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FLASHBACK! Action in the just-concluded Digicel nationwide Schools football tournament which was won by Wismar/Christianburg Secondary for the second successive year.
FLASHBACK! Action in the just-concluded Digicel nationwide Schools football tournament which was won by Wismar/Christianburg Secondary for the second successive year.

Digicel schools football tourney could be game changer on national landscape

The third edition of the Digicel National U-18 Secondary Schools Football Championships which concluded on Sunday at the Police Sports Club (PSC), ground, Eve Leary has been nothing short of a phenomenal success.

Anthony Downes

Downes seals semi-final berth

Defending champion and number-one seed Anthony Downes thrashed Johnathan Christie in straight sets in their men’s Open singles quarterfinal encounter as action in the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open lawn tennis tournament continued at the company’s Recreational Club, Kaieteur Street Bel-Air Park on Tuesday.

Pietersen set to play in third test

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – England batsman Kevin Pietersen looks poised to play in the third Ashes test against Australia at Old Trafford from today after recovering from a calf injury.

Flare energy and colour as CPL opens

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- The inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 Tournament announced itself to the world with a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours, smiling schoolchildren, beautiful dancers, screaming fans, pulsating music and fireworks broadcast around the globe.

West Indies in tough World Cup pool

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- West Indies are in a tough pool for the next International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup to be staged in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

Amazon Warriors triumph by 19 runs despite Pooran bombardment

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Debutant teenager Nicolas Pooran stunned the Guyanese Amazon Warriors but Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel fell short by 19 runs in their Caribbean Premier League encounter at the Providence Stadium Wednesday The 17 year old wicket-keeper batsman blasted six sixes and one four on his way to a 24 ball 54 that earned him the fastest innings award.

The Red Steel boys at net sessions in the nets yesterday.

LCPL ‘party’ finally here!

The Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) party comes to Guyana at the National Stadium located at Providence later tonight and features two of the Caribbean’s most familiar opponents, Guyana’s  Amazon Warriors and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel.

Members of the head table, from left Tobago’s Red Steel Head Coach Gordon Greenidge, Digicel Head of Marketing, Jacqueline James, Red Steel’s skipper, Dwayne Bravo, Event Operations Officer of the LCPL, Alex Graham, Limacol Brand Ambassador Clive Lloyd, Amazon Warriors Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan and Amazon Warriors Head Coach Roger Harper.

James: LCPL tying cricket and carnival together

Captains and coaches of Guyana’s Amazon Warriors and Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Steel, who will engage in T20 battle later on tonight, are optimistic about the outcome of their first match of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL), played tonight at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Some of the eager cricket fans awaiting their turn to purchase tickets yesterday.

Tickets not sold out for Guyana leg of LCPL

The pitch and field of the Guyana National Stadium located at Providence on the East Bank of Demerara is in superb condition and is set to accommodate a mass of cricket enthusiast, fans and die-hard lovers tonight as the Guyana Amazon Warriors battle the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel under floodlights.

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