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Nicholas Romany of Trinidad crossed the finish line first on the tree-lined highway in the 10K event. Alex Ekesa, who trails, finished second, while Darren Matthews completed the podium. (Emmerson Campbell photo)
Nicholas Romany of Trinidad crossed the finish line first on the tree-lined highway in the 10K event. Alex Ekesa, who trails, finished second, while Darren Matthews completed the podium. (Emmerson Campbell photo)

T&T’s Romany victorious as Run Barbados Marathon weekend commences

The Run Barbados Marathon weekend switched to the scenic East Coast of the island yesterday for the staging of the Casuarina 10K, which is one of the oldest races in the Caribbean, and the popular Sleeping Giant 5K race, as Nicholas Romany and Leidy Lozano emerged victorious.

Joe Solomon passed
away aged 93 (Getty images)
Joe Solomon passed away aged 93 (Getty images)

Cricket icon and `Tied Test’ hero Joe Solomon dies at 93

Best remembered for his role of effecting the run out which resulted in the first drawn test match (West Indies vs Australia) in cricket history back in 1960, Guyanese legend Joe Solomon passed away in New York yesterday at the age of 93.

Electoral committee backpedals, quartet now allowed to vote today

By Michaelangelo Jacobus The Electoral Committee (EC) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has backpedalled on its initial decision to strip Santos FC, Police FC, Western Tigers FC and the West Demerara Football Association of their voting rights for not being in good standing as members of the GFF.

Eyes on the prize! Shemia
Hing (left) and Skylar DeNobrega ahead of today’s final.

Hing vs DeNobrega in MVP Girls Pee Wee Final

The Petra Organisation’s MVP Sports Girls U-11 Schools Football tournament will come to a head today with St John the Baptist (Region 7) clashing with Marian Academy in the grand finale at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue.

West Indies-A captain Joshua Da Silva.

Da Silva finds form with century but WI-A go down in finale

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  CMC – Captain Joshua Da Silva finally ended a worrying rut by carving out his fourth first class hundred but West Indies-A found their massive target overwhelming and slipped to a 76-run defeat to South Africa-A in the final four-day “Test” here yesterday.

The subsequent contract, which had a final payment  date of November 30th, was agreed to by the team but has so far been broken by the GFF

Golden Jags owed match fees once more by GFF

In what can only be described as a theme of the current administration, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) for the umpteenth time is yet to remunerate the Golden Jaguars their match-day fees for a Nations League encounter against Antigua and Bartica, despite the team’s historic League A qualification.

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