Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant took to Twitter in an attempt to clarify his remarks earlier yesterday when asked about the fallout surrounding Kyrie Irving’s social media posts that centered on an antisemitic book and movie.
(Reuters) – Mohammad Nabi stepped down as Afghanistan captain yesterday after the Asian country were eliminated from the Twenty20 World Cup without winning a single match.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outgoing president of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) Brian Lewis is anticipating a keen and fair election when members of the organisation vote for his successor today.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies discard Andre Russell is set to feature in the Big Big Bash League when he turns out in four games for Melbourne Renegades next month as a replacement for England’s Liam Livingstone.
NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Shai Hope’s composed half-century kept Barbados Pride dreaming before fast bowlers Nicholson Gordon and Odean Smith wiped out the lower order to hand Jamaica Scorpions an emphatic 64-run victory in the Super50 Cup here late Thursday night.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – New Zealand became the first team to reach the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a victory over Ireland yesterday but Australia face a wait to see if they will be staying in the tournament despite a nervy win over Afghanistan.
With the GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers U18 Secondary School Football League slated to conclude on Sunday, tournament coordinator, the Petra Organization, staged a pre-match press conference yesterday at the Brandsville Hotel, Pike Street with the competing Christianburg/Wismar outfit and Golden Grove unit.
Western Tigers earned their berth to the semi-final round in the Georgetown Football Association Super-8 Knockout Championship, defeating the Guyana Police Force 3-1 in extra time on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.
Botofago and Winners Connection secured easy wins when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.
CARIFTA Games gold medallist, Attoya Harvey, along with rising sprint star, Ezekiel Newton, will headline Guyana’s 30-member track and field team for this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG) scheduled for November 25 to 27.
The quarterfinal section in the ninth edition of the Courts Pee Wee Boys U11 Football Championship will commence tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue in Georgetown.
(Reuters) – Rebeca Andrade became the first Brazilian to win the women’s individual all-around title at the world gymnastics championships in Liverpool, England yesterday.
(CMC) – Darren Bravo’s half-century went in vain as reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force slipped to a narrow three-run defeat to Guyana Harpy Eagles in the Super50 Cup late Wednesday night.
(Reuters) – World number one Carlos Alcaraz swept aside Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-3 to book his place in the Paris Masters quarter-finals yesterday and reigning champion Novak Djokovic advanced with a 6-4 6-1 win over Karen Khachanov.
(Reuters) – Pakistan kept alive their slim hopes of reaching the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a 33-run victory over South Africa in a rain-shortened Super 12 match yesterday, bringing the tournament’s only unbeaten record to an end in the process.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) will make a ruling on the issue of the president of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) after duly elected president Frankie Farley was ousted by the board recently.
The Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club’s International Race-of-Champions returns to the South Dakota Circuit on November 12-13 and Torginol Paints Inc.,
The Berbice Shotokan Karate Association (BSKA) via the Berbice, Albion and Canje, and New Amsterdam Dojos, commenced its final examination for the year on October 30th at the Albion Sports Complex.
Boxers get ready, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is set to host its Lennox Blackmore Intermediate Boxing Tournament from November 18-20 at the National Gymnasium.