– GDF and Buxton battle to a draw Sunburst Camptown endured a nail biting encounter to the end with the Fruta Conquerors on Sunday evening and were crowned the Camptown Goodwill Series Champions while automatic third place finisher Guyana Defence Force (GDF) drew with Buxton United in the friendly encounter earlier at the Camptown ground.
By Tiadi Blair The faculties of Natural and Social Sciences proved that they understood the dynamics of a basketball better than the faculties of Agriculture/ Forestry and Technology respectively as the University of Guyana’s basketball competition continued yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Dear Editor, As a fan of race walking and a former prize-winning competitor, I’ve been paying attention to the exemplary efforts of the Cavaliers Sports and Tour Club (CSTC) to make this Olympic event popular here.
Sylvan Gardner is continuing his climb in the sport of bodybuilding after placing sixth in the Pro-Class of this year’s Musclemania which was held over the weekend in Miami.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Michael Vaughan and Steve Harmison saw their hopes of playing in this year’s Test series against Australia fade when they were left out of a 16-man pre-Ashes squad named by England yesterday.
Guyana’s “Lady Jags” football team placed second to USA’s Bethseda FC in the Turks and Caicos (T&C) Football Festival after losing 0-3 in Saturday’s final but Technical Director Mark Rodrigues feels the tournament was a great start to the national women’s programme.
CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Younus Khan, who led Pakistan to the World Twenty20 title on Sunday, has been named captain of the International Cricket Council’s team of the tournament.
Ramoutar’s performance spurs Everest to victory A terrific all-round performance from Demerara’s former inter-county softball cricketer Talesh Ramoutar spurred Everest to a 20-run win over Part Plus’s XI in the final of the four-team 15-overs-a-side softball competition at the Everest Cricket Club ground on Saturday.
A day of activities has been planned for Sunday by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) to mark the occasion of Olympic Day.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has accepted an invitation to attend the opening ceremony of the soccer World Cup finals in South Africa next year, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Monday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – PowerGen Sports captured their third Premiership title, when their final round match against Clarke Road United in the 2009 Trinidad & Tobago Premier Division ended in a stalemate at Syne Village in Penal last weekend.
LONDON, CMC – A former Australia captain believes that West Indies need to look no further than Dwayne Bravo for their next captain.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Suriname and Jamaica each claimed two picks among the eight players named from the Digicel Kick Start Clinic series for a training stint with English Premier League side Sunderland later this year.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson and Kelly-Ann Baptiste delivered fast 100-metre victories at Trinidad and Tobago National Track and Field Championship this past weekend.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Three newcomers have been selected on the Young Trinidad & Tobago team for the TCL Group West Indies Youth Challenge in Jamaica from July 7 to August 6.Opening
Enmore XI, Bank of Guyana (BOG) and Finewood Marketing Inc. scored convincing victories as the 2009 Guyana Softball and Windball Cricket Association (GS&WCA) sponsored 15/15 Tapeball cricket tournament got off to a flying start last weekend at the GS&WCA ground on Carifesta Avenue.
Gavin Todd defied the inclement weather and a strong field to secure victory last weekend at the GEB Security Service-sponsored Medal Play Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.
By Tiadi Blair Barama defeated Prospect Jammers 48-38 while Herstelling got past Grove Weavers 54-41 to become the latest team to record victories in this year’s East Bank Basketball Championships which continued at the Burnham Basketball Court Sunday last.
LONDON, England, CMC – Pakistan are ICC World Twenty20 champions after man-of–the-moment Shahid Afridi belted an unbeaten half century to steer them past previously unbeaten Sri Lanka in yesterday’s final.
By Tiadi Blair A team from the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP), the game’s governing body, is currently working with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports to launch the game competitively in secondary schools.
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