Chavez Ageday exhibited true power sprinting yesterday as he claimed the boys under-20 100 metres yesterday at the 51st National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
With the euphoria flowing from the historic success of the Golden Jaguars who recently defeated Trinidad and Tobago to advance to the third round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, the achievements of the Under-17 and Under-20 Lady Jaguars outfits seemed to have paled alongside their senior male counterparts.
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) is threatening to pull its players from the current Carib/Pepsi T20 tournament if organiser Robin Singh alters the list of players selected by the board but Singh rebutted last night that the BCB is not following the spirit of the competition.
Kolkata, India, CMC – Despite a brilliant hundred from the talented Darren Bravo and a determined half-century by Marlon Samuels, West Indies lost the second Test by an innings and 15 runs with a day and a session to spare as India took a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis became the fourth leading run-scorer in tests as he passed 12,000 runs but South Africa ruined the party by being bowled out for 266 on the first day of the second test against Australia yesterday.
By Iva Wharton
Guyanese boxing promoter Carwyn Holland has been appointed Vice-President of the newly-formed Caribbean Promoters Association (CPA) which was formed eight months ago, according to its president Trinidadian Jason Fraser.
The large gathering was encouraged throughout the lively goal fest at another night of the Guinness Greatest-of-the-Street football tournament at the National Cultural Centre tarmac on Tuesday night.
KOLKATA, India (Reu-ters) – Yuvraj Singh’s test career stuttered again yesterday when the left-hander, a regular match-winner in one-day cricket, was dropped from the Indian team for the third and final test against West Indies.
SAVAR, Bangladesh, CMC – A five-wicket haul from off-spinner Anis Mohammed and unbeaten half-centuries by Stafanie Taylor and Deandra Dottin, spurred West Indies Women to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan Women in a key second round Group B match of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier here yesterday.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara and former Trinidad & Tobago footballers Dwight Yorke and Russell Latapy will be inducted into the First Citizens Sports Foundation Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad on November 23.
The University of Guyana’s inaugural scrabble competition started this week and Julian Cadogan, Makeisha Archer, Lorraine Carter and Alicia Pollard all took first round victories in the senior common room of the university.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s Sports Minister Hugh Robertson and Gordon Taylor, the chief executive of England’s Professional Footballers Association, were among those calling for FIFA president Sepp Blatter to resign yesterday following his comments on racism.
North Georgetown athlete Jevina Sampson rewrote the history books when the 51st edition of the National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships continued yesterday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.
St John’s, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board Selection Committee has named Trinidadian duo of Jason Mohammed and Sunil Narine on the West Indies 15 man squad to face India in five One Day Internationals starting on November 30th.
KOLKATA, India, IANS/CMC – A meek first innings surrender left West Indies needing a miracle to save the second Test as India closed in on a massive win on the third day at Eden Gardens here yesterday.
The final bell tolled for former Commonwealth and FECABOX featherweight champion, Patrick Forde, as he was laid to rest yesterday in New York after he succumbed to a heart attack on Sunday.
By Emmerson CampbellThirteen-year-old Regina John from District Nine (Rupununi) has been the talking point of this year’s 51st annual National Schools Cycling, Swimming and Track & Field Championships ever since she won the gold medal on Tuesday in the girls open 10km road race.
After 51 years of hosting the National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships through the collaboration of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers Union, a number of glitches still seem to prevail.
By Iva Wharton
The Guyana Netball Association (GNA) will be moving to form teams at the school level after the completion of its open league tournament currently being played, according to GNA president Kim Kyte-John.