Guyana’s middleweight champion Howard “Battersea Bomber” Eastman has inked his contract to fight Lennox “Too Sharp” Allen for the vacant Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) super middleweight title.
Nine players wing out for Barbados yesterday
A nine-member team departed Guyana yesterday for Barbados where they will participate in the Barbados Junior International Lawn tennis tournament this weekend.
TRELAWNY, England, CMC – Tamar Lambert narrowly missed out on a century as Jamaica’s progress was stymied by an incisive spell from left-arm seamer Kenroy Peters, on the opening day of their 12th round WICB Regional four-day match yesterday.
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, Mar 27, CMC – The young Barbadian Omar Phillips smashed a maiden first-class hundred and piloted Combined Campuses & Colleges (CCC) to a solid position against the Leeward Islands on yesterday’s opening day of their 12th round WICB Regional Four-day match.
Responsible batting from openers Delbert Hicks and Renwick Batson helped Rose Hall Town Windies Sports Bar (RHTWSB) crush Bermine Sports Club in their clash at the Area H ground last Saturday to book their place in the semi-final of the ABS limited-overs first-division competition.
Essequibo 50-miler tomorrow
The second annual Essequibo 50-mile cycle road race takes place tomorrow and several prizes and prime point awards are up for grabs, according to organizer and national coach Hassan Mohammed.
– Kanhai named MVP
The McKenzie High School (MHS) maintained their dominance of school basketball in Linden by winning the Ministry of Sport inter-school tournament when they th rashed the Linden Technical Institute (LTI) 64-33 on Tuesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club hard court.
Ten teams will be vying for the $100,000 first prize when the West Side Cup Easter Knockout football tournament kicks off tomorrow at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground, West Coast Demerara.
The Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association (GAWA) Annual Novices and Schoolboys Weightlifting Championships will be staged tomorrow at Club Blue Note, Camp Street, from 10:00hrs.
President of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) retired Col. Godwin McPherson said that he was more than pleased with the performance of the participating clubs in this year’s Next Level Entertainment (NLE) basketball tournament which ended recently.
Georgetown Football Club (GFC) and Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United blew away their opponents in first round action of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Premium Beer Knockout tournament on Wednesday evening at the Tucville playfield.
Flamingo and Vasco battle to draw
Flamingo and Vasco Football Clubs played to a goalless draw on Wednesday as preliminary round action in the Net-Rockers Football Club Linden Town Week Under-19 tournament continued at the Bayroc Community Centre ground.
West Indies’ spring tour of England could be severely undermined after it emerged five senior players are threatening to withdraw from the series to play in the IPL.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Chris Gayle believes it is important for West Indies to win the third One-day International against England today at Kensington Oval.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Languishing bottom of the seven-team standings, Guyana will be going all out for maximum points in order to stall Trinidad & Tobago’s progress in their 12th round WICB four-day championship today at the Queen’s Park Oval.
Massiah hits century as TSC snatch first innings points
Georgetown led by an attractive 106 from Shaun Massiah, Transport Sports Club (TSC) were able to snatch first innings points from Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) when the two met in the first round of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/Cummings Electrical/Raymond Panday Memorial Second Division competition.
Berbice wicketkeeper/batsman Delbert Hicks was selected the 2008 Cricketer-of-the-Year for his club Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and will be honoured when the 18th annual awards ceremony is held at J.C.
West Watooka and Sunrise Sports Clubs demolished Genesis XI and Nottinghamsire SC respectively last Saturday in the Berbice and Linden zones of the Guyana Softball League (GSL) organized Trophy Stall 15-Over Countrywide Softball Competition.