(Reuters) – Defending champions the United States won their Group C opener against Serbia 110-84 in front of an ecstatic crowd in one of the most anticipated games of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament at the Pierre Mauroy stadium yesterday.
(CMC – Two late wickets rocked the West Indies and undermined a courageous effort with the ball, leaving them staring at a series whitewash at Edgbaston yesterday.
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara The highly anticipated rematch from the previous year’s final of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Zone saw title holders Ballerz Empire defend their championship with a 2-0 win over Showstoppers on Friday night at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.
(Reuters) – Australia’s peerless women’s 4×100 metres freestyle relay swimmers secured their country a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event at the Paris Games yesterday with an Olympic record-breaking swim.
Santos hammered lowly Buxton United by a 7-0 score when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre, Providence.
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will kick-off its Kool Kidz Summer Festival on August 3rd at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Coast Demerara.
Paris Olympics 2024 – Noel sets national record in defeat Guyana’s first two athletes jumped into action yesterday at the Olympic Games in Paris, France, but sadly, could not book progression despite their best efforts.
(Reuters) – Caleb Dressel collected his eighth career Olympic gold medal, and a first of the Paris Games for the U.S.
(Reuters) – Japan’s world number two table tennis mixed doubles team, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto, were upset by North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-1 in the first round at the Paris Olympics, losing the chance to retain the country’s gold medal.
(Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Olympic Games open yesterday after a soaking wet ceremony in which athletes were cheered by the crowd along the Seine, dancers took to the roofs of Paris and Lady Gaga sang a French cabaret song.
Vice President (VP) of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB), Royan Fredericks, said he is happy that five female cricketers from the county were selected to represent Guyana at the recently concluded Cricket West Indies regional women’s limited-over tournament, which was held in Trinidad and Tobago.
KFC Elite League Slingerz title hopes suffered a setback on Thursday evening as they were held 1-1 by fierce rival Den Amstel in the ‘West Demerara Derby’ in the KFC Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.
CWI Men’s U-19 Super50 Cricket Spurred on by good performances with bat and ball, Guyana made it three wins out of as many games with a comfortable 89-run win over Trinidad and Tobago in round three of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Men’s U-19 Super50 competition.
The defending Elite League champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), was eliminated from the CFU Club Shield as they went down 2-6 to Grenadian outfit Grenades yesterday in the preliminary round at the Rignaal Jean Francisca Stadium, Curacao.
(CMC) – Three wickets – two to pacer Jayden Seales – enabled the West Indies to finish the day strongly against hosts England after their batting again fell apart in the third Test of the Richards-Botham Trophy Series yesterday.
(ESPN Cricinfo) – Big picture: Can WI go to the well again?
With the 33rd Olympiad set to commence today in Paris, France, table tennis standout Chelsea Edghill and sprinter Emmanuel Archibald will serve as Guyana’s flagbearers for the event’s opening ceremony at 1:30pm.
– nine locals make the cut The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has finalised its 18-member roster for their campaign in League C of the CONCACAF Girl’s U-15 Championship, with nine locally based players making the squad.
The Guyana Police Force, led by a second half hat-trick from Neron Barrow, defeated Monedderlust 3-0 in the KFC Elite League last evening at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.
Its mind-boggling regional pundits are unable to cite the obvious causes for the West Indies’ continued failures in all formats of cricket.
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