(Reuters) – Polish world number one Iga Swiatek was stunned by Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia in a 6-4 3-6 7-5 defeat at the Canadian Open yesterday, while Jessica Pegula beat holder Camila Giorgi to join Coco Gauff and Simona Halep in the quarter-finals.
(CMC) – A change of opponent made little difference to West Indies’ fortunes as the Caribbean fell behind in the three-match series with a 13-run defeat to New Zealand in the opening Twenty20 International.
Wales and Crane FC battled to a 2-2 stalemate when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior Men’s League continued last evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara.
The XX11 Commonwealth Games staged in Birmingham, England came and went as fast as some of the times the record breaking athletes laid on the track, velodrome, and in the pool.
Guyana has concluded the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad with mixed results, as the women’s team defeated Libya, while the men’s outfit lost to Haiti, at the Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Centre in Chennai, India, according to a Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) release.
It is not only the boxers who are whipping themselves into shape ahead of the Winfield Braithwaite School Boys and Juniors Tournament scheduled for August 26 to 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) has shortlisted a provisional squad of 38 players under the age of 21, which will begin preparation for the Pan American Junior Championships, scheduled to be staged in Barbados from April 10th-18th, 2023.
By Charwayne Walker Since the inaugural Regional Under-21 Youth Cricket in Barbados in 1968, only three batsmen have had the distinct honor of scoring three centuries in a tournament featuring the three-day format.
Experienced football assessor and former referee, Abdulla ‘Zico’ Hamid, has stated that the Linden arm of the Guyana Football Referees Council (GFRC) was kept in the dark concerning any Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Electoral Congress, which led to the election of Tyrone Tyrell as the entity’s President.
(Reuters) – Champions League winners Real Madrid outclassed Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 yesterday to clinch the UEFA Super Cup for a record-equalling fifth time and kick off their season with a trophy.
(CMC) – Guyana international Nathan Moriah-Welsh has joined Welsh outfit Newport County, who play in England’s League Two, on a season-long loan from Premier League new boys Bournemouth.
(Reuters) – The World Cup in Qatar will kick-off a day earlier than scheduled if FIFA’s ruling bureau agree to a plan to hold the opening ceremony and the host nation’s first match on Sunday Nov.
(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal confirmed yesterday that he will compete at next week’s Cincinnati Open after being forced to withdraw from the ongoing Canadian Open due to an abdominal injury.
(CMC) – Brandon King has brushed aside suggestions of pressure on players in the upcoming series against New Zealand, the three Twenty20 Internationals marking the final games before West Indies head to the T20 World Cup in Australia this October.
President of the Bartica Football Association (BFA), Alden Marslowe, has declared that he would support a bid for a third term by the incumbent Wayne Forde-led Guyana Football Federation (GFF) executive committee.
Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) boss, Steve Ninvalle, has announced that the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean School Boys and Junior tournament, which is of vital importance within the Caribbean region, has been rescheduled to August 26 to 28 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.
Women’s hockey history was created 83 years ago on February 4, 1939, when the British Guiana Women Hockey Association (BGWHA) hosted the All-American Team.
The Guyana Men and Women’s team defeated Burundi and Timor-Leste respectively in Round 10 of the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad at the Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Centre, Chennai, India.
(Reuters) – American great Serena Williams said yesterday she was “evolving away from tennis” and planned to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 Grand Slam titles following the U.S.
(Reuters) – Former international cricket umpire Rudi Koertzen died yesterday in a car accident in South Africa, his family said.
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