West Indies Twenty20 sensation Sherfane Rutherford is still optimistic that this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will bowl off amid growing threats from the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.
Following a brief interview with Stabroek Sports yesterday, the 21- year-old informed that his agent advised him that the tournament, as of now, is still on the cards but possibly at a later date.
“My agent told me that the tournament will be played but we are not sure about the dates,” he said.
Cricket West Indies (CWI), for some reason, has not been able to ink lucrative television endorsements in an era where the region is home to some of the world’s most iconic T20 players.
As we continue to review Steven Jacobs’ Regional Under-19 successes as skipper of Guyana’s 2006 and 2007 teams, we’ll take a look at the composition of the 2007 class and how their careers panned out after their junior playing days.
Participation in the 2020 Pan Am junior squash championships in El Salvador was high on the agenda of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) but the tournament is now in limbo as the world struggles to deal with the deadly COVID– 19 pandemic.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Ricky Skerritt has described his first-year tenure of managing the affairs of cricket in the region as “focused, committed and making progress on all fronts to bring improvements to the game.”
Cricket West Indies (CWI) president Ricky Skerritt lamented the startling impact of the global pandemic Coronavirus in his latest interview with a Trinidadian Morning talk show.
“This is really a challenging and worrying time for people all around the world especially here in the Caribbean where we are not accustomed to this kind of stressful living,” Skerritt told the host during the interview which was done to mark his first year of presidency.
This year’s Regional U – 19 cricket tournament was cancelled by Cricket West Indies (CWI) because of the growing concerns surrounding the global COVID-19 pandemic.
One of Guyana’s junior coaches, Colin France, is hopeful that Guyana can host this year’s International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Caribbean Hopes training camp in August.
Guyana was once the epicentre for producing quality off-spinners and even those who occasionally rolled their arms over had measured success at both the first-class and international level.
The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has welcomed the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reschedule the 2020 edition of the games but expressed concern about the athletes who have already qualified.
I’m not quite sure whether there is going to be a National Sports Award in 2020 with all that is unfolding in Guyana – the national elections and COVID-19.
Cricket West Indies (CWI) on March 15, announced the postponement of the last two rounds of its marquee first-class championship as a precautionary measure to dodge the impact of the deadly new coronavirus.
Amid the hysteria due to the global new Coronavirus pandemic, Guyana’s table tennis player Miguel Wong, who is currently in Germany fortifying his table tennis craft, is embracing the unique opportunity to eat, sleep and breathe table tennis after being quarantined at the facility where he trains.
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With cricket’s next major event seven months away and the sporting landscape at a standstill due to the rapid spread of the new Coronavirus, fans are on edge as to whether the 2020 ICC Twenty-20 World Cup will also be affected by the pandemic.
Today’s pink ball contest between the Guyana Jaguars and Barbados Pride – two of the current regional juggernauts in the West Indies regional four-day championships – presents an opportunity to settle matters regarding the composition of the regional Test side.
Although Guyana are the five-time reigning defending champions, it is debated in some circles that the absence of a full-strength Barbados unit in the past, would have enabled Guyana to walk away with the previous five crowns.
There is merit in that argument since the West Indies Test team is sometimes filled with up to seven Barbadian nationals and is constantly on tour during the previous championships.
Former Under-21 Caribbean Table Tennis champion, Chelsea Edghill says her spirit has not been jolted by the postponement of the 2020 World teams table tennis championships in Busan, South Korea as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak.
He started to play volleyball a little over five years ago and today 20-year-old Kristoff Shepperd is enjoying marvellous success at the international level.
The rapid spread of the coronavirus in South Korea has prompted the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) to postpone the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea scheduled to be held March 22-29.
The score-line read 4-3 at the sound of the final whistle in Guyana’s favour on Sunday as a Veteran hockey team secured an empathic triumph over host Canada Red in the final of the Field Hockey Canada International Masters indoor tournament.
