Sports

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) have announced a major television distribution rights deal for the Digicel Series for the next two years.

The inaugural BK International Western Tigers Super Eight football tournament kicks off this evening with a double header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Ground from 6pm where four Premier League teams will begin the battle for supremacy.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands limped out of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship without so much as a whimper, crashing to a lame 46-run defeat to Hampshire here yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson has been appointed manager of the embattled regional side.

Ansa Mc Al, through its Stag Beer brand, and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) have joined forces once again to co-sponsor the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s (GFSCA) nationwide floodlight softball competition.

Chief Justice Ian Chang on Friday ruled that the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) can go ahead with its annual general meeting and election of office bearers for the 2011/12 term.

Derwin Christian produced a whirlwind unbeaten innings of 40 to propel  defending champions Guyana to the top of Group A following their two wicket win over the Combined Campuses and Colleges team in their key clash at the Vivian Richards Ground in Antigua last night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia ended England’s  record eight-match winning streak yesterday with a four-run  victory in the second Twenty20 international which was again  decided on the final ball.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Colin Boyce says that the National Cross Country race scheduled to be staged tomorrow is once again being held at the National Park to give spectators a better opportunity to view the race.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyanese international Charles Pollard scored a first-half brace as North East Stars blanked Digicel Pro League leaders Defence Force 2-0 in their Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation FA Trophy semi-final on Wednesday night.

Hundreds of mourners packed the St. Theresa’s RC Church in Woodbrook yesterday to pay final respects to the late West Indies cricket legend Michael Joey Carew.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Windward Islands produced a limp batting effort as Somerset whipped them by 17 runs to clinch their first win of the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship yesterday.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is making efforts to stage this year’s annual senior Caribbean TT championships.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTY&SC) launched its $5M Pro-education Programme at the Port Mourant Secondary School on Tuesday.

The national under-20 football team preparing for next week’s Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualifiers will tonight take on the Western Tigers senior team at the Georgetown Football Club ground in their final warm-up game before leaving for the January 19-23.

Guyana’s Rifle shooters won an unprecedented fourth West Indies fullbore title at the regional championship in Barbados but it was the fifth place finish in the pairs competition at this year’s Commonwealth Games in India that threw the spotlight on the sport locally.

OKLAHOMA CITY,  (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City   Thunder led from start to finish but had to withstand a late   push from the Orlando Magic before closing out a 125-124   victory.

The Flying Ace Cycle Club’s 2011 season gets cracking tomorrow with the staging of the annual Franco Crawford 46-mile road race.

The first domino competition for the year for Persons with Disabilities will be contested today from 15:00hrs at the Guyana Deaf Mission, Vlissengen Road and D’Andrade Street, Newtown.

Mark Persaud teamed up with Colin France to play unbeaten in the `501’ league tournament held recently at Mark’s Darts Club, 72 Brummell Place, Stabroek.