By Kiev Chesney President of the Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) Hector Edwards on Saturday evening announced that the federation was currently at the drawing board planning to host a Guyana to Brazil cycle race sometime next year.
By Kiev Chesney Just weeks after the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) announced that they would participate in an under-20 basketball tournament in Barbados, the federation announced that they were opting out because of insufficient finance.
By Calvin Roberts Host Suriname needled Guyana 1-0 in the first game of their home and away World Cup 2010 qualifier when the two teams met at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium Saturday afternoon.
By Kizan Brumell Fruta Conquerors and Plaisance Panthers racked up 3-0 wins over Buxton and Beacons respectively when the third round of the Guyana Football Assoc-iation (GFA) Courts Inc.
Experienced female golfer Melissa Humphrey won last Saturday’s Guyana Tele-phone and Telegraph (GT&T) sponsored pre-Father’s Day Medal Play golf tournament and in the process ruined the efforts of several anxious fathers who were eager to win the title in observance of Father’s Day which was celebrated yesterday.
By Kizan Brumell Camptown’s Telson McKinnon’s proved a nightmare for the Thomas United team when he blasted 10 goals against them in the first round of the Guyana Football Assoc-iation’s DeSinco Trading Ltd.
By Tony Cozier In BRIDGETOWN IT is not often that West Indies selectors go on a hunch, a gut feeling, a perception.
By Tony Cozier in BRIDGETOWN IT was midway through a blazing hot day.
Suriname defeated Guyana 1-0 in the first leg of their CONCACAF qualifying second round match for the 2010 FIFA World Cup at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium here yesterday.
By Kiev Chesney The start of the eagerly anticipated Inter Sub-Association under-23 tournament scheduled for tonight has been postponed until further notice.
Minister of Sport, GOA President and Director of Sport all absentBy Kiev Chesney The sport of netball might not rank too highly in Guyana and this might be why when the Guyana Netball Association (GNA) held its presentation ceremony for 2007 yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, all three of the major players in sports, Dr Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, GOA president K.A.
Mervyn ‘Spongy’ Moses and John ‘Big John’ Edwards moved a step closer to making their participation in the 6th Annual North American Region and 3rd Tournament of the Americas Powerlifting Championships a reality when they received sponsorship from Courts Guyana Inc and King’s Jewelry World.
– scholarship ends next month; slim chance for renewal Asks Kiev Chesney Guyana’s 5000m record holder Cleveland Forde who is currently training at the Kipchoge Keino High Performance training camp in Kenya may soon be regaining his status as a locally-based athlete as his Olympic Solidarity-funded scholarship will end next month.
– Champion swimmer Niall Roberts and his coach Seon Baksh are going for broke for the upcoming Olympics By Kiev Chesney Champion swimmer Niall Roberts who has recently been accredited and confirmed as Guyana’s youngest participant at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, and his coach Seon Baksh are not taking his selection lightly.
By Anthony Layne The Guyana Fire Service (GFS) narrowly escaped being arrested by sneaking past the Guyana Police Force (GPF) in the second round of the inaugural Balram Raghubir 40-over cricket competition yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground, Eve Leary.
– Gwendolyn O’Neil Guyana’s Gwendolyn O’ Neil won but Winston Pompey and Stephanie George suffered losses last Friday in St Maarten.
A 10-member squad has been named by the Guyana Darts Association (GDA) to compete at the 17th Caribbean Darts Organization and fourth American Cup Championship which is scheduled to take place from July 24 to August 3.
By Tony Cozier In BRIDGETOWN Rod Stewart would have had something entirely different in mind when writing the lyrics to one of his several hits but they are equally applicable to cricket, especially in the present series.
Jackman dazzles; Reid continues dominance in B’ce Zone Off spinner Mark Jackman (6-10) and opener Flynn Reid with an unbeaten 51 steered Tutorial Academy to a six- wicket victory over Berbice Educational Institute when action in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Republic Bank Right Start Under-15 40 overs cricket competition continued in Berbice recently.
– Burch-Smith Stabroek Sport recently caught up with President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Ronald Burch-Smith after one of the matches he played during the Farfan and Mendes Senior Team Tournament.
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