Emmerson Campbell

Star cyclist Alonzo Greaves yesterday powered his way to his fifth win of the season when he blitzed a star-studded field to claim the 22nd annual R&R International 40-mile road race.

Defending champions, Guyana Defence Force (GDF) along with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) with military precision, marched into the quarter-finals of the NAMILCO Football Classic after eliminating their respective opponents on Sunday at the Fruta Conquerors ground.

National cyclist, Alonzo Greaves yesterday blitzed a star studded field at the National Park to cart off top honours in the feature 35-lap event of the National Sports Commission (NSC) 11-race cycling meet.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Football Club, two-time winners and defending champions of the NAMILCO Football Tournament will begin their quest to retain their title starting this evening at the Fruta Conquerors ground.

After losing in the semi final of the 23rd Kashif and Shanghai tournament to eventual winners Buxton United, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will look to bounce back and lift the champion’s trophy of the sixth annual NAMILCO Football Tournament.

Over the past few years the disciplines of football and cricket have been affected by court injunctions.

World Boxing Council (WBC) CABOFE bantamweight champion, Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry has denied calling out three-division champion Clive ‘The Punisher’ Atwell or former world rated super bantamweight boxer, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore but stated that he will step in the ring with anyone that makes the bantamweight limit.

The student taught the teacher a boxing lesson and Dilan Allicock and Anson Green earned their first knockout victories in their respective careers on Friday night’s truncated card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Last year’s bronze medalist at the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships Raynauth Jeffrey, yesterday sped off with the feature 35-lap Invitational race when national cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and Ricks and Sari Agro Industries Limited staged an 11-race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.

After staging the fifth successful NAMILCO Football Classic tournament last year, local milling giant, NAMILCO and Fruta Conquerors Football Club have once again collaborated to stage this year’s sixth edition dubbed the NAMILCO One Love Football Classic Tournament.

When the 2013 cycling season pedals off tomorrow, 2012’s most successful cyclist, Robin Persaud, will look to meliorate the rich form he enjoyed on his saddle last year.

After posing and flexing his chiseled physique to earn a bronze medal at the CAC Championships and the top honours at Guyana’s premier bodybuilding event, The Hugh Ross Classic last year, muscleman Kerwin ‘Chisel’ Clarke is aspiring to secure a pro card in 2013.

Newly elected president of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson and his executive will be aiming to implement changes in the association in order for local athletes to be more competitive on the world stage.

Co director of the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament and Organising Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major sees the recent agreement to end the GFF/Guyana Football Association (GFA) saga as a plus for football and anticipates a resurgence of the Kashif and Shanghai tournament.

When national light heavy weight champion, Kwesi ‘Lightning Struck Assassin’ Jones steps in the ring with former CABOFE cruiserweight champion, Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox on January 25, he will be at a height, weight and reach  disadvantage, nonetheless the ‘Assassin’ is aiming to take out the ‘Sniper’.

Last year, 74-kilogramme Masters Two deadlift World record holder, Winston ‘Little Master’ Stoby, won gold medals and smashed Commonwealth and World records to cap his most successful year in powerlifting.

After being dethroned as the kings of NACRA Sevens rugby by Mexico last year, the national team’s main goal this year is to recover its title.

After lifting multiple gold medals and smashed Commonwealth records to en route to earning Female Sports Personality of 2011,powerlifter, Dawn Barker was sidelined for most of 2012 due to an injury but is now healthy and aspiring to return to her winning ways.

When the cycling season pedals off later this month, gold medalist at last year’s Junior Caribbean Cycling Champ-ionships, Paul DeNobrega, will no longer be a junior but will be looking to sound his arrival on the senior circuit and aim for the 2016 Olympic Games.

Reigning national featherweight, lightweight and junior welterweight CABOFE champion, Clive ‘Wonder Kid’ Atwell had an exemplary 2012 but is looking to raise the bar even further in 2013.