Sports

The Berbice Cricket Umpires Association (BCUA) yesterday held elections at the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) office where Imran Moakan was elected president of the body.

Guyana’s Mahir Rajkumar commenced the Open Under12 category of the FIDE Cadet and Youth Online Rapid World Cup tournament with an upset victory over India’s Asvath Mittal.

                                                                                                                           Long-serving Golden Jaguars captain Sam Cox has weighed in on the Guyana Football Federation’s decision to terminate the contract of senior men’s head coach Brazilian Marcio Maximo.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – The opening test between India and England ended in a dull draw after rain washed out what had promised to be a humdinger of a final day yesterday.

TOKYO, Japan, CMC – Seven Caribbean nations appear on the final medal table from the Summer Olympic Games which ended here yesterday, with Cuba topping the list.

Abhimanyu Mishra has become the chess world’s youngest grandmaster earning the title at 12 years, four months and 25 days.

The Printer’s Devil was apparently at work on Saturday and in Joseph `Red’s Perreira and Tony Mc Watt’s preview of the upcoming test series against Pakistan where they looked at possible players for the test team, the name of batsman Shai Hope was inadvertently omitted.

Fitness Express, Guyana’s leading gym equipment and supplements supplier, continues its benevolence to the fitness community.

Competitive cycling action returns to West Demerara this morning for the staging of the 16th edition of the Ricks and Sari/ Regan Rodrigues Memorial road race.

By Joseph `Reds’ Perreira and Tony McWatt With the West Indies schedule of white-ball matches, in both the T20 and 50 Over ODI formats having been concluded, Caribbean cricket attention will now swing towards Jamaica’s Sabina Park for the forthcoming West Indies-Pakistan two Tests Series.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) is continuing with its drive to promote AIRBadminton.

Pakistan captain, Babar Azam notched up a half century as his side ended their first warm up match at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root hit his 21st test century but India maintained slight upper hand going into what promises to be an enthralling final day of the opening test today.

A century from Shamarh Brooks and five wicket hauls from spinners, Veerasammy Permaul and Rahkeem Cornwall, highlighted West Indies’ first Intra-Squad four-day match yesterday.

Former World Boxing Association (WBA) Gold belt title holder, Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen will be back in the ring on September 12 in the Ukraine.

TOKYO, Japan, CMC – The Carib-bean’s chase for medals at the Summer Olympic Games ended here yesterday, with Jamaica’s women capturing bronze in the distance relays but Trinidad and Tobago’s men coming up empty-handed in the same event.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Sifan Hassan won the 10,000m for a brilliant distance double, Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the 1,500m in style and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra secured instant national icon status by winning India’s first-ever athletics gold on a pulsating final night of Olympic action yesterday.

(Reuters) – Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas won the women’s 400 metres in 48.36 seconds yesterday to retain her Olympic title as American Allyson Felix took bronze for a record 10th Olympic medal.

(Reuters) – Fuelled by the three individual 100 metre medallists, Jamaica surged to an emphatic win in the women’s 4x100m relay yesterday, posting a national record 41.02 seconds to finish well clear of the United States and Britain.

Table tennis Olympian, Chelsea Edghill, following a request to the National Sports Commission for financial support, is scheduled to receive $1,000,000 to assist in preparation for upcoming tournaments.