Team Sammy comprising Edmund Sammy, Theo Bascom, Hilbert Alli, Terrence Damon, Manniram Shew and Rondell Charles took top honours last Wednesday when domino enthusiast Manniram ‘Packer’ Shew brought together players from four clubs to participate in a friendly encounter.
By Iva Wharton This week-end’s National Closed Junior Chess Championship hangs in a balance after seven qualifying players said on Saturday that they are prepared to sit out the championship unless the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) meets with them to iron out issues relating to the selection for the upcoming Inter Guiana Games.
Despite a stumbling start, Rupert Perry came through to claim victory in the men’s 100 metres final at the Police Gymkhana event yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary, yesterday.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Kenyan Patrick Makau dethroned king of the roads Haile Gebrselassie at the Berlin marathon yesterday by slashing 21 seconds off the Ethiopian’s world record despite running on his own for the final 10 kilometres.
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Sebastian Vettel did all he could to wrap up a second successive Formula One world title with a commanding victory in Singapore yesterday but the ultimate prize remained tantalisingly out of reach.
HYDERABAD, India, CMC-IANS – Opener Jon-Jon Smuts scored a fluent 88, as Warriors of South Africa romped to a 50-run victory over South Australia Redbacks in the Champions League Twenty20 match yesterday.
METZ, France, (Reuters) – France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga clinched his sixth ATP title when he beat big-serving Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia 6-3 6-7 6-3 in the final of the Metz tournament yesterday.
By Emmerson Campbell A vicious knockout by Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy brought the crowd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to its feet on Friday last at the staging of the 18th edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) ProAm Friday Night fights.
Berbice go into today’s final at the Albion Community Development Centre ground hoping to continue their recent dominance over Demerara sides as they aim to win back-to-back Inter-County one day titles.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) closed the first day of their Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Noble House Seafoods two day second division match against Vikings in a strong position.
Three members of the Guyana cycling team that took part in the Caribbean Cycling Championships in Jamaica last weekend placed among the first 20 participants in the Men’s Elite Road Race.
The Ryan Crawford Memorial Turf Club and Sports Facilities (RCMTC&SF) will run off a number of sprint events today from 13:00 hours at the club’s facility at Alness, Corentyne, Berbice.
Following are today’s fixtures in the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association’s Blackwell sponsored competition.
LONDON, England, CMC – Dwayne Smith says he relishes continuing at the top of the order, after opening for the first time in an international match in West Indies’ 10-wicket loss to England here Friday.
LONDON, England, CMC – West Indies will hope to salvage something from their short Twenty20 campaign here when they face England in the last encounter of the two-match series today.
CHENNAI, India, CMC – Big-hitting West Indies batsman Kieron Pollard played a minor role as his Mumbai Indians scored a thrilling three-wicket win over fellow Trinidadian Dwayne Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings in the Champions League Twenty20 here yesterday.
Robin Persaud carted off the 35-lap Schoolboys and Novices race yesterday when National cycling Coach Hassan Mohammed and the Unitech Awning ran off a successful 11 race cycling meet at the National Park circuit, Thomas Lands.
The suspension of Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Colin Klass by FIFA, the world body governing football should pave the way for reforms within the GFF and football officials must come together to foster the development of the sport locally.
Colin Klass’ 26- month ban “from taking part in any football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other)” is probably the best outcome that he could have hoped for.
The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) injunction remains in place but Judge James Bovell-Drakes on Friday ordered that lawyers for the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) prepare an affidavit in answer.
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