The wide, original gap between the teams, so efficiently and unexpectedly closed in the first Test before it began to open again in the second, developed into a familiarly yawning chasm on the opening day of the final, decisive Test at Kingsmead yesterday.
Guyana will take on homesters Barbados at the Kensington Oval from today in the second round of the 2008 Carib Beer Series tournament and captain Ramnaresh Sarwan said yesterday he was looking for an improved performance from his team.
Inmates of the Camp Street jail on Wednesday received a quantity of boxing and barbering equipment from Paul Giddings of Giddings Pay Day Pawnshop.
Local basketball coaches will benefit from a 10-day coaching clinic to be conducted by Fitzgerald “Naka” Joseph, Head Coach and Technical Director of the Grenada Basketball Association under the auspices of the `Reds’ Perreira Sports Foundation and the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF).
It might have been a deliberate deception designed to confuse the South Africans but the West Indies last night announced that they would not decide until just before the toss this morning whether captain Chris Gayle and fast bowler Fidel Edwards would play in the third, final and decisive Test.
After two full days of assessment by ex-national player, Diwani Lewis, Alice Ali and Ezra Sue-Ho, have been shortlisted as the two prospective candidates to obtain athletic scholarships to attend Morgan State University (MSU) in the United States of America.
Seventeen-year-old Andrew Murray jnr., banged in a double to guide the national Under-20 side to a convincing 3-1 victory over Fruta Conquerors in an exhibition game yesterday at the National Park to signal the culmination of the Kick Start Clinic sponsored by Digicel and held by former England international John Barnes.
After committing to be a major sponsor late last year, Chief Executive officer of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph company, Joe Singh yesterday announced that his company intends to sponsor the West Indies Rugby team this year.
Guyana captain Ramnaresh Sarwan is optimistic that his young team which is participating in this year’s Regional Carib Beer Series tournament, will get it right.
It’s the third and final day of the Digicel-sponsored Kick Start Caribbean football clinics conducted by former England player John Barnes and not a day has been spent outside, the weather has seen to that.
Courtney Walsh , for one, isn’t surprised by the surprising West Indies’ performance in their current Test series against South Africa.
John Barnes, Liverpool and England football legend and head coach of the Digicel Kick Start Football Clinics said the local players participating in the three-day programme which opened yesterday were very enthusiastic.
It has come to this. The eagerly anticipated start of the Digicel-sponsored football coaching clinics in Guyana scheduled for the National Park yesterday morning (after no other suitable venue could be found) had to be moved to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall following sustained rainfall.
Matthew Khan overcame a 5-point handicap and the rest of competitors to cart off the top prize in the inaugural Paul David handicap tournament held last week-end at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
Guyana will be well represented at Ventures Hockey Club 6th annual six-a-side Indoor Festival which will bully off on Thursday in Trinidad.
Chris Gayle reluctantly but realistically made the decision yesterday that removes for the last and decisive Test against South Africa, the West Indies’ most commanding batsman and, even more significantly, a captain who has immediately inspired his team.
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The West Indies were backed up against the ropes but still standing and still scrapping after another round of intense struggle in the second Test at Newlands yesterday.
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