Daily Archive: Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Articles published on Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Some of the players of the 12-man NACRA 7s squad pose for a photo with the top brass of the GRFU following the announcement of the traveling contingent to Mexico.

Twelve-man squad named for NACRA 7s

Chairman of the selection committee and Senior Vice President of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU), Colonel John Lewis has named a strong 12-man squad for the all-important NACRA 7s Championship next month in Mexico.

…Guyana at top of table

 (WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Following are the Official Points Standings after the second round of matches in the WICB Professional Cricket League Regional 4-Day Tournament ended on Monday.

Shacaya Thomas ... hit 59 for Jamaica.

Barbados Pride draw with Jamaica

  LUCAS STREET, Barbados, , CMC – Barbados Pride drew with Jamaica Franchise on the final day of their rain-ravaged second round match in the WICB Professional Cricket League at Windward Sports Club here yesterday.

Men must lead charge to end male dominance – GHRA

The pervasiveness of male dominance in Guyana places direct and personal responsibility on all males to take steps to dismantle the rules, habits and practices in their spheres of influence which control the behaviour of females, the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) said yesterday in a message to commemorate International Day to Stop Violence Against Women (VAW).

Young Bermudian batsman Tre Manders.

Four young Bermudians picked for Barbados camp

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Four young Bermuda players have been selected by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to attend a high-performance training camp in Barbados next month when they will take part in a series of limited overs matches, officials said here.

Convicted for cocaine

(Barbados Nation) Guyanese national Rochelle Amanda Gibson began serving a nine-month sentence yesterday at HMP Dodds after being convicted on four drug charges.

Quinton de Kock of South Africa has risen to a career high seventh position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen.

De Kock, Finch, Faulkner and Smith big movers in ODI rankings Sri Lanka and England aims for upward movement

(ICC) South Africa’s Quinton de Kock and a trio of Australia batsmen – Aaron Finch, James Faulkner and Steven Smith – have made advances in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen , which were releasedon Monday, a day after the four-time world champion won the series 4-1 to move ahead of India in the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings.

Suspect: Azmon Alexander

Suspect in Brasso Seco murders held

(Trinidad Express) – For over a month, residents of Brasso Seco hid in their homes, shied away from the media and were even afraid to talk to the police amid fears that the man believed responsible for the disappearance and deaths of three of their fellow villagers remained on the run and presumably still in the area.

Mexican drug trafficker sentenced in Chicago to 22 years

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A federal judge sentenced a Mexican drug trafficker to 22 years in prison for shipping 276 kilos of cocaine to Chicago hidden in railway cars in a case that highlighted the city’s role as a hub for distributing tons of cocaine throughout the United States from 1998 to 2008.