By Emmerson Campbell Local conglomerate Banks DIH Limited under its Malta Supreme brand yesterday flexed its corporate muscle by supporting the third biennial Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Show and its Fitness Walk.
Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) President, Cheryl Thompson yesterday paid a courtesy call on the participants of this year’s 36th annual ‘Teach Them Young’ cycling programme which is being held at the National Park.
The Tradewind Tankers True Champions Volleyball Tournament now moves to the second leg of games which are scheduled for Berbice on July 21 and 28 at the GTM hardcourt in New Amsterdam and the Guysuco Training Centre in Port Mourant respectively.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Unflappable Alastair Cook scored his 20th test century as England dominated day one of the first test against South Africa to finish on 267 for three by the close at The Oval yesterday.
MADRID, (Reuters) – The London Olympics was shorn of one of its biggest attractions yesterday when reigning champion Rafa Nadal said he would not be able to defend his tennis singles gold because of injury.
PEYRAGUDES, France, (Reuters) – Bradley Wiggins closed in on a maiden Tour de France title yesterday but had to deal with controversial behaviour from team mate Chris Froome which some saw as patronising on the final mountain stage.
HAMILTON, Bermuda, , CMC – A club cricketer has been banned for five years after being found guilty of a Level 4 offence for the second time this season.
(Reuters) – Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has won his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a life ban from all soccer-related activity over bribery allegations.
(Reuters) – Someone may break 9.8 seconds for only the second time in an Olympic 100 metres final and still fail to win a medal at the London Games, says the world’s second fastest man Tyson Gay.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, forced to announce his international retirement after suffering an eye injury before the test series with England, underwent further surgery yesterday.
-The unbelievable story of Winston George, Guyana’s first locally-based athlete to qualify for the Olympic Games in over a decade Four years ago Winston George had no idea that he would be at the next Olympics Games.
The best of the best of Guyana’s junior squash campaigners are already in Jamaica and set to take to court tomorrow for the first round of matches in the individual category of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Caribbean Junior Squash Championships 2012.
By Emmerson Campbell “After seven or eight fights I’m looking to take on Elton Dharry for the bantamweight title,” a confident 19-year-old Richard Williamson declared during a recent interview with Stabroek Sport.
Nine days to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympic Games and Guyana’s chef de mission to the Games Dr Karen Pilgrim is very confident that the team will make the most of the opportunity to compete on at the world’s biggest stage.
Kristina Cheeks of the Association Do Shotokan of Guyana (ASKG) was named the top medalist from her Dojo’s at the 2012 International Karate Daigaku (IKD) World Cup held in Toronto, Canada earlier this month.
DIGICEL’S US$20 million sponsorship deal with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will come to an end in September but the telecommunications company and WICB are still not close to committing to a new contract.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MYCS)/ National Sports Commission will sponsor the second edition of the East Coast Under 17 Cricket Camp at the Enterprise Community Centre Ground, East Coast Demerara, beginning next Monday.
Guyana’s Under-15 cricket team was 80-5 in their second innings against the Windward Islands at the close of play of their opening two day match of the West Indies Cricket Board’s regional Under-15 cricket competition in Conaree, St Kitts.
From Iva Wharton in Trinidad Guyana ‘s netball team on Tuesday picked up its fourth loss in the Americans Federation of Netball Associations (AFNA) tournament when it came up against another Caribbean powerhouse Barbados at the Jean Pierre Complex in the compound of the Hasley Crawford Stadium, Trinidad.
By Iva Wharton Guyana’s netball tea managed to record its highest number of points in the Americas Federation of Netball Association (AFNA) tournament but the points scored were not enough to land them a win against the United States of America team and they went under by 25 goals to 82.
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