Newtown and Alexander Village football teams each came out one goal ahead of their opponents in the Brasimex 7-a-side inter-ward football tournament Saturday night at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
Much has been said in the aftermath of Guyana’s unsuccessful debut campaign in the Airtel Champions League cricket competition, and among the least impressive was the disclosure made by Guyana Cricket Board secretary Anand Sanasie about use of money earned from its participation.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – One tournament has been shelved, and two others have found space on the West Indies Cricket Board’s regional schedule.
LONDON, (Reuters) – NBA star Kobe Bryant went scoreless on Monday night, playing only six minutes as his 2010 champion Los Angeles Lakers were defeated 111-92 by a younger, hungrier Minnesota Timberwolves in a pre-season match in London.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Australian swimmer Ryan Napoleon was denied an unlikely Commonwealth Games 400 metres men’s freestyle gold by a fraction of a second yesterday after he beat a drugs ban and a dodgy stomach to reach the final.
In the latest edition of the General Marine Masters Cup and Female Softball Cricket tournament, the Well Woman softball team on Sunday registered two wins against the Corriverton Queens and the Trophy Stall Angels.
MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Ben Hilfenhaus took three wickets in the final session on the fourth day to leave India reeling at 55 for four in pursuit of 216 to win the first test against Australia yesterday.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – England will start as underdogs in the five-test Ashes series against Australia starting in Brisbane on Nov.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India reclaimed some of its lost pride with a vibrant opening ceremony to the 19th Commonwealth Games yesterday after weeks of negative publicity about problems with the preparations.
The Young Achievers volleyball team delivered a dominating performance to win the final of the True Champions Volleyball Tournament which ended on Saturday night, at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Eric Sankar out-pedalled his competitors in the feature event of the fourth annual Max Pereira and Marlis Archer memorial cycle race yesterday around the outer circuit of the National Park.
The Melanie Patriots snatched third place in the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association Pepsi Street Playoff Series from the clutches of the Courts Pacesetters on Saturday night at the Burnham basketball court.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Tour de France champion Alberto Contador’s positive drugs test has heaped more shame on Spain as a country celebrating a sporting golden age is being forced to face up to a doping problem that is tarnishing its image.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea’s Didier Drogba proved Arsenal’s nemesis again as he inspired the champions to a 2-0 win over their London rivals and Blackpool pulled off a stunning 2-1 victory at Liverpool in the Premier League yesterday.
NEWPORT, Wales, (Reuters) – Lee Westwood and Luke Donald set the tone as Europe charged 9-1/2 points to 6-1/2 ahead of the United States with an inspirational display in the third session of the weather-hit Ryder Cup yesterday.
– as Inter-County cricket tournament opens Neither batsman wanted to be outdone by the other on the first day of the El Dorado Inter-County 50-over tournament at the Blairmont Community Centre ground yesterday.
It was a well-decorated 94 from national batsman Christopher Barnwell that steered Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to a 44-run win over the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) in the final of the inaugural Digicel/Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Twenty20 First Division competition.
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For the twelfth time in the 13 years since Richie Richardson’s interrupted tenure formally ended and Courtney Walsh took over for the second time, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is again seeking someone to take hold of the poisoned chalice of the captaincy.
Part of Guyana’s contingent that participated in the welcoming ceremony for teams at the Commonwealth Games Village yesterday in New Delhi, India.
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