph and Emmerson Campbell Three sprint triples were recorded at the 51st edition of the National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence amidst drama, protests and a hunger strike. 

Tremayne Smartt
Tremayne Smartt

Tremayne Smartt fails drug test

Guyanese and West Indies cricketer Tremayne Smartt has been slapped with a five-month ban by the ICC for a doping violation under Article 2.1 of the ICC Anti-Doping Code after she used a prohibited drug for an injury.

Noel Adonis

FIFA hits Adonis with 30-day ban

Guyanese football official Noel Adonis has been suspended for 30 days by FIFA over ethics violations in the  run-up to the world governing body’s presidential election  earlier this year.

Pakistan win spoils Jayawardene milestone

(Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene became the ninth  batsman to pass 10,000 runs in one-day internationals but could  not prevent Sri Lanka losing to Pakistan in the third game of  the series at the Dubai International Stadium yesterday.

Dale Steyn

Steyn sparks another Australian collapse

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Dale Steyn was the  architect of another Australian batting collapse as South Africa  ended the second day of the second test yesterday trailing by  just 30 runs with all 10 second-innings wickets intact.

Guinness football . . .

Defending champions Broad Street whipped Retrieve of Linden 4-0 but it was West Front Road who was the most clinical when they routed Plaisance 8-0 at the Albouystown Court on Thursday night.

Jacques Kallis

Kallis passes milestone but SA stumble

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis became the fourth leading run-scorer in tests as he passed 12,000 runs but South Africa ruined the party by being bowled out for 266 on the first day of the second test against Australia yesterday.

India drop Yuvraj for final test against Windies

KOLKATA, India  (Reu-ters) – Yuvraj Singh’s test career stuttered again yesterday when the left-hander, a regular match-winner in one-day cricket, was dropped from the Indian team for the third and final test against West Indies.

West Indies crush Pakistan by eight wickets to top Group B

SAVAR, Bangladesh, CMC – A five-wicket haul from off-spinner Anis Mohammed and unbeaten half-centuries by Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin, spurred West Indies Women to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan Women in a key second round Group B match of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier here yesterday.

Lara, Latapy, Yorke for First Citizens Hall of Fame

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara and former Trinidad & Tobago footballers Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy will be inducted into the First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad on November 23.

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