Sports

Hosts and undefeated outfit Buxton Stars overcame a one-goal deficit to defeat Beterverwagting (BV) by a 2-1 score-line on Wednesday evening in the East Coast Demerara Senior’s Men’s League.

Guyana Rush Saints and Tabatinga earned semi-final berths in the female and male divisions, respectively, following quarter-final victories in the second leg of the Rupununi Football Association Champions League on September 16th.

(CMC) – The Jamaica Scorpions will open their defense of the Cricket West Indies Super50 League against the Leeward Islands Hurricanes on October 18 at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy (BLCA) in Trinidad, where the tournament will be staged.

Describing the process that led to the employment of Lady Jaguars head coach Omar Khan as comprehensive, Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde has confirmed that the former RKSV Spartaan manager has been appointed for two years.

A formidable team of fitness athletes arrived in Aruba yesterday to represent Guyana at the 50th edition of the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.

Retired race-walking legend and athletic enthusiast William France passed away on Tuesday in Sophia, Georgetown, at the age of 66.

Guyana Amazon Warriors will feature tomorrow in the second qualifier after losing by seven wickets to Trinbago Knight Riders at Providence last night in the first qualifier.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) yesterday handed out monetary incentives to those responsible for Guyana winning last month’s Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors boxing tournament held at the National Gymnasium and also those who won medals at this year’s AMBC championships.

Five of the country’s  top Simon Pures are scheduled to depart Guyana Saturday for Cuba where they will be involved in training sessions leading up to their participation at next month’s Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

The Omar Khan era in the Lady Jaguars senior programme started off on a losing note as Guyana went down 1-2 to hosts Antigua and Barbuda yesterday at the Technical Centre in St.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will host a Sports Medicine Workshop this Saturday at Olympic House from 09:00hrs.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) yesterday named its contingent for this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG) scheduled for October 26-31 in Suriname.

(Reuters) – Rafael Nadal’s last Grand Slam win came at the French Open in 2022, but with Novak Djokovic having overtaken his impressive haul of most major titles in men’s tennis, the Spaniard conceded the Serbian is the best player in history.

(Reuters) – New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee will undergo thumb surgery today and a decision on his participation in the upcoming World Cup in India will be taken next week, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) said.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Captain Brandon King has hailed the contribution of all-rounder Fabian Allen after the left-arm spinner dismantled St Lucia Kings in the first playoff game of the Caribbean Premier League on Tuesday night.

LEEDS, (Reuters) – The first of the three one-day internationals between England and Ireland was called off due to rain yesterday without a ball being bowled at Headingley.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Jude Bellingham scored deep in added time as Real Madrid wore down a resilient Union Berlin to claim a 1-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu in their Group C opener yesterday, spoiling the Bundesliga side’s Champions League debut.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Between six and nine senior officials of Spain’s football federation (RFEF) will be invited to leave their jobs or will be sacked as part of a deal to end a threatened player boycott of the national team, a federation source told Reuters.

The top two teams at the end of the preliminary rounds of this year’s Caribbean Premier League meet tonight at the Providence National Stadium for a place in Sunday’s grand finale.

With the 10th edition of the Courts Pee Wee Football Championships penciled to commence Saturday, tournament coordinators, the Petra Organization, yesterday conducted the official team briefing and ball distribution exercises  at the National Library, Church Road.