Dhoni delighted over playing tournament in CaribbeanCaptain of the Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that when the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Twenty20 World Cup comes to the West Indies next year, it would be nothing short of fantastic because the type of game fits perfectly with the West Indian culture.
– “The best is yet to come” Guyana’s Leon ‘Hurry up’ Moore has moved three places up the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) world rankings to number seven and the fighter believes that the best is yet to come.
Tony ‘Spirit’ and Monah shine Hi Stars got off to a perfect start in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Stag Beer-sponsored ‘B’ League Football tournament when they flogged Flamingo six goals to nil, thanks to a double each from Tony ‘Spirit’ Adams and Jason Monah.
-cite weather as a factor in schedule International Cricket Council (ICC) spokesman Brian Murgatroyd and ICC Twenty20 World Cup Tournament Director Ernest Hilaire have said that they are baffled by claims made by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the Government of Guyana about a World T20 match schedule, contrary to what they were promised.
Guyana’s world class cricket venue the Providence National Stadium has been given the thumbs up sign by the International Cricket Council’s Venue Assessment Team.
National junior basketball player Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai poured in a game high 32 points to propel the Mackenzie High School (MHS) to the quarter-finals of this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
-‘Battersea Bomber’ calls out Lennox `Too Sharp’ Allen ‘I challenged him so we will fight’ Known as the ‘Battersea Bomber’, Howard Anthony Eastman, Guyana’s Middleweight Champion and the undisputed Commonwealth and British Middleweight Champion is looking to add another title to his name in the near future.
– dormant state of GABF hindering the sport in a major way The dormancy of the Godwin McPherson-led Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has now caught the attention of Minister of Sports Dr.
LTI makes successful start to title defence Defending champions Linden Technical Institute (LTI) made a successful start to their title defence after narrowly getting past Bishops’ High School 40-39 yesterday on day two of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Regarded as the top two junior basketball players in the country, Richard Mohandatt of President’s College and Akeem Kanhai of Mackenzie High School (MHS) said that they are ready to leave their mark on this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which bounced off on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.Speaking
Lennox Allen proved ‘Too Sharp’ for Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes in winning the vacant national Super Middleweight title while Leon Moore hurried up the demise of Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques when S and S Promotions staged its `Final Execution’ five-fight bout Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
“I anticipated this win,” said Guyana’s Cleveland Forde after outsprinting Pamenos Ballantyne of St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday to claim his first Caricom 10K road race.
Pamenos Ballantyne says his mind is set on winning his fifth straight CARICOM 10K but Guyana’s Cleveland Forde is aiming to continue his recent dominant formOne of the Caribbean’s most decorated distance athlete Pamenos Ballantyne says that winning today’s annual CARICOM 10K road race for the fifth year is the only thing on his mind.
Some 26 high schools from around the country will make their way to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall today for the start of the 2009 National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which will get underway from 2:00 pm with a lavish opening ceremony.
After weeks of tough talk of who’s going to knock out who and who’s going beat who to a pulp, the S and S Promotions ‘final execution’ boxing card is finally here and tonight the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will be ground zero.
Following the announcement that all systems are in place for the staging of this year’s Caricom 10K road race tomorrow, the local organising committee (LOC) for the event yesterday stated that all of the regions’ top distance runners have confirmed their participation.
There have been cancellations of several tournaments and games in the Caribbean owing to the outbreak of H1N1 (swine flu) in the region, but Minister of Sport Dr Frank Anthony says people have nothing to worry where Guyana is concerned because we are free of the virus.
– Rescheduled tournament to bounce off on Sunday Cellular service provider Digicel yesterday announced their support for this year’s National Basketball Festival (NSBF) which is now scheduled to start on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The smile on the face of boxing promoter Stanford ‘King’ Solomon just keeps getting wider as corporate Guyana continues to throw its weight behind Saturday’s ‘Final Execution’ five-fight card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
‘Moore’ action, less talk, says Dexter Marques National bantamweight champion Dexter Marques believes Leon ‘Hurry-Up’ Moore is all mouth and no action but he plans to settle the score when the two meet tomorrow at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on the main supporting bout of the S and S Promotions card dubbed ‘The Final Execution’.
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