Sports

BENGALURU, India,  CMC-IANS – Lewis Hamilton stepped on the gas to vroom, zoom and wow about 10,000 frenzied fans  yesterday on a 500-metre stretch on the outskirts of this tech hub in a McLaren-Mercedes.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Larry Mussenden urged Minister of Sport Glenn Blakeney to tread cautiously with a Government probe into the finances of the Bermuda Football Association.

(Reuters) – Tiger Woods and Bill Haas were both named on a powerful United States team for this year’s Presidents cup while the Australian pair of Robert Allenby and Aaron Baddeley filled the two International places as the rival captains revealed their wildcard selections yesterday.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – A rejuvenated Kaka scored one goal and had a hand in two more as nine-times European Cup winners Real Madrid thumped Ajax Amsterdam 3-0 to seize control of Champions League Group D  yesterday.

With just under month to go before the Annual Guyana Golf Open, local beverage giant Banks DIH Limited   has announced its partnership with the Lusignan Golf Club in the hosting of the prestigious two-day championships.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The Sagicor High Performance Centre continued their outstanding showing on tour with another impressive win yesterday.

The cupboards at the office are fast running out of space for trophies and medallions, but the Berbice Cellink senior team’s  euphoria of victory over their long-standing arch rival Demerara is always one to cherish. 

National cricketer Trevor Benn proved to be the star of the Guyana Police Force’s Inter-Division Twenty20 final as he blasted Headquarters to a comprehensive  victory over G Division in yesterday’s final at the Police Sports Club ground.

BENGALURU, India, CMC – Ravi Rampaul bowled impressively to take three wickets for 17 runs from four overs, inspiring a stirring Trinidad & Tobago fight-back, but Mumbai Indians out-lasted the Caribbean Twenty20 champions, winning by one wicket in a heart-stopping, low-scoring Champions League T20 match yesterday.

LONDON, England,  CMC – Darren Sammy hailed West Indies’ 25-run victory in the second and final match of their Twenty20 International Series against England on Sunday at The Oval.

Majestic won its first feature event on Sunday  when the Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) in collaboration with Ansa Mc AL Guyana Limited held the Keep Fit horse race at Alness, Corentyne, Berbice.

(BBC) Lewis Hamilton needs more support from his management team, according to the McLaren star’s father Anthony.

(BBC) Stuart Broad is targeting an England return in the Twenty20 game with India next month.

By Iva Wharton Covent Garden Secondary School’s dominance of the national schools’ rugby tournament is a testament to the hard work put in by the students, both males and females, says Troy Yhip, Youth Development Officer (YDO) of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU).

Hosts Fruta Conquerors left nothing for the competition as they captured the Milo Under-23 Football Tournament on Sunday night at the Tucville Playfield.

(Reuters) Controversial Pakistani speedster Shoaib Akhtar has created a flutter by openly admitting that he, along with all his contemporaries in the team, have regularly indulged in ball-tampering.

(Reuters) The T20 cricket has brought along quite a few innovations, both in batting and bowling.

By Iva Wharton At 19-years-old female cyclist Naomi Singh is quite passionate about the sport and readily admits that her goal is to get to the top and her focus now is on the Caribbean Cycling Championships.

Closed for some two months now due to a “burnt out pump” the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports operated Colgrain Swimming Pool has officially re-opened.

Junior 400 metres national champion Stephan James did his native land proud when he ran away with a bronze medal at the 2011 South American Junior Championships last Saturday in Colombia.