4th IDK World Cup
Guyana made a clean sweep of the Boy’s 8-10 Team Kata event while also claiming the top spot in the Boy’s 17-19 Team Kata (black) and Girl’s 11-13 Team Kata (black) when the 4th edition of the International Karate Daigaku World Cup continued yesterday.
– set to commence on August 3rd
The 2nd edition of the Kares ‘One Guyana’ T10 Tape-ball Cricket Blast was launched yesterday at the RS53 Restobar & Lounge in Providence, East Bank Demerara.
Pan Am Youth Chess Championship
Guyana finished outside of the top five in the various age group categories and also without any medals when the curtains closed on the Pan Am Youth Chess Championship in Orlando, Florida, USA, yesterday.
Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara
Defending champion Ballerz Empire and crowd favourites Jetty Gunners secured final berths via contrasting wins in front of a massive crowd at the Pouderoyen Tarmac on Friday night in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara zone.
Guyana Jaguars defeated Point Fortuin of Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 when the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Boy’s U-16 Youth Academy Cup continued at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.
NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – In a theme common to his rise to the international stage, West Indies batsman Kavem Hodge said he was glad he stuck out the tough times during his maiden Test hundred against hosts England to breathe some life into the Richards-Botham Trophy Series heading into third day of the second Test.
(ESPN) The Pakistan Cricket Board has refused No-Objection Cetificates (NOCs) to Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan for the Global T20 in Canada.
PARIS, (Reuters) – The Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony next Friday will be a joyful, daring and atypical show in which artists and athletes together celebrate Paris, France and the Games alongside the river Seine, the ceremony’s organisers said.
Pan American Youth Chess Championships
When action continued in the Pan American Youth Chess Championships yesterday at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA, Team Guyana’s Aditi Joshi and Maliha Rajkumar recorded wins in their respective age categories while the rest suffered mixed results.
(Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar produced a climbing masterclass as he stormed to a stunning solo victory on yesterday’s stage 19 of the Tour de France in the Alps, a 145 km (90.1 miles) ride from Embrun to Isola 2000.
(Reuters) – Finland’s Robert Helenius has been banned for two years due to Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) for the presence and use of a prohibited substance for his bout against Britain’s Anthony Joshua in August 2023, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) said on Friday.
NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – A fabulous maiden Test hundred from Kavem Hodge and his monumental fourth wicket stand with fellow Dominican Alick Athanaze turned the tide for West Indies and had them trailing hosts England by only 65 in the second Test of the Richards-Botham Trophy Series yesterday.
BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Charles Leclerc crashed his Ferrari in Hungarian Grand Prix practice yesterday as McLaren’s Lando Norris set the pace ahead of Red Bull’s runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen.
A historic Strength and Conditioning Certification Course, facilitated by two instructors from the the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association, is set to wrap up on July 22 with a number of Guyanese earning accreditation as Strength and Conditioning Coaches.
TROON, Scotland, (Reuters) – World number two Rory McIlroy and three-times winner Tiger Woods led a long list of former champions who missed the British Open cut after a windswept second round at Royal Troon yesterday.
(Reuters) – Churchill Downs yesterday said it had ended its suspension of Bob Baffert after the trainer took responsibility for the positive drug test of Medina Spirit, who finished first at the 2021 Kentucky Derby but was later disqualified.
The ExxonMobil sponsored Guyana Youth Relay Festival will run off tomorrow with the organizing body, A Record Chance Inc (ARC), promising a “thrilling athletic competition focused on relay races, promoting teamwork and sportsmanship amongst young athletes”.
(CMC) – Six wickets after tea enabled the West Indies to bowl out England in the second Test of the Richards-Botham Trophy Series yesterday after Ollie Pope led powerful batting for the hosts with his sixth Test hundred.
Guyana Jaguars defeated Tinto’s Academy of Trinidad and Tobago 4-2 when the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Boy’s U-16 Youth Academy Cup continued yesterday at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.