Grant Stuart romps to victory in feature eventWalter Grant-Stuart swept to victory in the feature 35-lap Schoolboys and Novices race as the National Sports Commission ‘Teach Them Young’ annual summer programme concluded yesterday with an 11-race programme around the outer circuit of the National Park.
Cougars United Football Club of New Amsterdam will seek a semi-final place in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) organized Cheddi and Janet Jagan Memorial football competition today.
The annual District of Columbia Metro Cricket Organisation (DCMCO) softball competition will bowl off on September 19 at the Demerara Cricket Club Ground.
LONDON, England, CMC – Teenaged Leeward Islands batsman Chesney Hughes continued his impressive form with a half-century for Derbyshire in a losing cause for Middlesex yesterday.
– Whipple tells Sevens players The national rugby team’s Technical Director, Joe Whipple, says that the Guyana players need “to bring their A game” to the forthcoming Commonwealth Games Rugby Sevens to be held in New Delhi, India on October 11 and 12.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Fourth-seeded Andy Murray of Britain dodged some rain drops and some sizzling serves before quickly reaching the third round by outshining Jamaican Dustin Brown 7-5 6-3 6-0 at the U.S.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were questioned by the London Metropolitan police yesterday following their indefinite suspension from all cricket.
(Cricinfo) Cricket’s most lucrative club competition, the $6.5m Champions League Twenty20, begins in less than 10 days with organisers assuring “robust” anti-corruption and security measures.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A joint initiative between the West Indies Cricket Board and mobile phone giants Digicel is set to address to youth development in the region over the next two years.
With preparation for the Commonwealth Games firmly underway, Guyana’s lone swimmer for the October 3-14 event, Jessica Stephenson has stepped up her training with a two-week session at South Florida Aquatic Club in Coral Springs.
The Topco Juices sponsored Junior Chess Championship Qualifying tournament which is organized by the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) starts today at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Camp and Hadfield Streets from 3pm.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan have called up Asad Shafiq and Mohammad Irfan as replacements for the suspended Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif for the one-day series in England.
The Guyana Draughts Association (GDA) will be holding a Region Three draughts competition tomorrow at the Land View Restaurant and Park, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara.
ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Serbia and Croatia won a haul of medals when they were partners in the former Yugoslavia but today they will face each other for the first time as independent nations in the world championship last 16.
The annual Masters Cup and 10/10 female softball cricket competitions sponsored by Kubota Industrial Generators and Engines and Tohatsu Outboards and organized by the Guyana Floodlights Cricket Association (GFCA) will bowl off on September 12 at various venues throughout Guyana.
The Nets rebounded well from their defeat at the hands of the Guyana Defence Force on Wednesday night to blowout the Macabees 71-34 in the Pepsi Street Series Open and Division Three leagues at the Burnham Basketball Court, Thursday night.
BRISTOL, England, CMC – Teenaged Leeward Islands batsman Chesney Hughes stroked a masterful, unbeaten 96 to help set up Derbyshire’s stunning 54-run win over Gloucestershire inside two days on Wednesday.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford says he is elated to have been offered a central retainer contract from the West Indies Cricket Board.
Ramnaresh Sarwan yesterday broke his silence on being overlooked for a West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) retainer contract because he was not fit enough by stating that he was not surprised by the decision.
TAUNTON, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan test captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif face possible life bans after they were charged yesterday under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) anti-corruption code.
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