Royston Alkins

Female sport has by and large been a ‘by the way’ past-time at the cost of placing more emphasis on their male counterparts.

I’m always looking for a silver lining in anything regarding West Indies cricket, hoping that something will spur the resurgence of the team.

Competition for places in West Indies T20 side, particularly the World Cup squad, got more interesting following the conclusion of this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL). 

It is quite surprising that Warriors nation isn’t calling for the sacking of long-time manager Omar Khan following yet another failed campaign at the Caribbean Premier League (CPL). 

Chris Green and his men are expected to make light work of the St Lucia Zouks today when the two sides meet in the second semifinal of this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

The Guyana Amazon Warriors got off the hook in their last encounter against St Kitts and Nevis Patriots courtesy of a superstar performance by Nicholas Pooran who blasted a 45-ball century to see his side over the line.

National left-handed duo  of Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffith and Assad Fudadin were among the top run-getters in the recently concluded Big 3 T20 tournament which was contested in the United States of America. 

Junior national table tennis coach Dwain Dick is urging the newly appointed Minister with responsibility for Sports Charles Ramson Jr.,

Former junior national table tennis player Miguel Wong who is currently in Germany is not allowing the ongoing global pandemic to thwart his table tennis aspirations. 

The COVID – 19 pandemic has been a thorn in the aspirations of many pro and aspiring pro athletes. 

President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Frankie Farley in the aftermath of Guyana’s showing at the just concluded 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad said the federation’s main aim at this point is to create an enabling environment locally where players can begin to embrace competing in virtual spaces. 

Guyana’s delegation currently competing in the 2020 FIDE Online Olympiad is presently sitting in the fifth position at the end of round five at the international event where 163 countries are vying for top honours. 

President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) David Fernandes is hoping that the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic subsides in the coming months so as to expose the country’s top juniors to some much-needed international squash in an effort to further foster their development. 

The Guyana Hockey Board’s (GHB) more than a decade long tradition of hosting its annual Diamond Mineral Water International hockey tournament may be in jeopardy due to the ongoing global pandemic.

Guyana’s quest to attend the Junior Pan America hockey championship in 2020 has been delayed for at least a few months after the Pan American body recently announced that the tournament will now be hosted in 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

There has been a number of debates surrounding the highly-anticipated Test series between host England and the West Indies which begins today at Southampton.

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League Incorporated and the Enterprise Legends Cricket team are the latest cricket bodies to express their grief following the death of former cricket administrator, Anil Persaud. 

The Coronavirus pandemic has put a halt to cricket in Guyana and around the world but as the players on the international scene prepare to take the field again some countries are already enjoying the beautiful game under strict health guidelines. 

How tall of a task will it be for Ricky Skerritt and his team at Cricket West Indies (CWI) to support Dave Cameron’s ambitions of becoming the next Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC)? 

There is doubt about who is the top wicket-keeping/batsman in the Caribbean; the title easily goes to Shane Dowrich.