Daily Archive: Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Articles published on Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Shahid Afridi

Joker Afridi tries to calm tensions

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Pakistan captain Shahid  Afridi cracked jokes and tagged Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men as  favourites as he attempted to deflect the pressure off his team  ahead of their World Cup semi-final against arch rivals India.

Manmohan Singh

India and Pakistan pad up for cricket showdown

MOHALI, India,  (Reuters) – The prime ministers of  India and Pakistan will mix with Bollywood stars and thousands  of fans as the two rivals square off in a World Cup cricket  semi-final on Wednesday in the wake of high profile peace talks  between the two nations.

GuySuCo to extend first crop

Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion (GuySuCo) Paul Bhim says the industry will not revise its first crop target after close to three weeks of down time due to the weather, but the crop would be extended to May.

Kevin Edwards flexed his way to the national title on Sunday night at the National Cultural Centre. Also in the photo are Kerwin Clarke and Devon Wray. (Orlando Charles photo)

Money’s worth!

Despite the alarm about the lack of sponsorship preceding the event, the sterling performances of the athletes at the Guyana Amateur Bodybuilding & Fitness Federation’s (GABBFF) National Novices championships underscored why more corporate funding should be invested in the sport.

Windwards wrap up easy win over Leewards

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – A five-wicket haul by left arm orthodox spinner Garey Mathurin and an unbroken, third wicket partnership of 48 between St Lucians Keddy Lesporis and Johnson Charles steered Windward Islands to a comfortable eight-wicket win over Leeward Islands here yesterday.

Nicola Ramdyhan

Tennis players show improvement at WJT tournament

Coach Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan has conceded that it was another challenging outing for the young Guyanese tennis players who represented this country at the recent North/Central America and Caribbean Pre-Qualifying World Junior Tennis (WJT) tournament in the Dominican Republic.

The GRA Commissioner General’s promised enquiry

It would, perhaps, be precipitate to suggest, at this stage, that the hurdles that appear to be springing up following GRA Commissioner General Kurshid Sattaur’s publicly stated commitment to a full and transparent investigation into the Vega Azurit cocaine incident could end up derailing a major drug bust.

Quality of democracy

Dear Editor, I have just read that the incumbent ruling party in Canada, under Prime Minister Stephen Harper has “fallen after a no confidence vote passed in the country’s parliament,” and two observations came immediately to my mind.