Sports

By Iva Wharton It is the prevailing view that women cricketers today are not treated as equals compared to their male counterparts.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Professor Sir Hilary Beckles disclosed that he was embarrassed when he had to turn down a request from former World 110 metres hurdles champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados to train at an unfinished University of the West Indies facility on the Cave Hill campus.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – National captain Daren Ganga expects Trinidad & Tobago to qualify for the main draw of the Champions League Twenty20.

LONDON, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul helped Warwickshire pile up a huge first innings total, but the title hopefuls’ progress was slowed down, when weather interrupted their key English County Championship Division 1 match against Hampshire yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Devendra Bishoo and Stafanie Taylor have been highly praised, after they scooped honours at the International Cricket Council Awards on Monday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Teenaged wicketkeeper/batsman Sunil Ambris has been named in a shortlist of 34 players to play in three trial matches for the Combined Campuses & Colleges ahead of the WICB Regional One-day competition.

By Iva Wharton Rugged terrain, lack of proper representation, inadequate finance and poor communication continue to work against the development of Amerindian sportsmen and women, says Mark Rodrigues of the Hinterland Youth and Development Association.

ZAGREB, Croatia,  CMC – Usain Bolt continued to rebuild his air of invincibility with a peerless victory in the men’s 100 metres in an IAAF World Challenge meet yesterday.

LONDON,  CMC – Devendra Bishoo and Stafanie Taylor kept the West Indies flag flying high, and have both been recognised for their outstanding form inside the last year, when they scooped honours yesterday at the International Cricket Council Awards.

Luck was definitely a part of the West Indies women team’s Twenty/20 super over victory over Pakistan last Sunday night at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport yesterday extended congratulations to West Indian leg spinner Devendra Bishoo who has won the 2011 International Cricket Council (ICC) Emerging Player-of-the-Year award.

Victoria Kings hammered Golden Stars 9-0 on Saturday afternoon at BV Community Centre Ground as the Mackeson Premier League resumed after a one-week break for the World Cup Qualifiers.

Mahaica Princesses outclassed Regal Mahaica Queens to claim a spot in the final of the Regal Stationery and Computer Centre Female 10/10 and Over-35 Male 20/20 competition at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground on Sunday.

LONDON,  CMC – Curtly Ambrose was recognised as one of the giants of the game, when he was inducted into the ICC’s Hall of Fame yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – Three players from the Caribbean featured on the opening day of key final round matches in the English County Championship yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies will face a slightly weakened England in their two Twenty20 Internationals later this month.

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Lengthy rain interruptions put paid to Australia’s hopes of wrapping up a series-clinching victory over Sri Lanka on the final day of the second test yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s current national road race champion Walter Grant Stewart, whose right arm is amputated, and members of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) met last Friday at the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) building on Main Street to deal with the issue of his non-eligibility to compete overseas with non-disabled cyclists.

(Reuters) – Serena Williams escaped with a $2,000 fine yesterday when tennis officials ruled that her verbal abuse of an umpire during Sunday’s U.S.

Flying Object was unstoppable on Sunday when Bush Lot United Turf Club came alive for its one-day horse meet at the club’s track at Bush Lot, West Coast, Berbice.