Sports

Guyana’s quest for medals suffered a slight setback when Judoka Raul Lall of the Rising Sun Doho, was defeated by Saudi Arabia’s Eisa Majrashi in the Men’s, 60kg second round clash on Saturday.

Junior Sportswoman of the Year Priyanna Ramdhani was the only successful badminton player when the XXI Pan American Junior Badminton Championships climaxed in Alberta, Canada on Saturday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Kemar Roach put the chains in motion before Chris Gayle coolly navigated West Indies to a nine-wicket victory over New Zealand in the first Test here yesterday.

Hikers Generals battled to two victories Saturday evening to surge back into contention on the third night of the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey tournament at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Guyana’s Junior Jaguars went down to Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 as the Trinidadians ended the four-nation Group playoff unbeaten to advance to the next round of the CFU/CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup qualification tournament.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Swimmer Michael Phelps won his 17th Olympic medal to take him closer to the all-time mark, but his U.S.

By Iva Wharton The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Saturday handed over just over eight hundred thousand dollars in cash incentives to players and coaches of the national junior team their sterling performances at the just-concluded Pre-Cadet and Cadet Caribbean championships in Jamaica.

By Iva Wharton Gaining membership in the Americas Federation of Netball Association (AFNA) was a great accomplishment for Guyana but questions are being raised about Guyana’s readiness for such a challenge given its performance in the just-concluded AFNA championship held at the Jean Pierre Complex, Trinidad.

Former national volleyball captain Ian Wills was yesterday elected president of the Demerara Volleyball Association at its Annual General Mmeeting held at the Allied Arts building, Queen’s College.

By Emmerson Campbell A thunderous right hand by Clive ‘Wonder Kid’ Atwell brought the crowd at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to its feet Friday last at the staging of the 25th edition of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – American swimming great Michael Phelps looks to win his opening medal of the London Olympics  today after suffering his first finish outside the top three in a Games final since he was 15.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Sunil Narine and Kemar Roach grabbed crucial wickets in the final hour to keep West Indies on the path to victory over New Zealand in the first Test yesterday here, after resolute batting from Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill appeared to derail them.

As the battle of attrition between the two teams seeking to move out of the lower reaches of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rankings continues in Antigua, the annual West Indies under 19 tournament began in Barbados yesterday while its under 15 equivalent is in full swing in St.

BAYFIELD, Barbados,  CMC – Guyana’s Chanderpaul Hemraj christened the WICB Regional Under-19 Championship with a splendid century – the first for the tournament – but was forced to share honours with Tristan Hanley who bagged an impressive six-wicket haul here  yesterday.

The executives of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) are disassociating themselves from involvement in the selection  process of the Guyana U-19 team which is currently participating in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) regional Under-19 cricket tournament which commenced yesterday in Barbados.

The Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) will hold its Annual General Meeting this morning at the Allied Arts building, Queen’s College from 10am.

Junior chess player Anthony Drayton is in the lead after 12 rounds of the inaugural Red Cherry Ladder chess tournament following the completion of matches on Thursday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

After teaming up with Jason Andrews to win the men’s doubles title on Friday, Jeremy Miller will, this afternoon, face off against reigning GBTI Open men’s singles champion Anthony Downes in a battle for the men’s singles title from 5.30pm on the courts of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Recreational Centre.

Local junior star riders Raynauth Jeffrey and Paul DeNobrega recently returned from Anguilla and Antigua where they both enjoyed success.

Hikers Cadets continued their adventurous run with their second victory while Flora GCC Tigers ladies enjoyed a good run of form on the second night of the Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey tournament at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue Friday night.