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The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has signalled its intention of returning top-flight cricket action to the nation despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. 

Newly elected president of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA), Dwayne Scott is high on the country’s Olympic prospects following his ascension to office. 

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) on Saturday last made a left move by electing former national hockey player Dwayne Scott as its president.

As tributes continue to pour in following the death of  former Caribbean table tennis men’s singles champion, George “The Chief” Brathwaite, his dear friend, Errol Caetano – a Caribbean champion himself – is the latest to deliver touching words on his passing. 

Following the decision of the Court of Appeal to discharge the order which had suspended certain parts of the Cricket Administration Act (CAA), which essentially paved the way for elections of the Demerara and the Guyana Cricket Boards, Attorney-at-law Arudranauth Gossai yesterday told Stabroek Sport that further action by the Court is needed to initiate the process. 

Chairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Competitions Committee, Shaun Massiah has signalled his intention of approaching the government over the resumption of cricket in Georgetown.

Twenty-year-old former national junior table tennis player Miguel Wong is keen to bring the curtain down on his training stint in Germany which was prolonged due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic. 

I was very pleased when I saw young Windies Under – 19 fast bowler Jayden Seales’ name in the West Indies touring party for their test assignment against New Zealand in the coming weeks. 

Now that the dust has settled on the announcement of the West Indies squads that are scheduled to tour New Zealand in the coming weeks, there are a few topical selections  I would like to weigh in on. 

Former two-time Caribbean table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill is eager to resume her fledgling pro-career in Europe and to take on a new challenge in playing at a higher division in the coming weeks. 

As athletes around the world continue to battle the scourge of the ongoing pandemic, more of them are finding creative ways to remain in shape during this time of uncertainty.

When Roger Harper and his team convene shortly to select the T20 and Test teams for the upcoming tour of New Zealand, the squads selected will certainly give some insight into the direction they are heading. 

The recent scrutiny surrounding the lethargic showing of the West Indies women’s team is understandable but the responsibility does not fall squarely on the shoulders of Stafanie Taylor and her troops.

A final decision will be made on whether there is any respite on the 2020 hockey season, particularly the hosting of the Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey tournament when officials of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) meet with the Minister of Culture Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr.

West Indies limited-overs skipper Kieron Pollard has been the most impactful Caribbean player in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) thus far.

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.A. Juman Yassin has given the assurance that the Olympic body has been keeping local associations on their toes during the ongoing pandemic.

The unstoppable National and Caribbean Junior Squash Champion Shomari Wiltshire has been granted a partial athlete scholarship to attend a boarding school in the United States of America. 

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.A. Juman Yassin reacting to the news that the Guyana Government has decided to reopen the country’s airports to commercial flights which could pave the way for the athletes to compete abroad, has said the foregoing is certainly an option but noted that safety is the ultimate focus.

Chairman of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Competitions Committee Shaun Massiah is adamant that the city’s association can manage the return of cricket action which is stalled by the COVID – 19 pandemic if it receives the green light from the authorities.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has to be credited for pioneering the blueprint ‘cricket in the bubble phenomenon’, a new experience of playing behind closed doors during the last few months in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic.