Sports

A pair of left-handers, alike in body and soul but separated by 112 Tests of experience, came to the rescue of another faltering West Indies innings on the opening day of the second and final Test at McLean Park here yesterday.

Ryan Soares voted Most Outstanding Ryan Soares emerged the Most Outstanding Athlete from among 18 in the Guyana Taekwondo Association’s Fourth Danda Cup Competition.

‘The Hammer’ cops top prize Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United copped the top prize of $400,000 and its star athletes won several other awards at the just-concluded Namilco Football Festival Knockout Competition.

The East Coast Cricket Board (ECCB) said the issues raised in a letter to the press published recently were intended to cause controversy, in a blistering response aimed at setting the record straight.

The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) received an early Christmas gift of equipment from the `Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation (RPSF) at a simple ceremony held Thursday evening at the IICA Conference Room on Brickdam.

The management of Kennard Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) need not worry about the prize money for their feature race on Boxing Day.

Alpha demolish Cougars 10-1 -Conquerors survive Lethem Defending champions Alpha United hammered Cougars of Berbice 10-1 when the annual Kashif and Shanghai year-end football extravaganza continued at the Plaisance ground on Wednesday.

There is a familiar figure among the travelling entourage of support staff with the West Indies team in New Zealand.

Western Tigers, Camptown, Blue Berry Hill and Eagles on show tonight By Rawle Toney It will be a Linden versus Georgetown double header at the McKenzie Sports Club ground (MSC) in Linden this evening as the Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) tournament continues.

Chanderpaul tipped to win Guyana/West Indies and Durham prolific middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul is a favourite to win the annual Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) cricketer of the year award set for tonight. 

THE battle for Test cricket’s wooden spoon has moved from the Arctic gloom of Dunedin to the warmth and Caribbean sunshine of Napier – and the shift in the balance between the teams prior to the second Test is just as stark.

Fitzgerald departs for England Sudesh Fitzgerald yesterday left for England to participate in the Ladbrokes.com

Over the past few months local boxing fans have been treated to some fine performances from some of the finest craftsmen of the fistic game who have made a name for themselves  internationally.

Western Tigers can take $1M prize money if they win – executives BK International Western Tigers executive rewarded its players for their hard work this year with cash and other prizes but the most motivational tool yet may be the offer of the $1M prize money it said will go directly to the players should they win the K&S tourney.

Dear  Editor, The attention of the Special Events Committee of the Berbice Cricket Board has been drawn to a letter  under the caption ‘Why was Amsterdam selected ahead of Baichan for the BCBC all  time XI?’

Georgetown football champions Alpha `The Hammer’ United will open their defence of the 2007/08 Kashif and Shanghai football tournament tonight when they oppose Cougars Football Club of Berbice at the Plaisance Community Centre ground.

They both earned wickets through it they would not otherwise have gotten.

Manager of the Tucville-based Fruta Conquerors Football Club (FCFC) Wayne Forde feels that his team can win the 19th Annual Kashif and Shanghai (K&S) football tournament, once they play together as a team and display a professional attitude.

By Eion Jardine As early as the 19th century the British Guiana Boxing Committee (BGBC) which ran the sport of boxing formed a board to name the association.

Reigning Mr. Guyana Mark Perry is calling on the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GABBFF) to supply him with the two airline tickets that he won as part of his Mr.