Sports

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) launched its ‘Wear Yellow’ campaign yesterday urging everyone to support the Golden Jaguars as they embark on their quest to top Group B when they face Trinidad and Tobago on November 11 at the Guyana National Stadium.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Batsman Suresh Raina and spinner Harbhajan Singh have been axed from India’s 15-man squad for the first test against West Indies next month, the national cricket board said yesterday.

Cellink Berbice made a winning start to this year’s Inter-County Under-17 tournament with a solid half century from Shemroy Hetmyer at the Wakenaam Community Centre ground yesterday.

Guyanese athletes, Winston George and Adam Harris, were eliminated yesterday after the preliminary rounds of the 200m at the XVI Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – A weary Caroline Wozniacki was  sent packing from the WTA Championships after losing 6-4 6-2 to  powerful Czech Petra Kvitova in her final round-robin match yesterday.

Jamaica held their nerve and grabbed victory after number eleven, Odean Browne smashed the penultimate delivery of the innings for four runs in a dramatic one-wicket semi-final triumph over Sagicor High Performance Centre (HPC) at the Providence Stadium last evening.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Dwayne Bravo will have a chance to make a case for a place in upcoming tour and fortify his claims to be a possible West Indies captain when he leads the A-Team against Bangladesh-A in a home series next month.

Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy who holds the record of registering the fastest knockout in South America  is finding it difficult to attract opponents  into the ring with him.

Victory Valley Royals and Amelia’s Ward Jets comfortably defeated their opponents to set up the much anticipated semi-final clash between the two teams tomorrow at the Mackenzie Hard Court in Linden for the 2011 Brusche Basketball Classic.

Guyana once again dominated the Athletics Championships at the just concluded Inter-Guiana Games (IGG), scoring a total of 357 points to win the category.

President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Cheryl Thompson has been issued a strong letter of reprimand along with three months suspension by the federation’s Disciplinary Committee for displaying disregard and disrespect for the federation.

Junior 400 metres sprinter Stephan James once again performed excellently for Guyana by gaining a sprint double at the recently-concluded Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) in Suriname.

The Guyana Draughts Association has scheduled its annual national draughts competition for tomorrow and Sunday at the Mildred Mansfield Youth Club (Dorcas Club), D’Urban Street, Werk-en-Rust.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – Boxing champion Floyd  Mayweather Jr. was acquitted on Wednesday of charges he  threatened to send armed friends to harm two security guards at  a gated community in suburban Las Vegas. 

DURBAN, (Reuters) – South Africa and Australia reckon  today’s decisive one-day game could have a bearing on next  month’s test series and both are giving their injured players  every chance to prove their fitness for the Durban clash.   

SOFIA, (Reuters) – Olympic champion Galabin Boevski  was arrested at Sao Paulo’s international airport after trying  to board a plane bound for Spain with nine kg of cocaine,  Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Carlos Tevez should not have been  fined four weeks’ wages by Manchester City as he did not refuse  to play in last month’s Champions League match at Bayern Munich,  England’s Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) said yesterday.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera  will launch a sports news channel across the Middle East next  month, it said in a statement yesterday.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – A watchful first test century for  Azhar Ali took Pakistan to 281 for four at the close on the  second day of the second test yesterday and sent them past Sri  Lanka’s first innings total of 239.

HOLLYWOOD, California, (Reuters) – Occasionally  criticised for being too much of a gentleman in the ring, Manny  Pacquiao is more motivated than ever for his WBO welterweight  title defence next month against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez.