(Reuters) – New Zealand crushed defending champions England by nine wickets in the opening match of the 50-over World Cup yesterday, demonstrating again their knack of punching above their weight in showpiece events.
A sizable gathering at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, witnessed a mesmerizing spell of seam bowling from Berbice’s Romario Shepherd as he accounted for Essequibo’s top four batsmen to cripple their DLS revised target of 133 (29 overs) in the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Inter-County Super50.
Hosts Buxton Stars maintained their unbeaten record in the East Coast Demerara Senior Men’s Football League, defeating Airy Hall by a 2-1 score-line on Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.
Rivers View and Potaro Strikers earned semi-final berths in the ‘Rats’ Memorial Football Championship following commanding quarterfinal victories on Wednesday evening at the Bartica Community Center ground.
Guyana secured nine medals, six of which were individual gold accolades, at the recently concluded Caribbean Development Archery Championship, which was held at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago.
A superb all-round bowling effort from Demerara led by Ronaldo Ali-Mohamed, combined with an unbeaten 93 from opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul, led Demerara to a 7-wicket win over the GCB Select XI at Enmore, East Coast of Demerara yesterday in the Inter-County Super50.
Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde pronounced yesterday that the installation process for the FIFA-approved lighting apparatus at the National Training Centre, Providence, is scheduled to be completed and commissioned in early December.
Today is a black day for West Indies cricket. Why? For the first time in the history of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-Day tournament, a World Cup competition will take place without the West Indies.
(ICC) The 13th edition of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup is just hours away and the 10 captains that will lead their sides into battle have contrasting thoughts as they prepare for the six-week tournament in India.
The official draw for the 2024 edition of the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Qualifiers will occur October 11th with the Golden Jaguars seeded in pool 4 of the five-pool selection process.
One of Guyana’s leading young male swimmers, Leon Seaton, held off a field of 23 swimmers to clinch first place overall when the Torpedo Swim Club pulled off its 3KM Open Water Swim Meet in Linden Sunday last.
Young sprint sensation Nolex Holder established himself as Guyana’s leading senior male sprinter by blazing his way to the sprint double at the Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) National Senior Championships last weekend.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago prime minister Keith Rowley said the Caribbean Premier League Twenty20 tournament was an important sport event on the calendar in the region, and Cricket West Indies lacked vision with the deal they signed with the organisers to establish it.
(BBC) Ben Stokes is out for England’s World Cup opener against New Zealand today because of a hip issue.
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews was under no illusions about the enormity of the task facing her side in the deciding third Twenty20 International against hosts and World No.
ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC – Any Caribbean Football Union side fortunate enough to qualify for the 2030 FIFA World Cup tournament may rack up a chunk of air miles.
Rising Stars and Beacons recorded identical wins to advance to the semi-final round when the ‘Rats’ Memorial Football Championship commenced on Tuesday evening at the Bartica Community Center ground.
A five-wicket haul from Veerasammy Permaul followed by a blistering knock from Kevin Sinclair spurred Berbice to a three-wicket win over the Select XI in the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board’s senior Inter-County limited overs competition yesterday.
By Michaelangelo Jacobus Following the successful staging of the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis National Novices Boxing Championships, the Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) President Steve Ninvalle has expressed pleasure at the return of the Republican Boxing Gym after five years of inactivity.
By Charwayne Walker They say a prophet is never honoured in his own country and sometimes an athlete is not valued unless he/she competes for another country.
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