Bowled Out!
Beaten without a ball being bowled. That is the downfall of the Guyana National T20 cricket team known as the Amazon Conquerors. Despite their best efforts, the team which would have been led
Lloyd delighted to act as chairman of IMC
Clive Hubert Lloyd, the most successful West Indies captain ever said yesterday that he was delighted to be asked to head the Interim Management Committee (IMC) set up by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and had accepted the post. “I am delighted to have been asked to act as Chairman of the IMC [...]
IMC decision to have disastrous effect on Guyana’s cricket—Ramsey Ali
President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Ramsey Ali said yesterday that the decision by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to replace the GCB with an Interim Management Committee could have a disastrous effect on Guyana’s cricket. Ali said that with this latest development it was doubtful whether the two warm up games [...]
`The GCB will continue to function’
Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Anand Sanasie said yesterday that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will continue to function although they have been asked to hand over to an Interim management Committee which is expected to run the affairs of the GCB for the next six months. Asked yesterday whether the GCB will [...]
Saeed Ali wins Schools’ Open chess tournament
Fourteen-year old third form Richard Ishmael student Saeed Ali yesterday won the Open individual event at the annual national schools ‘chess championships held at the Providence National Stadium. Ali ended with six points out of a possible seven. He won five of his matches and drew with former national junior chess champion Ron Motilall and [...]
Alpha United threaten Court action over omission from Kashif and Shanghai tourney
Saturday’s scheduled commencement of the 22nd annual Kashif and Shanghai football extravanganza yesterday appeared uncertain after Alpha United president Odinga Lumumba indicated his club’s intention to move to the Court over their omission from the list of clubs invited to participate in this year’s tourney. The Kashif and Shanghai organization has named 20 clubs (including [...]
TTFF says Shabazz loan arrangement with GFF at an end
Trinidadian football coach Jamaal Shabazz seems to be caught up in a tug-of-war between two countries desperate to secure his services just weeks after he sent his country’s national team crashing out of the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition. According to a report in the Trinidad Express newspaper, the agreement between the Guyana Football Federation [...]
The fight for justice and equality in sports administration in post Independence Guyana
Looking out for the interests of sportsmen and women today in Guyana is a dangerous and thankless job but somebody’s got to do it. Al Thomas, Suhai Feng, Rashad Hussain, Gregory Cort and Pretipaul Jaigobin might be as different as any five Guyanese put together in any geographical location but they all have one thing [...]
GTTA to stage senior Caribbean c/ships
The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has been given the green light to stage this year’s senior Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) championships and president of the association Henry Greene wants it to be the biggest ever staged locally. “We got confirmation from the CRTTF yesterday,”
WIPA exposes WICB’s weakness
What is the matter with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB)? Does the WICB not understand in this day and age the seriousness with which certain acts are viewed? And here one is talking about the stoning of the West Indies team’s bus following last Friday’s World Cup win. Mistake or no mistake it was [...]
Windwards loom large in Guyana’s path
Even without West Indies captain Darren Sammy and opener Devon Smith the Windward Islands are looming large. Sammy is with the West Indies team for the World Cup in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka
Christophe to conduct Level One coaching course
Former national men’s singles champion Sydney Christophe who recently received the ITTF/IPC Level One Coaching Certification will be in Guyana later this month to conduct a course for local table tennis coaches. This was disclosed by president of
Beaton only new cap
Fiery Essequibo pacer Ronsford Beaton is the lone new cap in a Guyana 13 man team named for the upcoming regional four–day tournament which bowls off next month. Beaton, who represented the national U19 team last year, impressed during last year’s GCB senior four-day tournament where he was easily the fastest bowler on show. Former West [...]
Persaud shoots his way to Queensway national title
Full-bore captain Mahendra Persaud was yesterday crowned national rifle shooting champion for the second time in three years following the conclusion of the Queensway-sponsored championships yesterday at the Timehri Rifle ranges. Persaud ended with a grand aggregate of 344 and 29 V-Bulls. The win saw Persaud carting off the lion’s share of trophies that were [...]
Hugh is now Mr U!
- The making of a Mr. Universe. Hugh Ross details how he won the Mr. Universe title The slogan on the Mr. Universe website announces that it is where legends are made and rightly so for a legend was made last Saturday night in London, England when Guyana’s Hugh Ross was crowned Mr. Universe. It [...]