Daily Archive: Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Articles published on Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Windies to play in the USA

(WICB) ST JOHN’S, Antigua — Cricket fans in the United States of America will have a double treat this summer as the West Indies face New Zealand in two historic Twenty20 matches in Florida.

WIPA blanked on visa issue

(Trinidad Guardian) While West Indies cricketers Marlon Samuels, Narsingh Deonarine and Assad Fudadin were held up from joining the West Indies cricket team in England, awaiting an English visa, the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) was told the situation is under control and their assistance was not needed at the point in time.

   Manny Pacquiao

‘Money’ Mayeather goes to jail

`The victory by Floyd Mayweather over Miguel Cotto Saturday night  in Las Vegas cemented his place among the greats, but in a few days time Mayweather will be placed among the criminals’ By Carwyn Holland Millions of boxing fans from around the world last Saturday night watched from the edges of their seats as the world number-one, pound-for-pound and pay-per-view king, Floyd “Money” Mayweather (43-0), pulled off one of the most ‘snatched from the nose of defeat’ victory in an epic battle against PPV number-three rated and defending light middleweight champion Miguel Cotto (37-3).

Anthony Abrams

‘Awo’ Abrams a Golden Jaguars standout

It’s just 31 days to go now before Guyana’s Golden Jaguars kick off their opening third round match of 2014 World Cup Qualifiers against CONCACAF powerhouses Mexico on June 8th at the world famous Estadio Azteca (venue of the 1970 and 1986 FIFA World Cup finals).

Shemaine Campbelle

Batting collapse costs Windies women

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – An unfamiliar batting collapse undermined West Indies Women and sent them plunging to a 14-run loss against Sri Lanka Women in the fourth Twenty20 International here Monday night.

Fears of Syrian civil war deepen; US aids opposition

UNITED NATIONS/BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Security forces killed at least 10 people in fighting across Syria yesterday, activists said, in a 14-month-old revolt that international mediator Kofi Annan, the Red Cross and Arab League warned was deteriorating into a civil war.

 Mitchell Starc

Stark refusal!

(Cricinfo) Mitchell Starc, the Australia left-arm quick, will not be able to make his Yorkshire debut this week after being deported yesterday following a visa error that initially led to him being detained at Heathrow for more than four hours.

Glasgow, Jairam win beach volleyball classic

Former national volleyball captain Seon Glasgow and Naresh Jairam, a former national Under19 player, won the Silvina’s Variety Beach Volleyball Classic Trophy when the Berbice Volleyball Association held its two versus two competition.

France changes its leadership

As was not entirely unexpected, President Sarkozy of France was defeated in the second round of the presidential elections, though his margin of victory was not substantial – 51.6% to 48.4%, as had been implied in the first round of the voting.

GFF, GFA meeting to resolve impasse

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) are still working on finding a solution to the current impasse outside of the courts, General Secretary of the GFF Noel Adonis said yesterday.

Demerara Bank fast and reliable with NIS pensions in contrast to ECD post offices

Dear Editor, As a National Insurance Scheme pensioner I think that it may be appropriate for me to state here that myself and my fellow pensioner who is my neighbour, were very pleased and satisfied with the services we received recently at the Demerara Bank branch at Le Ressouvenir on the East Coast of Demerara as compared to the past services at some post offices on the East Coast.

Negotiation is not a ‘casino-type’ activity

The Stabroek News, quoting GINA, reported that in response to the statement by Opposition Leader, David Granger “that he is ready for Government to seek a supplementary budget provided that certain conditions are met, President Ramotar said that he is not running a `casino-type’ operation and maintains that all decisions will be based solely on what is in the best interest of Guyana and its people.”

Still no UK visa for Narsingh Deonarine

(Trinidad Express) West Indies allrounder Narsingh Deonarine will most likely miss the regional team’s warm-up match against England Lions at Northampton, starting tomorrow as he continues to wait for a United Kingdom travel visa in Jamaica.