With the Caribbean Fury2 a mere 24 hours away at the Princess Hotel, promoter Carwyn Holland reiterated his call to the government to fully support boxing which he said can boost Guyana’s sport tourism package.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados CMC – Hendy Springer has hailed the West Indies Cricket Board’s decision to stage another A-Team tour.
Hikers scored a 3 – 2 victory over GCC in the men’s first division finals clash but the GCC ladies dashed their hopes for a clean sweep in the women’s final of the GT&T Indoor Hockey Tournament held on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid tormented New Zealand’s bowlers with contrasting centuries to give India a flying start in the first test yesterday.
HOUSTON, (Reuters) – Chris Paul led the New Orleans Hornets to a 107-99 victory over the winless Houston Rockets on Wednesday as the team improved to 4-0 and matched their best start to an NBA season.
The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Division Two and Three Knockout tournament which was scheduled to commence last Saturday, but was rescheduled to Wednesday last, has been postponed again due to “some unforeseen hiccups”.
Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Bryan Mackintosh has assured that all systems are in place for the Seaboard Marine Caribbean Motor Racing Championships at the South Dakota Circuit on Sunday.
– In protest over MoE handling of Queen’s College investigation into Neesa Gopaul’s death The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is at odds with the Ministry of Education (MoE) over its handling of an investigation relating to the death of former Queen’s College (QC) student Neesa Gopaul and has decided to pull its expertise from the upcoming National Schools Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming championships.
Venezuelan Breilor ‘Zulianito de Oro’ Teran and Colombian Olga ‘La Mona’ Julio arrived in Guyana yesterday to keep their ring date with their Guyanese counterparts on Saturday on the Caribbean Fury2 boxing card at the Princess Hotel.
Telecommunications giant, Digicel, yesterday officially handed over the trophies for the Schools National Championships to be held November 9 – 12 at the Providence National Stadium.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Rookies Andre Russell and Devon Thomas have caught the eye of West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Devon Jorsling fired a hat-trick as Trinidad and Tobago fought back from a deficit to thrash St Vincent and the Grenadines 6-2, and open their Digicel Caribbean Cup campaign on a high on Tuesday night.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga put on a one-day international record 132 runs for the ninth wicket to fire Sri Lanka to a remarkable one-wicket victory over Australia yesterday.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suspended the central contracts of Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif while they are being investigated for alleged spot-fixing during the recent tour to England.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A bid for London to host the 2015 world athletics championships was abandoned yesterday because of fears over a potential legal wrangle surrounding the future of the 2012 Olympic main stadium.
SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Martin Kaymer missed out on a chance to become world number one last week and although Tiger Woods lost his top ranking to Lee Westwood instead, the U.S.
VALENCIA, Spain, (Reuters) – An out-of-sorts Andy Murray failed to put up much resistance in the defence of his Valencia Open title when he lost 6-2 3-6 6-2 to Argentine Juan Monaco in the second round yesterday.
The pair of Benedict Sukra and Nicola Ramdyhan advanced another step in the mixed doubles category when they defeated the duo of Gairy Myers and Thi Fernandes Tuesday night in the Pegasus Open tourney at the Hotel’s courts.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Rookie point guard John Wall wowed the Washington crowd in his home debut by leading the Wizards to a thrilling 116-115 overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday.
The Guyana Association of Scrabble Players is hosting its Diwali scrabble tournament tomorrow at the GCC Ground at 10am.
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