Sports

The Japan Karate Association/World Federation Guyana on Saturday conducted its third grading examinations for the year at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall which saw 74 students attaining a higher rank.

The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) yesterday said that the decision not to enter into negotiations with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) was because it is already committed to a binding arbitration process which is to be determined shortly.

Warren Gilkes was the most valuable player of the night scoring the only goal of the game to allow the  Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to get  past Sunburst  Camptown on the opening night of round two of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Super League tournament at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

By Marlon Munroe The men and women of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will be in action against their counterparts from Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados when the 56th edition of the GPF Track & Field Championships gets underway today at the Eve Leary ground.

—To face `Trini’ test this weekend By Marlon Munroe Guyana’s national cricket team’s preparedness for the Airtel Champions League T20 tournament in South Africa next month will come into sharp focus when they play Trinidad & Tobago this weekend  at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.

Wins from Richard Chin and Robert MacDavid were not enough to secure a victory over Trinidad and Tobago as the team event of the National Lotteries Authority Caribbean Squash Championships continued in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

— to run for one week By Tamica Garnett The Junior Hockey Summer Camp held by Hikers Hockey Club commenced yesterday at 9am at the St.

(BBC) Caster Semenya’s coach says the South African athlete is happy to turn her back on negative comments about her.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A federal judge yesterday  warned Roger Clemens, his lawyers, prosecutors and possible  witnesses against making statements that could sway potential  jurors about the charges that he lied to the U.S.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Local Organising Committee chairman, Joyce Bowen has called on the business community to throw their support behind next month’s AIBA World International Women’s Boxing Championships.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Arjun Atwal’s PGA Tour  triumph shone as a beacon on an otherwise dark Sunday for  Indian sports, fuelling the world’s second most populous  country’s hopes of celebrating a maiden major victory in the  not too distant future.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have appointed  former skipper Greg Chappell as its first full-time national  selector following criticism of the selection panel’s part-time  devotion to their roles.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – National all-rounder Samuel Badree was named Cricketer-of-the-Year following the end of the National Premier Cricket League here recently.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Akil Greenidge slammed an entertaining century to fire Barbados to a massive 164-run victory over Antigua and Barbuda in their opening match of the St Kitts and Nevis Under-13 tournament here Sunday.

(BBC) Audley Harrison has demanded that World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight champion David Haye signs to fight him in November.

NEW YORK, (Reuters Life!) – The folks at Gleason’s  Gym like to say that boxing is the art of not getting hit.

MADRID, (Reuters) – The United States survived a  spirited comeback from world champions Spain to win 86-85 in  thrilling a warm-up game yesterday, sending out a warning to  their rivals ahead of the world championships.

Despite being unable to confirm when the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup qualifying series will be played, two Canada-based players are in Guyana for tryouts with the National Under-17 squad.

After four harrowing rounds Ashwant Satamand emerged the winner of yesterday’s Junior Scrabble Competition organized by the Guyana Scrabble Association and held at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.

Guyana’s Taffin Khan ended in joint fourth position of the Challenger section of the just-concludedinaugural UMADA Caribbean Cup chess tournament which was played in Trinidad and Tobago.