The Nexgen Golf ‘Just for Beginners’ tournament, sponsored by Survival Supermarket Sheriff Street was staged on Saturday with over 50 participants, many of whom had never played golf, taking part in a chipping and putting contest at the Scout Association Ground on Woolford Avenue.
The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) kicked off
the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)-NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power National U17 Intra-
Association League in style last weekend, with an official team march-past and Compton FC and
Fruta Conquerors opening their accounts with impressive victories.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Zak Crawley and Ollie Pope steered England to an impressive nine-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval yesterday to complete a 2-1 series victory and put the seal on an astonishing turnaround in fortunes for the home team this year.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan head coach Saqlain Mushtaq dismissed concerns about captain Babar Azam’s form and found nothing wrong with opener Mohammad Rizwan’s batting approach after their loss to Sri Lanka in Sunday’s Asia Cup final in Dubai.
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NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) – When Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer eventually loosen their stranglehold on the Grand Slams, pundits may view Carlos Alcaraz’s U.S.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India welcomed back Jasprit Bumrah in their Twenty20 World Cup squad yesterday, also recalling a fit-again Harshal Patel to bolster their pace bowling department.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A despondent New Zealand face a period of introspection on home soil after a stinging white-ball series loss against Australia rocked the Black Caps’ confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots looked anything but defending champions as brittle batting sent them to a heavy 61-run defeat to St Lucia Kings here Sunday night.
LONDON, (Reuters) – South Africa coach Mark Boucher will leave his post after the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia later this year to pursue “other opportunities in line with his future career and personal objectives”, officials said yesterday.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Natasha McLean and right-arm off-break bowler Sheneta Grimmond have returned to the West Indies Women’s team as part of the 17-member provisional squad announced by Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday for the upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand, on the back of impressive performances in two recent tournaments.
(Sydney, Australia)- Guyana has a new boxing world champion.
Georgetown’s Stephan Da Silva defeated Fiji’s William Mel at the Gairy St Clair Superhero Pro Fight Night in Sydney, Australia to become the new WBL Junior Lightweight World Title holder.
Guyana’s Ezekiel Newton took his talents to São Paulo, Brazil, and ran off with a silver medal in the boys 200m event at the South American U-18 Championships.
Camptown crushed Black Pearl 5-0, when the Georgetown leg of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football League continued yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.
GT Panthers and Camptown recorded contrasting victories, when the Georgetown Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.
Guyana’s four-member outfit which competed at the FESUPO Powerlifting and Bench Press Championship which concluded yesterday in Brazil will return home with precious metal.
(Reuters) – Australia beat New Zealand by 25 runs in the third one-day international yesterday to complete a 3-0 series sweep and give captain Aaron Finch a winning farewell in his final 50-overs appearance.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka were crowned Asia Cup champions for the sixth time after Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s batting pyrotechnics and Wanindu Hasaranga’s all-round brilliance secured their 23-run victory against Pakistan in the final yesterday.