Sports

The Mackeson Smooth Moves 3-on-3 basketball tournament will bounce off tomorrow at the newly-refurbished Mackenzie Sports Club Hard Court from 16:00 hours.

BANGALORE, India, CMC-IANS – West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard banged a characteristically stroke-filled half-century but heavy and unabated rain washed out an exciting contest between a spirited Mumbai Indians and Cape Cobras in the Champions League Twenty20 late yesterday.

Ronaldo Rodrigues, fresh from participating at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isla of Man and Britany van Lange, will spearhead the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) 12-member team to the upcoming Inter Guiana Games (IGG) later this month in Suriname.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – Legendary West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh says he views his role as Under-19 team manager, as key in helping to develop West Indies cricket by helping to groom the next generation of players.

The Bartica Football Association (BFA) Division One Football League kicked off September 18 with six teams Beacons, Rising Stars, Wolves United, Milballers, Potaro Strikers and Rivers View F.C

Albion Community Centre and Port Mourant Karibee Rice will clash today at the Port Mourant ground in the semi-final of the 2011 Ramcharitar Construction Services First Division 50-over cricket competition in Berbice.

The 2011 Tenelec Inc First Division 50-over cricket competition organized by the Berbice Cricket Board for teams in the Ancient County continues this weekend with three fifth round matches  today and five sixth round matches  tomorrow.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Kevin McClean cruelly exposed the batting limitations of the current West Indies team, jolting them with an inspiring spell of fast-medium bowling to lead the West Indies High Performance Centre to a six-wicket victory in a One-day practice match yesterday.

VISAKHAPATNAM, India, CMC – A half-century from their captain Kraigg Brathwaite was insufficient to take West Indies Under-19s to victory yesterday, when Australia Under-19s slammed them by 137 runs in the quadrangular Youth One-day International series.

Inter-House school sports around Georgetown continued yesterday with Bishops’ High School and Tutorial High School

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-IANS – International matches are set to witness a slew of changes in all three formats with amendments to rules coming into effect from tomorrow.

Trenace Lowe captured first place in the under-21 and women’s singles at the Tobago Open last weekend.

They were rival players in the just-concluded traditional Berbice versus Demerara showdown in the El Dorado Senior Inter-County 50-overs competition.

Roti Hut, a part of the Bakewell group of companies, yesterday handed over a $500,000 cheque to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) at the company’s main branch on Albert Street.

By Iva Wharton Coaches and heads of associations have agreed that the survival of many sporting disciplines in Guyana depends on an organisation’s ability to attract young people from the school system and at Marian Academy it is also seen as enhancing academic performance.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Australian Geoff Marsh said he  was keen to extend his two-year contract as Sri Lanka coach  after taking over the job yesterday.

DUNEDIN, (Reuters) – The rugby World Cup paused for  breath yesterday with a rare rest day as attention turned to  the preparations of the 13 teams hoping this weekend’s final  round of pool games will send them into the quarter-finals.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India axed spinner Harbhajan  Singh yesterday and drafted in the uncapped Sreenath Aravind  and Rahul Sharma for the first two one-day internationals  against England next month.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Manchester United footballer Rio  Ferdinand yesterday lost a High Court privacy action over a  “kiss and tell” newspaper story.

After a day in which the 29-man provisional squad was put through a round of rigorous fitness tests, the National Senior Selectors met at the GCB Boardroom at the end of those sessions and selected a final 14-member squad along with six  back-up players yesterday.