Sports

Tough ask

Guyana have a hard act to follow. Trinidad and Tobago’s inspiring performance in the inaugural Champions League in India last year set standards and created expectations that the new West Indies T20 champions will find difficult to match in the second tournament in South Africa next month.

Leon Gilkes
Leon Gilkes

Trotman eager to halt string of losses

Lightweight Mark Austin made a fairy tale start to his professional career when he gained unanimous decision wins over Cecil Smith and Shawn Pile in the GBBC/GABA Friday Night Fights Pro-Am card.

MVP Bishoo should be elevated to int’l cricket

– cricket writer George Whyte My Marlon Munroe A week after being named MVP of the inaugural Caribbean Twenty20 Championships, Guyanese leg spinner Devendra Bishoo, according to cricket writer George Whyte, should be afforded the opportunity to develop at the highest level.

Bolt beaten!

STOCKHOLM, (Reuters) – Tyson Gay handed world and  Olympic champion Usain Bolt his first defeat in 15 100m finals at the Diamond League yesterday.

Chetram Singh

Champions League participation fee is for WICB not GCB

By Marlon Munroe The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday responded to an article in Friday’s Trinidad Guardian which stated that the WICB was seeking a percentage of the money Guyana will receive for participating in the upcoming Airtel Champions League tournament in South Africa next month.

(Chess Feng and Singh): Sue-Hai Feng (left) and opponent Niatanand Singh ponder the board during their round three “Game of the Round” match of yesterday’s game.

Hai Feng grabs two victories using Giuoco Piano

Sue Hai Feng used the oldest recorded chess opening the Giuoco Piano to grab his first two wins of the Challenges of Youth Empowerment tournament which continued yesterday at the American University of Peace Studies on Sheriff Street.

 President of the EBDCA Rohan Sarjoo, sits second from left, with the executive members of the association after the hosting of their Annual General Meeting.

Sarjoo re-elected as EBDCA president

Rohan Sarjoo was reelected president of the East Bank Demerara Cricket Association (EBDCA) on Wednesday evening when the association held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Providence ground.

Bolivian army starts training militias

LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivian army officials say they  have started training civilians to use firearms to defend the  country, mirroring a similar programme by Venezuelan President  Hugo Chavez, who has built a militia network in recent years.

England go clear after Pakistan collapse again

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – England took control  of the second test at Edgbaston yesterday reaching 112 for two  when bad light ended play on day one after Pakistan earlier  slumped to 72 all out and their lowest-ever test total against  England.

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