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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.

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.

The Guyana National U-19 male basketball team overcame all the odds to end Suriname’s reign as champions in a 57-54 thriller in the final of the 2007 Inter-Guiana Games competition on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

All the glitches have been repaired, the kinks in the system ironed out and the early teething problems solved.

After a hectic three days, the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall was a picture of peace and tranquility late Sunday evening as the curtain was pulled on a very eventful second and final stages of this year’s Inter Guiana games with Suriname retaining their title as overall champions.

Fresh off his third round stoppage of Edison Morillo, Leon ‘Hurry Up’ Moore is adamant that he is not afraid of Vincent ‘The Kid’ Howard.

Ian Gouveia with a 16 handicap a gross 85 and net 69 won last weekend’s Guyoil sponsored Medal Play golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf course.

Two goals each from Sheldon Gurrick and Keoma Gravesande paced Pele to a 4-0 drubbing of Police on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club ground as play in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Cellink Plus Premier league competition.

New-york based Guyanese businessman, Ravi Etwaroo, has unveiled a project to ‘adopt’ young West Indian cricketers.

Roberto Duran of ‘no mas’ fame would have been proud. A first round quitter and a third round stoppage was the best that the Dominican Republic had to offer on Saturday night last, at the Thirst Park ground much to the disappointment of the small crowd in attendance.

Guyana won the cycling competition of the annual Inter-Guiana Games when the event climaxed with the 60km cycle road race yesterday.

Vice-President of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) Rudolph Torrington said yesterday he expected each member of Guyana’s three-man boxing team currently in Chicago, USA to qualify for next year’s Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

Victory Valley Royals (VVR) moved to the top of the points standings with 18 points after defeating New Ballers 90-68 on Friday night at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt in a match of the Linden Amateur Basketball Associa-tion/National Communi-cations Network second division tournament.

The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Supligen U-20 tournament continues today from 4pm at different venues today.

After an agonising 1-3 defeat to Suriname last year, Guyana’s male volleyballers came from behind to dethrone Suriname in the final of the Inter-Guiana games volleyball competition yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

A workman-like half century from Kieron Pollard helped to guide Trinidad and Tobago to a four-wicket victory over Guyana in their final preliminary round match of the Regional KFC limited overs competition at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday.