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Calvin Allen

Police football team aims at top three finish

Despite the uncertainty surrounding the resumption of football, Calvin ‘Fluman’ Allen, coach of emerging heavyweight the Guyana Police Force (GPF), declared that the motivation for the team is a top three finish in the eventual new season of the GFF Elite League.

Herbert McPherson

`We are trying to keep our players motivated’

Herbert McPherson, long-serving head-coach of East Coast Demerara, heavyweight Buxton United, disclosed that the current Covid-19 pandemic has tremendously affected the administration and training regimen of the club.

Hubert Pedro

`I want to make the national team again’

With the rehabilitation of his niggling knee injury an ongoing process, Western Tigers talisman Hubert ‘Bertie’ Pedro states that his objective once again is to fight his way into contention for the Golden Jaguars senior programme.

Marcio Maximo

High profile footballers reluctant to join national setup

With the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) ushering in a new dawn with the utilization of more homegrown players for their senior men’s national team setup, several foreign born players are showing a reluctance to make themselves available for possible selection.

Ian Alves

GFF group to formulate plans for football resumption

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to force to a total lockdown of the local sporting sector, Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary Ian Alves, revealed that the federation has formed a working group to formulate plans for football’s eventual return.

Flashback- Gold is Money captain Hubert Pedro receiving the 2019 Georgetown championship trophy from Director of Sports Christopher Jones in the presence of teammates and Guinness Brand Manager Lee Baptiste, after successfully defending their 2018 title

Streetball champs rue coronavirus impact

Gold is Money Captain Hubert ‘Bertie’ Pedro says that the current Covid-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the 2020 season of the Streetball Championship, adding that he hopes for an eventual resumption of the tournaments.

Junior Hercules 

Course focusses on winning mindset

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Head-coach Junior Hercules has said that the ongoing World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) Online Clinic Course focuses on creating a winning mindset for seasoned coaches aiming to compete at the professional levels.

Trevon Lythcott

Lythcott training in preparation for football resumption

Inspite of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the local football landscape, Guyana Police Force (GPF) defender Trevon Lythcott, disclosed that he has continued to train compliments of an organized training schedule in expectation of the discipline’s recommencement.

Orange No More-Flashback-Dwayne Lindie donning his Fruta Conquerors kit ahead of an Elite League matchup

`Fruta Conquerors did not value me’

Following a lengthy hiatus of nearly 16 months, Dwayne Lindie, recent recruit of emerging heavyweight Guyana Police Force (GPF), disclosed that his decision to leave Fruta Conquerors was based on the lack of importance displayed by the Tucville-based club in his football ability.

E-Sport, the future is here!

E-Sports – the new frontier?

Has the electronic sports (e-Sports) phenomenon officially arrived in Guyana? This is the firm belief of sports journalist Michelangelo Jacobus, who served as the coordinator of the recent inaugural I-Bet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ e-Sports tournament.

Junior Hercules (left) posing with Director of Coach Development of the USA Basketball Youth Division Don Showalter at the USA Olympic Training Facility in Colorado in 2018

Virtual coaching conference informative, thorough

Following his first day in the World Association of Basketball Coaches (WABC) virtual coaching seminar, National Senior Men’s Head-coach Junior Andrew Hercules revealed that the conference is extremely thorough and informative.

Emuwnah Pross

Barrow declares iBet tournament a success

Dustani Barrow, Business Development and Marketing Coordinator of gaming enterprise iBet Supreme, says that the recent E-Sports Championship, the iBet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ tournament, was a success.

Emuwnah Pross

Pross defeats Bremner in final

Following days of thrilling action Emuwnah Pross was crowned the inaugural champion of the iBet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ e-Sports tournament, defeating Tevin Bremner Thursday evening in a hard-fought contest.

Cox lauds Mills for his contribution to local football

Following the announcement of Vurlon Mills’ retirement from national men’s football programme, Golden Jaguars captain Sam Cox, has hailed the contribution of the midfield dynamo, citing him as perfect example for the next generation of locally based players.

Junior Hercules

GOA donates masks to GABF

Guyana’s leading internationally recognised sporting body, the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), in an effort to fight the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic,  made a timely donation of protective masks to the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) on Friday.

Vurlon Mills

Vurlon Mills retires, sets sights on coaching

Golden Jaguars international and Fruta Conquerors talisman Vurlon Mills has officially retired from the national senior programme with the sole purpose of commencing a new chapter of his life within the professional coaching realm.

Delon Williams

Williams worried over the state of female football

With no timeframe for the end of the current Covid-19 pandemic by international medical organizations, Fruta Conquerors Women’s team head-coach Delon Williams, said  that he will be troubled by the eventual state of the female game when the situation ultimately recedes.

Terrence Mitchell

Football not as important as health

“Health is far more important that football”. Those were the sombre words of Terrence Mitchell, President of the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) in relation to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

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