Category: Sports

By the time Shane Watson and Brad Haddin were launching the ball with frightening regularity into sparsely populated stands at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, Australia had taken control of a game that extended their unbeaten run in World Cups to 34 matches, and vaulted them from fourth to first in Group A. Though the margin of victory – seven wickets with 91 balls to spare – was huge, they did not have it easy throughout. Canada ambushed them with the bat, and then created some chances with the new ball. Australia’s…

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National coach Carl Ince, who has coached Guyana’s world-ranked (45) female player Nicolette Fernandes, gave Guyana Times International Sport his opinion of 16-year-old squash champion Jason Ray Khalil. “He is our most talented junior player… This is Jason’s year,” Ince said. He predicted that Khalil will finally win a Caribbean title this year. On Sunday, Jason Ray must have cemented his coach’s opinion of his game when he claimed a dominant victory over Deje Dias to win the Kool Aid Skill Level Junior tournament at the Georgetown Club. He had…

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Junior national point Guard Richard Mohandatt showcased his remarkable quickness and sound fundamentals to secure an awesome victory in the Skills Challenge during the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Challenge Series, last Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sport Hall. In what was incidentally his final tournament for the University of Guyana (UG), ‘Richie’ took on a field of more than 20 competitors, and made it to the finals before securing a clutch performance to tie it up with Linden Technical Institute’s (LTI) guard and his junior national and YBG elite…

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By Avenash Ramzan The sporting fraternity was assured of government’s unwavering support, last Friday evening, when His Excellency, President Bharrat Jagdeo, during his feature address at the National Sports Commission’s (NSC) 2010 Awards ceremony at the National Cultural Centre, reiterated the importance of sport to nation-building. While acknowledging that the state is just one link of a network that is required to help foster the development of sport, the head-of-state noted that government will continue to assist in the growth of the country’s sportsmen and women by providing the necessary…

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With a week between matches, the West Indies have ensured there would be no complacency in their ICC Cricket World Cup quest as they turned in a three-hour training session here Monday. The Caribbean lads focused mainly on fitness and fielding drills as they went through their paces at the Sector 16 Cricket Ground under the care of Head Coach Ottis Gibson and Fitness Trainer Hector Martinez Charles. West Indies are preparing for their next assignment, against Ireland on Friday at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. This will…

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India defeated Netherlands on a sluggish track at the Fero Shah Kotla with nearly 14 overs to spare though the margin of victory couldn’t mask a lacklustre performance from the home side. The Indian bowling was just about tidy against some dour Netherlands batting, and their bunch of big hitters came unstuck for a while against the left-arm spin of Pieter Seelaar in a low-intensity match. Chasing 190, India raced out of the blocks with Sachin Tendulkar becoming the first man to reach 2000 World Cup runs with a hat-trick…

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Candigarh, India, CMC – West Indies opener Chris Gayle has advanced three places in the latest ICC One-Day International batting rankings released on Monday. The big-hitting left-hander, who has had a relatively productive ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 campaign, is now 12th in the rankings, which continue to be led by prolific South Africa opener Hashim Amla. Gayle has scores of two against South Africa, 80 against The Netherlands, and 37 not out against Bangladesh in his three innings so far, which have helped lead West Indies to two wins…

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By Kiev Chesney The 2012 London Olympic Games is likely to be where three-time Olympian Aliann Pompey culminates her track and field career, and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has secured an Olympic solidarity scholarship to ensure Pompey emphatically ends her stellar career like the champion she is. Pompey, currently in Guyana, will benefit from the Olympic Solidarity Scholarship to aid with her preparation for next year’s Olympic Games. U. S.-based Sprinter Adam Harris, Taekwondo martial artist Adrian Spellin, and Carifta breaststroke champion Jessica Stephenson were also chosen to benefit…

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– sprint ace Ashley Tasher’s running career saved by migration   Not ‘good-bye’ but ‘good luck’: Ashley Tasher (second right) and her mother Adi Ritchie is embraced by coaches of the Running Brave track Club Tuesday at the National Park Fourteen-year-old sprint sensation Ashley Tasher may finally have the opportunity to truly realise her potential and prowess as she has migrated to the land where her role models, world sprint champions Sanya Richards Ross and Allyson Felix reside. Ashley departed yesterday for the United States of America (U.S.A.) where she…

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