BAYFIELD, Barbados, Aug 1, CMC – A face-saving sixth wicket stand of 97 between captain Akeem Saunders and wicketkeeper batsman Dymon Parris saved Leeward Islands from total embarrassment in their second round Regional Under-19 three-day Championship match against Barbados here yesterday.
Some 23 swimmers have qualified to participate in at least one event at the upcoming Goodwill Games at the National Aquatic Centre from August 17 – 19.
Twenty (20) teams will battle for the first place prize of $350,000 and a trophy when the second annual Inter-Market Futsal competition kicks off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on November 6.
PINE, Barbados, CMC – Opener Keone George compiled narrowly missed out on a century but Windward Islands were dismissed for a modest total on the opening day of the second round of matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship here yesterday.
By Iva Wharton The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has identified four players to undergo training in the United States of America (USA) in preparation for upcoming tournaments.
National chess champion Taffin Khan replaced Anthony Drayton as the leader of the inaugural Red Cherry sponsored ladder tournament by winning all of his matches last Sunday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club Hadfield Street.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board believes the staging of the Regional Women’s Twenty20 Championship starting here next week will be crucial in the West Indies’ buildup to the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka in September.
From Orin Gordon in London Britany van Lange, 15, the baby of the Guyana team, takes to the pool today (Wednesday) to try to reverse a couple of early defeats for Team Guyana at the 2012 Olympics in London.
The senior division final of the Noble House Goals Galore indoor hockey tournament could be described as munity as the Hikers Cadets upstaged the Hikers Generals in a highly charged match at the National Gymnasium Sunday evening.
By Emmerson Campbell The recent Hugh Ross Classic Bodybuilding and Fitness Show at the National Cultural Centre “was very successful” and it was particularly encouraging to see females are coming out again, says internationally acclaimed bodybuilder, US-based Guyanese Hugh Ross.
LONDON, (Reuters) – From Thomas Burke’s 12-second run to win the first race in 1896 to Usain Bolt’s stunning 9.69 dance in 2008, the men’s 100 metres final has always been the jewel in the crown – not just of athletics but of the entire Olympic Games.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Veteran Shriv Chanderpaul says he is anxious to improve his game when West Indies face New Zealand in the second and final cricket test at Sabina Park Jamaica tomorrow.
Anthony Downes retained his men’s singles title while Carol Humphrey was crowned women’s champ as the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) lawn tennis tournament ended Sunday at the GBTI Recreational Centre courts.
LONDON, (Reuters) – China are guaranteed to win their seventh successive women’s table tennis gold medal after their top two players shrugged off the pressure of expectation back home to win their semi-finals, before warning the world this is the start of a new generation.
In a return friendly encounter between Guyana and Suriname, a Suriname junior draughts team is set to arrive tomorrow while their senior team arrives Saturday for a Goodwill series against their local counterparts.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Michael Phelps won the right to call himself the greatest Olympian of all time when the U.S.
ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is promising to invest more in the Sagicor High Performance Centre (SHPC) after one of its first graduates performed impressively during the just ended first test match between West Indies and New Zealand in Antigua.
LONDON, CMC – Olympic silver medallist Kerron Stewart has been nowhere close to her best for the last two years but the determined Jamaican says she will not let that discourage her from going for gold when the track and field segment opens later this week.
PANAMA CITY, Panama, CMC-England and Liverpool legend, John Barnes, says the number of Caribbean footballers playing on the world stage is increasing.
ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Former Prime Minister Dr.Keith Mitchell is calling on the West Indies Cricket Board to introduce a multiple captain system for the various formats of the game.
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