Sports

Guyanese Deon Ferrier and Kellon Carmichael continue to make headlines in Trinidad & Tobago for Aranguez against Defence Force in the national two-day championship league.

-‘The Hammer’  humbles River Plate to progress to next round of CFU club c/ships Alpha `The Hammer’ United claimed its first victory in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) club championships when they defeated River Plate FC in a thrilling encounter at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground, Bourda yesterday.

By Treiston Joseph Police Progressive Youth Club (PPYC) walked away with their second straight victory at the Under-23 Games hosted by the Athletics Association of Guyana at the Eve Leary Sports Club Ground yesterday.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Pakistan open their tour of the Caribbean today, when they face a University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor’s XI at Mindoo Phillip Park.

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) has identified 32 players for preparation for the 2011 cricket season.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider will return home from London and withdraw his application seeking asylum status from the British Home Office following his allegations of death threats from a match fixer.

Mumbai, (Reuters) – Yuvraj Singh’s all-round  brilliance was not enough in the end as Delhi Daredevils humbled  Pune Warriors by three wickets for their maiden win in the  Indian Premier League yesterday.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) and the Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC), four-day International Basketball Federation (FIBA), pre-certification clinic concluded yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Central Executive Officer of Caribbean Cargo Shipping, Franklin ‘Bobby’ Vieira has donated two trophies towards the ongoing Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 football tournament being played in Georgetown.

ORLANDO, (Reuters) – The Atlanta Hawks exploded  offensively in the middle two quarters to beat the Orlando Magic  103-93 in their NBA playoff series opener on Saturday.

Brian Hackett, Scotia Bank Branch Manager is the new  president of the Lusignan Golf Club following elections held Saturday at the Clubhouse at Lusignan  Village, East Coast Demerara.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Players  Association (WIPA) has questioned the omission of batting stars Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shiv Chanderpaul for the limited overs series against Pakistan and has cautioned the West Indies Cricket Board over its youth selection policy.

Gros Islet, St Lucia – Pakistan Team Manager Intikhab Alam believes that Umar Akmal, the dashing right handed middle order batsman can become a darling of the West Indian public.

The Pepsi Hornets rugby team continued its unbeaten run in the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Men’s 15’s tournament when they crushed the Guyana Defence Force rugby team 66-10 in the second round of the tournament yesterday at the National Park rugby field.

Enzo Matthews was a step above the rest of the cycling field yesterday when he carted off the top prize in the feature event of the Universal Auto and General Supplies (UA&GS) 11-race cycle programme at the National Park circuit.

Short of proclaiming it in flashing neon lights at the top of Main Street, the intention was clear.

They played to a 0-0 draw in their opening encounter of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) club championship on Friday at the Guyana National Stadium, but one thing is certain Alpha United will be looking for that elsusive win when the two sides meet again today.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – An untried but confident Pakistan arrived here Friday afternoon for the first leg of their Caribbean tour promising an exciting brand of cricket in the Twenty20 International and five One Day Internationals against hosts West Indies.

In a sport dominated by men in Guyana, Dawn Mc Cammon-Barker has set out to prove that she can powerlift just the same, setting a standard that has never been achieved by any other woman in Guyana in the sport.

The Brainstreet Group joined the growing list of sponsors of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) with the launching of an Under-15 One-Day tournament that commences on Tuesday with five matches at various grounds in the city.