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Ashley Khalil
Ashley Khalil

Guyana loses both team finals at CASA C/ships

Guyana’s men’s and women’s squash team suffered two heartbreaking losses in the team finals of the 20th Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA)championships on Saturday in Trinidad and Tobago losing out in their bids for the team championships.

Sport Ministry budgets for maintenance of community grounds
Sport Ministry budgets for maintenance of community grounds

Sport Ministry budgets for maintenance of community grounds

Minister of Sport Dr Frank Anthony at his Main Street office on Thursday handed over cheques and brush cutters to Regional Executive Officers (REOs) of Regions One, Three, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten to support the development and maintenance of their respective community grounds.

Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai

Guyana trounce Barbados to stay on top standings

FOURSQUARE, Barbados, CMC – Led by an unbeaten century from Chandrapaul Hemraj, Guyana eased to a comfortable 40-run win over Barbados to continue at the top of the standings in the Regional Under-19 one-day Championship here yesterday.

Mixed fortunes for Rugby team

Guyana’s National Sevens rugby team won two matches and lost one as the 2013 North America and the Caribbean Rugby Association World Cup qualifiers commenced yesterday at the Twin Elms Rugby Park, Ottawa, Canada.

Abigail McDonald

Trinidad retains Caribbean Championship

By Iva Wharton Trinidad and Tobago yesterday retained the team Caribbean Scrabble Championship when they defeated Barbados 27 games to nine to bring an end to the team aspect of the Caribbean Championship played at the Bank of Guyana building.

Steven Jacobs

Jacobs hits ton and grabs four wickets

By Neil Barry Steven Jacobs smashed a century and claimed four wickets to put Malteenoes in the driver’s seat against the Guyana National Industrial Corporation at the close of the first day’s play of their Heroes Cup match at Thomas Lands yesterday.

Winners and runners-up pose with prizes compliments of at the completion of yesterday’s second annual Malta Supreme 11-race cycling programme at the National Park. (Orlando Charles photo)

Robin Persaud wins Malta Supreme feature event

By Emmerson Campbell National cyclist Robin Persaud sped off with the feature 35-lap event of this year’s second annual Malta Supreme 11-race programme which was staged around the inner circuit of the National Park yesterday.

Cream of the nation’s thoroughbreds on show today

By Emmerson Campbell The crème de le crème of the nation’s thoroughbreds along with foreign horses will vie for over $30m in cash and other prizes when Guyana’s premier horse racing event, the Guyana Cup is staged today at the Port Mourant Turf Club.

Gayle century fires J/ca to tense win over T/dad

WILDEY, Barbados, CMC –Middle-order batsman Bryan Gayle stroked a sparkling century as Jamaica registered a nerve-wracking two-wicket win over Trinidad and Tobago with four balls to spare, in round five of the Regional Under-19 one-day Championship  yesterday.

Gayle, Pietersen have much in common

The parallels, as far as they go, are obvious. They are both 32, two of the most commanding batsmen of their time and highly paid box-office attractions wherever in the world they play.

India enforce follow-on before rain ends play

HYDERABAD, India, (Reuters) – Ravichandran Ashwin spun a web around New Zealand’s batsmen to capture six wickets as India enforced the follow-on before rain halted their victory charge on day three of the opening test yesterday.

Good time to be playing Australia, says Whatmore

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore believes his side will have the edge over Australia in the One-Day International and Twenty20 series in the United Arab Emirates as they are more familiar with conditions and the visitors are dealing with injuries and retirements.

Van Persie and Hazard net first goals in wins

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The shade of the shirt may have changed but Robin van Persie remains a red-hot Dutch master after marking his first Manchester United start with a superb goal in a 3-2 Premier League win over Fulham yesterday.

Lance Armstrong

Armstrong ‘stripped’ of tour wins

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong was stripped of his record seven Tour de France wins and handed a lifetime ban by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)  yesterday, but he remained defiant as supporters rallied around the American cyclist.

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