ICC 2010 Twenty20 World Cup
Dhoni delighted over playing tournament in Caribbean Captain of the Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that when the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Twenty20 World Cup comes to the West Indies next year, it would be nothing short of fantastic because the type of game fits perfectly with the West Indian culture. Speaking with [...]
Moore elated at move in WBC rankings
- “The best is yet to come” Guyana’s Leon ‘Hurry up’ Moore has moved three places up the World Boxing Council’s (WBC) world rankings to number seven and the fighter believes that the best is yet to come. The new rankings were released yesterday and showed the Guyanese as the only boxer from out of [...]
UDFA/Stag ‘B’ League
Tony ‘Spirit’ and Monah shine Hi Stars got off to a perfect start in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Stag Beer-sponsored ‘B’ League Football tournament when they flogged Flamingo six goals to nil, thanks to a double each from Tony ‘Spirit’ Adams and Jason Monah. Playing at the Bayrock ground on Wednesday, the duo [...]
ICC baffled by Guyana’s claims over World T20
-cite weather as a factor in schedule International Cricket Council (ICC) spokesman Brian Murgatroyd and ICC Twenty20 World Cup Tournament Director Ernest Hilaire have said that they are baffled by claims made by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the Government of Guyana about a World T20 match schedule, contrary to what they were promised. [...]
Providence Stadium gets…THUMBS UP
Guyana’s world class cricket venue the Providence National Stadium has been given the thumbs up sign by the International Cricket Council’s Venue Assessment Team. The team is currently conducting its mandatory venue inspection ahead of next year’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup which will be held in the Caribbean. Speaking at a press conference held at [...]
Kanhai slams MHS to quarter-finals
National junior basketball player Akeem ‘The Dream’ Kanhai poured in a game high 32 points to propel the Mackenzie High School (MHS) to the quarter-finals of this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. MHS steamrolled Charles-town Secondary 70-29 and in the process maintained their unbeaten run in [...]
Bombs Away!
-‘Battersea Bomber’ calls out Lennox `Too Sharp’ Allen ‘I challenged him so we will fight’ Known as the ‘Battersea Bomber’, Howard Anthony Eastman, Guyana’s Middleweight Champion and the undisputed Commonwealth and British Middleweight Champion is looking to add another title to his name in the near future. On Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports [...]
Anthony calls for revival of basketball federation
- dormant state of GABF hindering the sport in a major way The dormancy of the Godwin McPherson-led Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has now caught the attention of Minister of Sports Dr. Frank Anthony who is calling for the governing body of local basketball to be revived. Speaking at the opening of the National [...]
National School Basketball Festival…
LTI makes successful start to title defence Defending champions Linden Technical Institute (LTI) made a successful start to their title defence after narrowly getting past Bishops’ High School 40-39 yesterday on day two of the National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. Led by junior national shooting guard Orin Rose Jr., [...]
Kanhai and Mohandatt ready to take NSBF by storm
Regarded as the top two junior basketball players in the country, Richard Mohandatt of President’s College and Akeem Kanhai of Mackenzie High School (MHS) said that they are ready to leave their mark on this year’s National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which bounced off on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.Speaking with Stabroek Sport [...]
Allen too sharp for Gilkes, Moore hurries up Marques
Lennox Allen proved ‘Too Sharp’ for Leon ‘The Lion’ Gilkes in winning the vacant national Super Middleweight title while Leon Moore hurried up the demise of Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques when S and S Promotions staged its `Final Execution’ five-fight bout Saturday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. A wicked left uppercut one minute [...]
Forde out sprints Ballantyne to capture first Caricom 10K race
“I anticipated this win,” said Guyana’s Cleveland Forde after outsprinting Pamenos Ballantyne of St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday to claim his first Caricom 10K road race. Forde won in a time of 31 minutes and 52 seconds while Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) Shermin Lasaldo clocked 40 minutes, 12 seconds to win the female category. [...]
Straight fight!
Pamenos Ballantyne says his mind is set on winning his fifth straight CARICOM 10K but Guyana’s Cleveland Forde is aiming to continue his recent dominant form One of the Caribbean’s most decorated distance athlete Pamenos Ballantyne says that winning today’s annual CARICOM 10K road race for the fifth year is the only thing on his [...]
National Schools Basketball Festival to bounce off today
Some 26 high schools from around the country will make their way to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall today for the start of the 2009 National Schools Basketball Festival (NSBF) which will get underway from 2:00 pm with a lavish opening ceremony. According to co-organizer Chris Bowman, of Street Solutions, the tournament this year is [...]
Call the coroner, let the ‘Final Execution’ begin
After weeks of tough talk of who’s going to knock out who and who’s going beat who to a pulp, the S and S Promotions ‘final execution’ boxing card is finally here and tonight the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall will be ground zero. Out of the five fights carded for the night, it is the [...]