Guyana’s T20 withdrawal a huge disgrace
Disgraceful is putting it mildly, rather the circumstances surrounding Guyana’s shock withdrawal from the West Indies T20 Championship is an abominable dereliction of national duty. It has taken the administration of Guyana’s cricket country to its lowest ebb, resulting in a reputation severely tarnished,
Football problems need proactive approach
In the wake of the Golden Jaguars’ success story this year, the country’s football problems continue to morph with every passing day, and United States-based administrator Garth Nelson, feels it’s time to take the bull by the horns to curb a likely crisis. The national team’s historic World Cup Qualifying series victory over Trinidad and [...]
New GFF inspires Golden Jaguars success
As the Guyanese football fraternity continues to toast the historic success of the national football team the Golden Jaguars which has advanced to the next round of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers two significant factors standout in the wake of the team’s ousting of Trinidad and Tobago from the World Cup qualifying series. The factors [...]
Jaguars players in NY Caribbean All Stars lineup
New York-based Golden Jaguars Kevin Beaton and Devon Millington will have a chance to showcase their skills at a higher level for the Caribbean All Stars against top United States Soccer
Vivian Harris seeks redemption at welterweight
Vivian Harris has experienced every dip and climb in the roller-coaster life of pugilists in the world of professional boxing. There were wins and losses, success and failures, and while Harris has enjoyed champagne victory celebrations, he has also swallowed the bitter pill of disappointment. Rebounding to the top of the game is one challenge [...]
WICB needs mirror effect to end Gayle row
Guyanese will be entertained by Chris Gayle this weekend in the inaugural Hits and Jams Twenty20 competition at the National Stadium. But the great majority will prefer to see the hard hitting, prolific opener in action in the maroon
Local footballers impacting in New York
The Guyanese footballers currently campaigning in the United States are making the best of their opportunities so far. Three of the seven are on trial with a top New York club for professional contracts while the others are keeping Team Guyana in contention for top
WICB picked on wrong man
All the grime and filth simmering below has now burst through to the surface as the shambolic handling of Regional cricket by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), has once again been exposed big time. This time the WICB picked on the wrong man. Following Chris Gayle’s explosive radio interview, in countering the claims made [...]
Game up for dithering WICB
The games are over for West Indies cricket team at the World Cup and so too should be the ones the West Indies Cricket Board has been playing with respect to development of the regional team and the regional standard on the whole. It has been pellucidly clear for years why Windies standards have dropped [...]
Group formed to help ex Guyana cricketers
Some are forgotten, some have passed on and many are still active on the field of play and as administrators. From among the numbers of former national Guyana cricketers still active here in New York, an impressive gathering met recently
Bishoo could be vital to Windies’ progression
The West Indies selectors made a bold move to draft in Devendra Bishoo. It is now left for the tour officials to make the decision work. If Chris Gayle is not fit to play either of West Indies’ two remaining World Cup matches, Bishoo would be a better bet than Nikita Miller for those crucial [...]
Time to ring T20 changes
A great amount of energy is being expended by the warring factions of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) to secure electoral advantages in the run-up to its elections. Yet, if only a percentage of that energy was applied to properly equip the Guyana team for its defense of the
Cush has no rift with Sarwan
Lennox Cush found himself wedged between a rock and a hard place prior to the Caribbean T20 cricket Championship last month. He had to choose between the Guyana cricket team and his fledging business enterprise, and decided on the latter, causing him to miss the
GFF not good for the game
FIFA’s motto reads: “For The Good Of The Game.” Yet if that requirement was a yardstick used by world governing body to keep national associations in power, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) would’ve been ousted many times over. Its latest flap surrounds the mishandling of the national team’s preparation for the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals [...]
Golden Jaguars need substantial support to finally roar
The Golden Jaguars were not destructive these last few weeks. Rather, they limped along, undernourished while successfully completing the first two phases of its mission. Now it’s onward to the biggest of the challenges for the national football team at the upcoming Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals. In qualifying for only its third ever Caribbean Cup [...]