Marlon Munroe

Alpha United president Odinga Lumumba has pitched the idea to the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for the commencement of a professional league two days after his club bowed out of the CONCACAF Champions League after drawing with professional club Herediano of Costa Rica.

Jamaica became this year’s WICB three-day champions when they crushed defending champions Windward Islands inside two days by an innings and 77 runs at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground yesterday.

Jamaica’s opening batsman John Campbell rubbed more salt into the wounds of the Windward Islands by carving out an impressive century after being dropped on 14 by Terron Smith at the Demerara Cricket Club yesterday.

Joel Mc Rae had his axe used against him when he fought Edmond De Clou while Orlon ‘Pocket Rocket’ Rogers snapped his eight-fight losing streak against Barbadian Selwyn Lett in the 17th edition of the Friday Night Fights at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday evening.

Mental preparation and exposure to higher levels of training and competition were the reasons given by coach Linden Johnson for Guyana finishing third at the recently concluded Cadets and Under-13 table tennis tournament in the Dominican Republic.

Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United was trounced 8-0 by Costa Rica’s Herediano in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League on July 26 but president of the country’s number one football team Odinga Lumumba said that he was not disappointed with his team’s performance.

Guyanese Test and One Day International (ODI) umpire Clyde Duncan passed away yesterday in Trinidad & Tobago at the age of 57 while seeking medical attention for cancer.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officials yesterday remained tight-lipped about the allegations surrounding the bribery scandal at the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) meeting held in May in Trinidad and Tobago, even as FIFA told members to “provide  all relevant information within 48 hours.

Part of the Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United Football Club departs today for Costa Rica where they are scheduled to play Club Sport Herediano in the preliminary round of the CONCACAF Champions League tournament on July 26.

Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday granted an order restraining the new Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) executive from performing functions on behalf of the entity, as the saga in the embattled GCB elections continues.

Enterprising partnerships along with half centuries from Anthony Alleyne and Shane Paris firmly placed Barbados in the driver’s seat over the Windward Islands going into the final day today of their first round WICB three-day tournament at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.

It was a day of changing fortunes  until Barbados gained the edge on the first day over the Windward Islands in the WICB three-day tournament

By Marlon Munroe The Berbice Cricket Board is to meet on August 14 to decide the fate of David Black, the delegate who voted at the controversial Guyana Cricket Board elections even though the county board had instructed him not to.

General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Noel Adonis says that local officials met with investigators in the FIFA cash-for-votes probe in The Bahamas but he was not at liberty to disclose what was discussed.

Guyana’s Dawn Barker ensured that her name is indelibly etched in powerlifting records when she captured a gold medal yesterday at the North American Regional Powerlifting Championships in Miami.

Treasurer of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Sheikh Ahmad believes that a new executive is needed to bring about a solution to the problems that have plagued the organisation.

United States of America’s 16th president Abraham Lincoln once said that “nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”

Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United are mere steps away from competing with some of the top clubs in the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) but first they have to finish in the top three of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) when the final rounds are held here on May 25 and 27.

Yesterday he was not the bane of a disenchanted Caribbean public but rather, the toast of the party, – the West Indies skipper that marshalled his troops to a rare victory over Pakistan with a five-wicket haul at the Guyana National Stadium.

Thirteen wickets fell yesterday and the West Indies managed to regain control of the first Test match against Pakistan based on invaluable contributions from Devendra Bishoo, Ravi Rampaul and skipper Darren Sammy.