Sports

CONCACAF’s road to World Cup 2010 finals begins Sunday

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars quest to clinch a spot in the 2010 World Cup football finals in South Africa will begin in earnest in June at the start of the Second Stage of the CONCACAF (The Confederation of North, Central America and the Caribbean Football) qualification series.

GSSBA moves indoors

After playing most of their regular season games at the outdoor Burham Basketball Court, the Guyana Secondary Schools Basketball Associa-tion (GSSBA) has been granted permission to use the National Gymnasium.

UDFA 2008 season opener on Sunday

Getting an early start and building on the momentum of the recently-concluded Kashif and Shanghai football tournament seems to be the prime motivation behind the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) launching its 2008 as early as Sunday.

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Dear Sport Editor, Oops! They have done it again. And, this time we are not going to sit idly and help stretch the lethargic ineptitude perpetrated.

Explosive GCA AGM set for tonight at GCC

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) pavilion normally a quiet area visited by a few club members for a round or two of drinks is expected to be transformed into a hive of activity tonight when the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) stages its Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 17:30h (5:30pm).

Andrew Lyght outshines Cush, Nagamootoo

Andrew Light, the son of deceased former Guyana middle order batsman, Andrew Light, outshone his more illustrious countrymen Lennox Cush and Mahendra Nagamootoo but his team Sweet Revenge still went under to Central Sports by 42 runs in Chaguanas Central Trinidad, in the fifth round of matches of the Carib Sunday League cricket competition.

Orca interclub swim meet

Ronaldo Rodrigues of the Silver Shark Aquatic Swim Club captured nine races to dominate his age category and help secure a convincing victory for his club at the Orca Speed Swim Club interclub swim meet last Saturday at the Colgrain Pool.

GNRA stages paintball shoot

The Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) Hand-gun section launched its 2008 programme with a Practice Paintball Shooting competition last Sunday at the Guyana Scouts Association ground, Woolford Avenue.

Morgan peeved over NSC awards snub

Despite countless victories on local and regional circuits, Alika Morgan has still not been able to land either the Sportswoman-of-the-Year or the Junior Sportswoman-of-the-Year award of the National Sports Commission (NSC).

Football rising?

Whether or not Guyana’s Golden Jaguars are good enough to make it to the 2010 football World Cup finals in South Africa, the launch earlier this month of a local World Cup Committee is a commendable development, deserving of more than a modest measure of praise.

Jaguars, Vincy Heat play to 2-2 draw

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars battled to a 2-2 draw against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Vincy Heat in their return friendly football International Sunday evening at Victoria Park in Kingstown.

Stanford Twenty20 team heightens preparations

As the time nears for their first match in this year’s Stanford Twenty20 cricket competition, defending champions Guyana have stepped up preparations for the defence of the title they won in 2006 when the competition was first held.

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