There was an early victory for the reigning 55 years and over doubles champions Maxie Fox and Steve Surujbally who outplayed Bobby Khan and Roy Rampersaud by two sets to none when the Guyana Lawn Tennis Association (GLTA) Ming’s Products veterans’ tournament continued at the Le Meridien Pegasus Tennis Courts.
Driving their Fullworks-sponsored Toyota Levin vehicle, Shiraz and Shahab Roshandin, drove to victory in the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) endurance race last Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.
Boxers yesterday inked their contracts in the boardroom of Abdool and Abdool Insurance Company for the first Friday Night Fights on February 26 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).
Immediately after the reopening of the Harpy Eagles Gym in Albouystown on Saturday it held a nine-bout amateur card which the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) organized in an effort to resuscitate amateur boxing in the country.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Officials from England’s bid for the 2018 World Cup will be the special guests at the ordinary congress of the Caribbean Football Union which takes place over the weekend.
PRETORIA, (Reuters) – South Africa is working with international agencies like Interpol and the FBI to minimise the threat of terror attacks during the World Cup, the country’s top policeman said yesterday.
PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson will be out indefinitely while he spends time with his sick daughter, the NBA team said yesterday.
VANCOUVER, (Reuters) – Germany surged to the top of the Winter Games medals table alongside the United States yesterday while host nation Canada struggled with a demoralising ice hockey defeat and diminishing medal hopes.
COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Rabindranauth Seeram has applauded Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s input into the Guyana team in the last two rounds of the WICB regional first-class competition.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin says he is willing to open the batting for West Indies as the beleaguered side continues to search for a way out of their winless streak Down Under.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Amit Jaggernauth was almost unplayable on a dusting pitch, and spun Trinidad & Tobago to a 155-run victory over Windward Islands in the WICB regional first-class competition yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Umpires in the Caribbean are the latest constituents bemoaning their relationship with the West Indies Cricket Board.
By Marlon Munroe National schools’ champion high jumper Maxsim Duncan fittingly brought the curtain down on the Inter-Guiana Games trials at the Enmore Community Centre ground yesterday after pulsating track rivalry when athletes vied for places on Guyana’s Track and Field team for Cayenne, French Guiana next month.
COUVA, Trinidad, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s 52nd first-class hundred put things in train, and purposeful bowling put Guyana on the verge of their first win in the last three seasons in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.
Perennial rivals Victoria Arjoon and Mary Fung-A-Fat’s titanic battle was one of the highlights of the Toucan Industries Mashramani junior squash tournament which ended yesterday at the Georgetown Club’s courts.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Olympic and World Championship 400-metre silver medallist Shericka Williams registered a 200-metre victory Saturday as several of the island’s elite athletes appeared at the early season UWI Gatorade Invitational.
MADRID, (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo inspired Real Madrid to an entertaining 6-2 victory over Villarreal that moved them two points behind leaders Barcelona in La Liga yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Adrian Barath continued his comeback from injury, and helped Trinidad & Tobago’s push to finish the season strongly to take shape against Windward Islands in the WICB regional first-class championship yesterday.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Oklahoma City Thunder spoiled Tracy McGrady’s New York debut with a 121-118 overtime victory for their eighth consecutive win yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, CMC – Guyana’s former world boxing champion Vivian Harris suffered a contentious fourth-round technical knockout loss to Argentina’s Lucas Martin Matthyse in their non-title welterweight boxing bout on Saturday night.
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