Guyana concluded its four-match international hockey series against host nation Barbados with positive results, as the junior side recorded a win alongside a drawn affair for the senior outfit on Sunday at Wildey Park.
The ‘holy grail’ of amateur boxing in Guyana will take centre stage this evening following a three year absence as the Terrence Ali National Open Championship commences at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
Hillside defeated Lack Ah Scene, while Stabroek Ballers and Touches contested a high scoring draw, when the maiden edition of the Mocha Village ‘East Bank versus the Rest’ Streetball championship continued on Sunday at the Basketball Tarmac, Mocha.
By Charwayne Walker
Defending Jacob Cup champion, Queen’s College, successfully defended their title in the 1945 edition, against St Stanislaus College in the final on first innings points at the British Guiana Cricket Club (BGCC) ground, Thomas Lands.
(Reuters) – Soccer bodies UEFA and FIFA yesterday won the backing of an adviser to Europe’s top court on rules contested by potential rival the European Super League (ESL) as anti-competitive in a case that could affect other sports.
(Reuters) – Fernando Santos has left his job as Portugal coach after his team lost to Morocco in the World Cup quarter-finals, the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said yesterday.
(Reuters) – As Croatia and Morocco pick up the pieces after their World Cup semi-finals defeats, the two teams will welcome the prospect of potentially leaving Qatar on a high when they square up in the third-place playoff tomorrow.
(Reuters) – Spinner Kuldeep Yadav and seamer Mohammed Siraj wreaked havoc with the ball sharing seven Bangladesh wickets between them to put India in the box seat in the opening test in Chittagong yesterday.
(CMC) – A change of scenery meant nothing, and West Indies Women endured another demoralising defeat in their current home series against England Women, losing the second Twenty20 International by 16 runs on Wednesday.
(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal was crowned the ITF world champion for the fifth time in his career while top-ranked Iga Swiatek won the women’s award after a superb 2022 season, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Real Madrid have reached an agreement to sign Brazilian teenager Endrick from Palmeiras, the teams announced yesterday, beating a host of leading European clubs linked to the prodigy.
Powerhouse Region #4 sent a stern warning to the field in the inaugural ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Football Championship, dismantling Region #7 by a 6-1 score-line last evening at the National Track and Field Facility, West Coast Demerara.
With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre at Providence confirmed as the venue, the 3rd edition of the KFC Goodwill Schools Football Series will kick-off today with an exciting doubleheader.
(Reuters) – France will play Argentina in the World Cup final after beating Morocco 2-0 in an enthralling semi-final yesterday to stay on course to retain the title and end the fairytale run of the North Africans in Qatar.
(Reuters) – The men’s “big four” may be history but two of its remaining members, Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal, kept offering stiff resistance to the next generation in a seismic year for tennis.
(Reuters) – Kane Williamson has stepped down as New Zealand test captain and has been replaced by Tim Southee, the country’s cricket board (NZC) said today.
(Reuters) – American 400 metres runner Randolph Ross has been handed a three-year suspension for violating whereabouts rules and falsifying an email sent to anti-doping authorities, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said.
(CMC) – A destructive spell from Carlos Brathwaite formalised a 10-run win for Kandy Kings against Jaffna Kings in a top-of-the-table clash in the Lanka Premier League yesterday, after a Player-of-the-Match performance from Fabian Allen with the bat and an all-round show from Andre Fletcher.