Veteran sports administrator, Franklin Wilson, was Saturday elected as the new president of the Guyana Amateur Power Lifting and Fitness Federation (GAPLF) when the body held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue.
The Panthers Rugby Club mauled the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) unit 45-26 when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) 12’s tournament continued yesterday at the National Park.
Track standouts Devaun Barrington and Attoya Harvey showed that they also have the winning touches on asphalt.
The Demerara Cricket Board’s “Friends of Demerara Cricket Fund” has garnered the support of KW Logistics and Bus Services as the second company to offer support to the initiative.
Demerara are currently in a commanding position with a 345-run lead over the Select XI in the Guyana Cricket Board’s senior Inter-County four-day tournament’s second round.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Interim West Indies head coach Andre Coley has rued two missed opportunities on day three which contributed to his side’s heavy defeat in the second Test at the Wanderers on Saturday.
DHAKA, (Reuters) – All-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraz delivered with bat and ball as Bangladesh stunned world champions England by four wickets in a second successive upset to clinch the three-match Twenty20 series with a game to spare in Mirpur yesterday.
(Reuters) – New Zealand will go into the final day of the first test against Sri Lanka needing 257 runs for victory with nine wickets in hand after a 14th century from Angelo Matthews dragged the tourists right back into the contest at Hagley Oval yesterday.
AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Virat Kohli ended his agonising wait for a test century with a painstaking 186 as India racked up 571 to claim a lead of 91 in the fourth and final test against Australia yesterday.
Sisters super-heavyweight Abiola Jackman and light-welterweight Alesha Jackman will depart Guyana today for New Delhi, India, where they will participate in the Women’s World Boxing Championships.
JOHANNESBURG, CMC – West Indies were left to ponder another abject failure after pacer Gerald Coetzee and off-spinner Simon Harmer ripped through their batting to lead hosts South Africa to a 284-run win in the second Test yesterday.
Slingerz FC and Den Amstel earned their semi-final berths in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) ‘Commander Cup’, following contrasting victories on Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.
Defending champion Wismar/Christianburg, 8th of May, Cummings Lodge and St. Stanislaus secured wins when the 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 Football Championship resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.
Guyanese Mixed Martial Artist Carlston Harris rebounded from his first ever defeat in the Ultimate Fighting Championship to secure a unanimous decision victory over Jared Gooden yesterday at the entity’s Fight Night 221 in Las Vegas.
Half centuries from Shamar Yearwood and Ronaldo Alimohamed highlighted Demerara’s innings on the opening day of their second-round showdown in the Guyana Cricket Board senior four-day Inter-County tournament against the Select XI at the Georgetown Cricket Club, Bourda ground, yesterday.
By Troy Peters The Guyana Hockey Board has announced a squad of 18 players and two reserves for the Junior Pan American men’s hockey tournament to be played from April 10-18 at the Barbados National Hockey Centre.
AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Shubman Gill smashed a career-best 128 and Virat Kohli regained his form to fuel India’s robust reply to Australia’s first innings total of 480 on day three of the fourth and final test in Ahmedabad yesterday.
Upon review, Vidushi Persaud-McKinnon has been deemed eligible to contest the Electoral General Meeting (EGM) of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) in two days.
The Guyana Fitness Games ‘Mighty Malt Fitness Challenge’ gets cracking today at the National Park from 14:00hrs.
Keldon Johnson hit for 23 points and recently acquired Sandro Mamukelashvili scored all 11 of his points in the fourth quarter as the host San Antonio Spurs waylaid the Western Conference-leading Denver Nuggets 128-120 on Friday to snap a two-game losing streak.
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