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Kaitan upstages national 5000 metres champ again

Samuel Kaitan upstaged national 5000 metres champ Nathaniel Giddings yet again when the third Developmental Meet of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) was held last Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden.

Clive Lloyd
Clive Lloyd

Clive Lloyd bats for women’s cricket

By Iva Wharton Women’s cricket in Guyana will receive equal attention as male cricket, according to newly- appointed advisor to the President on Sport and Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) for Cricket, Clive Lloyd.

The successful Bokra players and officials pose with the Bounty Challenge Trophy.   
The successful Bokra players and officials pose with the Bounty Challenge Trophy.  

Hikers, Bokra win at Bounty hockey tourney

Pepsi Hikers and Bokra emerged men’s and women’s champion at Sunday’s Bounty one-day hockey tournament held at the National Stadium at Providence.

The victorious Guyana men’s team posing with their medals.

Kings again!

Guyana’s men’s powerlifting team  yesterday regained the team title they lost to Trinidad last year scoring 54 points to run out winners of the Caribbean Powerlifting Championships which ended yesterday in St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands (USVI).

The winners and runners up pose with their respective winning at the end of the Diamond Mineral Water 11-race cycling meet yesterday at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.(Orlando Charles photo)

Jackson wins seventh DDL feature race

By Emmerson Campbell Ian Jackson, Saturday, won with the feature 35-lap Invitational race staged by national cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and Demerara Distilllers Limited (DDL) under its Diamond Mineral Water brand.

Hikers, All Greys remain unbeaten

Hikers and All Greys continued their unbeaten run in the John Fernandes Insurance Second division hockey tournament following the latest matches played Saturday at the St.

Thousands attend Wrestlemania

By Carwyn Holland The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company’s “Wrestlemania Guyana” proved to be a big hit as thousands attended the live, high energy wrestling event which got underway Saturday evening at the National Park.

Prize winners of the Kool-Aid Junior Squash tournament which ended yesterday at Georgetown Club. (Orlando Charles photo)

Meckdeci prevents a Wiltshire sweep

A breakout performance from Benjamin `Big Ben’  Mekdeci saw him defeating Caribbean Under-15 girls’champion Akeila Wiltshire in the final of the B category of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Kool-Aid Junior Easter Tournament yesterday at the Georgetown Club’s squash courts.

Vieira wins twice

By Iva Wharton Former Caribbean motor race champion Mark Vieira had stated prior to yesterday’s Race of Champions meet that he intended

University of Guyana football team aims for higher heights

By Neil Barry Guyana’s premier intuition of higher education has embarked on an ambitious trail to become a permanent fixture in the local premier league for the first time and to become Caribbean collegiate champions in the upcoming tournament to be staged in Curacao.

B/dos crush T/dad to reach final

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – A ruthless Barbados cricket team crushed archrivals Trinidad and Tobago by 227 runs inside three days here yesterday, to storm into the final of the Regional Four-Day Championship.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who topscored in the first innings, was out cheaply in the Guyana second innings making just four.(Windiescricket.com)

J/ca whip Guyana to reach final

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica took yet another giant step towards an unprecedented fifth successive first class title when they brushed aside a fragile Guyana by 133 runs with a day to spare, in their Regional Four-Day semi-final here yesterday.

Thunder clinch playoff berth, Celtics blast Heat

(Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder made a major statement heading into the final month of the National Basketball Association (NBA) season with a playoff-clinching 92-78 home victory over the league-leading Chicago Bulls yesterday.

Referee Franklyn Brisport waves off a battered Mark Austin as Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy recorded another knockout victory. (Orlando Charles photo)

Featherweight Moses defeats heavyweight London

By Emmerson Campbell Featherweight boxer Mandessa Moses used her superior ring craft to record a unanimous defeat of heavyweight opponent Pauline London In the headline bout of the 21st edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Pro Am card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Friday night.

Winston Stoby on the podium after setting a World record in the deadlift of the Masters category at the Caribbean Powerlifting Championships in St Thomas, USVI.

Powerlifters smash records

Guyanese powerlifters broke records and had a massive medal haul at the two-day Caribbean Power lifting Championships over the weekend in St Thomas, USVI on Friday.

GT&T Nationwide 10/10 nationwide cricket tourney…

As action in the third edition of the  Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) 10/10 nationwide softball cricket tournament continues around Guyana with teams battling for over G$30M in cash and incentives, one team from the Lower East Coast Zone is looking make big steps in this year’s competition.

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