Sports

The Rusal Bauxite Mining Company came onboard for the fifth consecutive year in support of the Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament when they handed over an undisclosed sum of money to the organisation yesterday.

The long-awaited National Sports Policy is finally completed and is now being documented, Director of Sport, Neil Kumar said yesterday.

The cricket teams of the Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club (RHTY&SC) recently held their annual Christmas Charity programme at the Area “H” ground, Rose Hall, Corentyne.

Mahendra Persaud took home the lion’s share of prizes when the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) held its Annual Presentation Ceremony Wednesday evening at Georgetown Club.

PERTH, Australia, CMC – Highly prized West Indies opener Chris Gayle sparked only briefly as his Western Australia crashed to a 63-run loss to Tasmania in the opening game of the Twenty20 Big Bash yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Abdul Razzaq produced a  man-of-the-match performance with bat and ball to ensure   Pakistan salvaged some credibility and embarrassed New Zealand   by 103 runs in their third and final Twenty20 international in   Christchurch yesterday.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers put   an end to their recent struggles with a much-needed 103-88   victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, – Combined Campuses and Colleges hit back with a six-wicket win over Barbados in their second warm-up game of the three-match series, in preparation for next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship.

DETROIT, (Reuters) – Boston forward Kevin Garnett   injured his right leg in the Celtics’ 104-92 loss to the   Detroit Pistons on Wednesday and could miss some games.

Point proven! This bunch of ‘A’ team cricketers were fiercely determined to defeat the T&T Senior team and win the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) T20 Festival and they went a long way to achieving the latter, by defeating the T&T Senior team by two wickets on Wednesday night at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja will have some   very big boots to fill when he makes his debut for Australia  in the fifth Ashes test next week but the 24-year-old is more   concerned about making the most of his call up to the national  side.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ricky Ponting’s hopes of   staying on as captain to lead Australia to a pride-salvaging  victory in the fifth and final Ashes test have been dashed due   to complications with his broken finger.

Regional T20 champions put their disappointing loss to the Trinidad  and Tobago  ‘A’ team behind them as they recovered to beat the T&T Academy by 83 runs in their second match of the TTCB T20 Festival at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre yesterday.

Alpha United’s goalkeeper Ronson Williams put forth the best display of goalkeeping witnessed thus far in this year’s Kashif and Shanghai tournament to propel his team into the final last night at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

(Sydney Morning Herald) West Indies blaster Chris Gayle claims he has paid little attention to Australia’s Ashes demise, saying his busy party lifestyle prevented him from watching the series.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia will take a long,   hard look at their cricketing future after England’s Ashes   triumph yesterday and just may find it was one of their  perceived strengths that let them down over the last six weeks.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo believes the regional side’s best chance of winning a World Cup will be at the Asian showpiece starting next February.

Work has commenced on “Phase One” of the construction of Guyana’s first ever synthetic track at Leonora,  West Coast Demerara.

Coach of the Flying Ace Cycle Club of Berbice Randolph Roberts is aiming to further develop the sport in the new year.

MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami’s Dwyane Wade scored 40 points to   help the Heat beat the New York Knicks 106-98 on Tuesday and   record their 15th win in 16 games.