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Seven nations have planned a November assault on Guyana with the South Dakota Circuit as the battle field.

The Banks DIH Thirst Park ground will come alive this evening when the inaugural Banks DIH/Claytons Kola Tonic Masters international football tournament commences from 6pm.

Come tomorrow cyclists from around the country will take to the National Park circuit in the Troy Humphrey/James Fowler Memorial cycling extravaganza.

There was wide participation in the beach volleyball seminar recently held by the Guyana Volleyball Federation [GVF] in collaboration with the International Volleyball Federation [FIVB] at the Guyana Table Tennis Association Training Centre in the National Park.

A presentation of autographed copies of the book of poetry, “Moongazer”, written by Lorri Alexander, was presented to each of the visiting representatives of FIFA -the world governing body of football, who officiated at the three (3) day COM – UNITY Seminar, jointly hosted by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and FIFA at the Cara Lodge, Quamina Street , on Thursday.

Regional limited over giants Guyana will begin their quest to regain the KFC Cup they last won in 2005 when they take on Jamaica today in their semi final clash at the Three Ws’ Oval, Cave Hill, here.

With its eyes on the Senior Inter-County four-day cricket competition, the Essequibo Cricket Board says it will be staging a three-day trial match to gauge the level of fitness of prospective selectees.

Timehri Panthers, Mocha Champs and Grove Hi-Tech all chalked up their first wins in the 2007 East Bank Football Association season.

Ten local teams, 2 Barbados clubs and a selection from Washington D.C

Tutorial High School and Lodge Community High will bang heads today in the final of the Edwin ‘Chow’ Sealy Memorial School indoor football competition being played at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Guyana’s middleweight Beijing Olympic Games hopeful Markember Pierre crashed out of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Boxing Championships in Chicago, United States of America (USA) when he lost to a Hungarian fighter 7-23 yesterday.

With the Rugby World Cup just ended in France the action will now switch to Guyana for the eagerly anticipated one-off match between arch-rivals Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago Over 35s on Saturday at the National Park rugby field.

The Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) local organizing committee last Wednesday launched the fifth annual South American 10km Road Classic at Olympic House which will be held on Sunday.

Four players who were on Guyana’s bronze medal winning team the last time a Caribbean men’s hockey tournament was staged back in 1989 have been named on an 18-man squad to compete in the Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Caribbean championship billed for next month in Trinidad and Tobago.

Guyana suffered mixed fortunes when the International Boxing Association (AIBA) World Boxing Champion-ships got underway yesterday at the University of Illinois-Chicago, USA with Hendrick Pelswijk winning his bout and Clive Atwell losing.

Alika Morgan and Kelvin Johnson returned to Guyana on Sunday afternoon after they both placed second to Brazilians in the first leg of the South American 10km held last Saturday in Suriname.

You know what bothers me? Predictions. These days people have been giving me all kinds of predictions both sport and non-sport related.

Uitvlugt inflicted a 3-0 beating on Wales to open their 2007 season on a positive note as the West Demerara Football Association Division One Mal Skills league competition got underway at the Wales Community Centre ground on Sunday Oct.

Acting president of Guyana Samuel Hinds has paid tribute to the organizers of the just concluded Inter-Guiana Games for the “keenly contested and well organized event, a release from GINA stated.

Former three-time national men’s singles champion Colin France will depart Guyana today for Venezuela where he will compete in the third annual Latin American and Caribbean veteran Masters championships to be held in neighbouring Venezuela.