KARACHI, (Reuters) – Day-night test matches moved a step closer to acceptance after cricket’s governing body endorsed a trial first class match in Pakistan held under lights with a coloured ball.
Bridgetown, Barbados – Four bowlers – Royston Crandon, Hamza Riazuddin, Alfonso Thomas and Ravi Rampaul – have taken five wickets apiece in this year’s West Indies Cricket Board’s T20 tournament after the Antigua leg of matches.
Cleveland Forde and Alika Morgan dominated the senior men and women’s categories respectively of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) National Cross Country race, held yesterday afternoon at the National Park.
Many persons believe that cricket remains the national game of Guyana.
The executive of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) will be looking to create their own party atmosphere at the Queenstown venue for patrons to view the remainder of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Caribbean
Former West Indies manager Omar Khan is urging new man Richie Richardson to gain the players’ trust and confidence.
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is scheduled to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 26 where plans for the present year are expected to be discussed; this is according to GHB Secretary Gregory Sills.
CHICAGO, (Reuters) – Serenaded with chants of “MVP”, Derrick Rose poured in a game high 34 points leading the Chicago Bulls to a 99-96 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday, as LeBron James sat out a second straight game.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United survived the late dismissal of Rafael Da Silva to draw 0-0 at Tottenham Hotspur and Kenny Dalglish endured a frustrating return to Anfield as Liverpool were held 2-2 by Everton yesterday.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Captain Daren Ganga scrambled two runs to long on off the last ball of the game as Trinidad and Tobago held their nerve to beat a determined Canada by five wickets in a frenetic finish to their Group B clash in the Caribbean Twenty20 Championship on Saturday night.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies will return at the end of this month to contest three One-day Internationals.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Roger Federer launches the defence of his Australian Open title yesterday looking to continue his recent purple patch of form against Slovakian Lukas Lacko.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Watson blazed a magnificent 161 not out, and clubbed a six to win the game, as Australia scored 297 for four to beat England by six wickets in their first one-day international yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Left-handed batsman Aneil Kanhai and uncapped leg-spinner Emile Rajah served notice on Trinidad & Tobago’s selectors during the first national trial match which concluded on Saturday.
The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company in collaboration with the Guyana Softball League and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport launched the 2011 edition of the 10/10 Softball Cricket Competition last evening at the International Conference Centre.
By Marlon Munroe Former Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) General Secretary Bishwa Panday believes that the current campaign for the top post of the GCB at the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) should focus on issues and not mudslinging.
VADODARA, India, CMC – West Indies snatched a surprise 2-1 lead in their five-match One-Day International series against India when they beat the World’s third-ranked side by three wickets here yesterday.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – India levelled the one-day series at 1-1 after paceman Munaf Patel clinched a thrilling one-run win over South Africa in the second match at the Wanderers yesterday.
Theodore Henry, Coach of the national rugby squad preparing for the International Rugby Board (iRB) Sevens World Series tournament in Las Vegas, United States of America next month, is upbeat about the team’s chances following trials at the National Stadium at Providence yesterday.
The newly selected head coach of the National Under-20 team Collie Hercules is confident that the side will give a good account of itself in Suriname as it trods the ‘rocky road’ to gain a spot in the final of the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship.
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