Donald Duff

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Even without West Indies captain Darren Sammy and opener Devon Smith the Windward Islands are looming large.

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.

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.

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.

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The first inter schools table tennis competition under the new Henry Greene administration served off yesterday at the National Gymnasium with Greene promising “more tournaments to come.”

– In protest over MoE handling of Queen’s College investigation into Neesa Gopaul’s death The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) is at odds with the Ministry of Education (MoE) over its handling of an investigation relating to the death of former Queen’s College (QC) student Neesa Gopaul and has decided to pull its expertise from the upcoming National Schools Track and Field, Cycling and Swimming championships.

On face value Guyana’s Golden Jaguars should be favoured to win today’s opening encounter of Group `F’ of the Digicel Caribbean Cup against Haiti at the Manny  Ramjohn Stadium this afternoon.

Says Donald Duff It is difficult to form an assessment of the Guyana team’s performance at the  recent XIX Commonwealth  Games.

Ever since LeBron James signed with the Miami Heat back in July the air of expectancy towards this season’s NBA championships has been nothing short of electric.

-to get nice send off today which includes Police escort Director of Sport Neil Kumar said yesterday that the Guyana Twenty20 team which departs this morning for the Airtel Champions League tournament in South Africa will get a “really nice send off.”

Cricket Development Officer of the Guyana Cricket Board Reon King yesterday told Stabroek Sport that the Guyana Twenty20 management team was seeking to have former West Indies cricket coach Roger Harper assist with the training of the national Twenty20 squad.

– passes FIFA football agent exam Young Guyanese football enthusiast Faizal Khan earlier this year created history by becoming the first person from the Caribbean to secure a pass in the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) football agents’ examination.

– says national TT player Christopher Franklyn National table tennis player Christopher Franklyn said yesterday that the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) needs to restructure its programmes if its players were to compete and win medals at events such as the Central American and Caribbean Games.