Sports

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) have officially announced their final roster for the impending Senior Caribbean Championships which is penciled for August 20th-27th in the Cayman Islands.

A 10-member team has officially been announced to represent St Lucia at the prestigious Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship scheduled for August 18 to 20 at the National Gymnasium.

Hopetown Rangers downed Fyrish by a 3-1 score when the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League resumed at the Rosignol Community ground on Wednesday evening.

(Reuters) – German champions Bayern Munich yesterday reportedly reached a deal with Tottenham Hotspur for the transfer of England captain Harry Kane, according to several English and German media.

(Reuters) – Alejandro Davidovich Fokina battled back from a third set deficit yesterday to beat Casper Ruud 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4) and deny the third seed a place in the Canadian Open quarter-finals.

(CMC) – Trinidad & Tobago prime minister Dr Keith Rowley said he will use a family holiday next week in Barbados to start talks with several personalities about the way forward for West Indies cricket.

Desmond Amsterdam put on a praiseworthy performance in the light heavyweight gold medal bout last night at the AMBC Championship in Cali, Colombia but had to settle for the silver medal following a close points loss to Canada’s Keven Beausjour. 

President of the Guyana Cricket Board Bissoondyal Singh yesterday lamented the poor turnout of spectators for the Guyana leg of the current tour of the West Indies by India and suggested that the cost of tickets might have been responsible for the low turnout.

The Ministry of Education and Guyana Tourism Authority in collaboration with the Guyana Golf Association and Nexgen Golf Academy  will tee off the Savannah Milk National Junior Golf Championship from today in Essequibo.

Head coach of Guyana’s U-13 cricket team which scored a 2-0 series win over a Trinidad and Tobago side, Amir Rahaman, says that in order to advance further, his players should focus on competing at a higher level at their local clubs and academies.

Best boxer at this year’s Michael Parris Pepsi U16 boxing championships, Tiquan Sampson and champion boxer of last year’s championships Keyon Martin, headline a 21-member squad Selected by the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) to successfully defend home turf in the upcoming Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship scheduled from August 18 at the National Gymnasium. 

Singh yesterday visited the National U17 team at the hostel following the team’s final training session ahead of the upcoming Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Regional Under-17 Tournament which commences today and ends September 1, in Trinidad and Tobago.

In what can only be described as the greatest comeback in the history of the Digicel Schools Football Championship, Carmel Secondary overcame DC Caesar Fox 3-2 on penalty kicks in their semi-final encounter at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue last evening to earn a place in Sunday’s final.

Star sprinter, Tianna Springer, will aim to clinch her second medal of the Youth Commonwealth Games today in Trinidad when she contests the final of the women’s 200m. 

The veterinary inspection of all horses entered to compete at the Guyana Cup Day Sunday at Rising Turf Club will commence tomorrow and end on Saturday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A shake-up in the leadership of one of West Indies cricket’s most influential territorial boards appears to be in the making.

Guyana’s Tianna Springer struck gold in the women’s 400m final as local athletes crowded the podium yesterday at the ongoing Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. 

India defeated West Indies by seven wickets at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday to keep the five-match series alive with two matches to go.

The top four teams in the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast are set to take the National Stadium, Providence by storm as they battle for supremacy on Saturday.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors camp has begun locally with coaches, Rayon Griffith and Ryan Hercules taking the players through their paces at the Everest Cricket Club ahead of the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).