SINGAPORE, CMC – Guyana’s world-rated Leon Moore has declared his readiness for next month’s pivotal title fight against Indonesia’s Marangin Marbun for the Pan Asian Boxing Association (PABA) super bantamweight belt.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St Lucian veteran Victor Ledger brilliantly paced himself to a sixth victory in the Powerade Marathon yesterday to highlight the closing of the annual Run Barbados Series.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Briton Amir Khan retained his WBA world light-welterweight title in extraordinary fashion when he knocked out Ukraine-born American Dmitriy Salita in the first round of his first title defence in Newcastle on Saturday.
Adelaide, Australia: Everything which transpired on day two of the Second Test at the Adelaide Oval suggested that the West Indies will come to a creeping realisation that they will be spending a fair period of time in the field as the Australians pile on the runs.
Cozier on Sunday
It seemed a good idea at the time but, like the Federation, daylight saving time and the West Indies Cricket Board website, Test cricket’s “Umpires’ Decision Review System” – the UDRS, in the modern way of text-speak – simply isn’t working in practice.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Kobe Bryant made a sensational buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the Los Angeles Lakers a 108-107 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India tightened their grip on the fourth day of the third and final test against Sri Lanka yesterday despite an unbeaten century from visiting captain Kumar Sangakkara.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Dave Callaghan’s pivotal all-round performance blasted South Africa past England by eight wickets Friday night and into the CLOBI Cup International Masters Twenty20 final.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – One glance into Gleason’s Gym reveals a snapshot that recalls the glory days of boxing, a time when the Sweet Science ruled the sporting landscape and New York was the centre of its universe.
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, (Reuters) – The New Jersey Nets ended the NBA’s longest season-opening losing streak on Friday, notching their first victory after 18 defeats by beating the Charlotte Bobcats 97-91.
(BBC) Mohammad Asif took all three wickets as New Zealand managed just 70 of the 405 runs required for victory in the second Test against Pakistan in Wellington.
lead Windies redemption efforts
Adelaide, Australia: A brash hundred from all rounder Dwayne Bravo, led the West Indies in consolidating their first innings of the Second Test and helped to redeem their unit after the three-day innings-and-65-run loss in Brisbane a week ago.
By Rawle Toney
Minister of Sport Dr. Frank Anthony and President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Colin Klass yesterday conceded that the visit of Brazilian soccer legend ‘King Pele’ who is set to arrive in Guyana next Saturday, as a guest of honour at the 20th Kashif and Shanghai Tournament is without doubt one of the greatest events for football in Guyana.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Hosts South Africa will play Mexico in the opening match of Africa’s first World Cup finals next year with two former winners, France and Uruguay, also drawn in the same group yesterday.
By Kizan Brumell
Action in the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with 15 exciting matches that showcased a few nail biting and some blow-outs.
… more needs to be done administratively
By Marlon Munroe
Coaches attached to the women’s teams that participated in yesterday’s Demerara zone final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) female Inter-Ward limited-overs tournament have expressed their dissatisfaction with the low standard of women’s cricket in Guyana.
East Coast Demerara’s women’s cricketers yesterday scored a seven-wicket victory over Georgetown in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board’s inter-ward, limited overs women’s tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club ground in Queenstown.