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GUYANA CHRONICLE Monday April 28, 2014
Smith half-century keeps CSK on winning run SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (CMC) – West Indies Twenty20 opener Dwayne Smith extended his good form in the Indian Premier League, blasting a half-century to power Chennai Super Kings to a five-wicket win over Darren Sammy’s Sunrisers Hyderabad here yesterday. Chasing 146 for victory at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, CSK got home with three balls to spare to post their fourth win on the trot in the multi-million Twenty20 league. Smith was once again at the forefront of the run chase, cracking 66 from 46 balls, with four fours and five sixes. He shared an opening stand of 85 off 65 balls with Brendon McCullum who scored 40 off 33 deliveries. The Barbados batsman emerged from a watchful start to punish the Hyderabad attack,
… MUMBAI REMAIN WINLESS smashing two sixes off seamer Ishant Sharma’s opening over, the eighth of the innings. He took CSK to within sight of victory before falling, holing out to long-off off seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 16th over with 20 runs required for victory. Smith was one of three wickets to fall in the late stages before captain MS Dhoni, with 13 not out, saw CSK home.
Earlier, Sammy had pummelled a typically explosive unbeaten 23 from 15 balls, with two fours and a six, as Hyderabad, opting to bat first, reached 145 for five off their 20 overs. Opener Aaron Finch topscored with 44 from 45 balls, while Smith had a role with the ball, taking one for 11 from two disciplined overs. In the other game of the doubleheader at the venue, West Indies big-hitter
Kieron Pollard found some form but his Mumbai Indians remained winless, after going down by six wickets to the Delhi Daredevils. Choosing to bat first, Mumbai posted a paltry 125 for six, with Pollard scoring a measured unbeaten 33 from 30 balls, including two fours and two sixes. Opener Murali Vijay then hammered 40 and Kevin Pietersen, an unbeaten 26 from 18 deliveries, to steer Delhi to victory with seven balls left in the contest.
Obama blasts ‘incredibly racist’ NBA team owner Dwayne Smith top-scores with 66 for Chennai.
(REUTERS) - President Barack Obama yesterday said comments reported to have been made by the owner of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers basketball team were “incredibly offensive, racist statements.” The NBA is investigating an audio recording posted online of Clippers owner Donald Sterling, allegedly telling his girlfriend not to post photographs of herself with black people and not to bring African-Americans to Clippers games, league officials said last Saturday. “When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk,” Obama said when asked about the controversy during a news conference in Kuala Lumpur with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. Obama said he was confident NBA Commissioner Adam Silver would deal with the issue. “Obviously the NBA is a league that is beloved by fans across the country,” Obama, America’s first black president, said. “It’s
President Barack Obama
got an awful lot of African American players steeped in African American culture.” He said the controversy was also an example of how the United States continues to wrestle with the legacy of race, and he likened that struggle to Malaysia’s effort to foster a harmonious multi-ethnic society. Celebrity news site TMZ.com published the 10-minute recording on its website late on Friday, describing it as a taped conversation between the billionaire Sterling and a model, who goes by the name V. Stiviano.
“The audio recording posted by TMZ is truly offensive and disturbing, and we intend to get to the bottom of it as quickly as possible,” Silver said on Saturday night. The recording was sharply criticised by civil rights leaders, fans and players. It was not immediately clear when and how the conversation was recorded. Silver said the league would move swiftly to determine the authenticity of the recording and its context, while Clippers president Andy Roeser issued a statement saying they have listened to the tape on TMZ. “We do not know if it is legitimate or it has been altered. We do know that the woman on the tape who we believe released it to TMZ - is the defendant in a lawsuit brought by the Sterling family,” the statement said. “Mr Sterling is emphatic that what is reflected on that recording is not consistent with, nor does it reflect his views, beliefs or feelings.”