Change of government, GFF executive influenced decision to return

By Duncan Saul On In Sports |
Guyana-born and Canada football great Alex Bunbury addresses the gathering at the Pegasus Hotel during his first press briefing upon his return to Guyana after 40 years overseas in the quest to set up the Alex Bunbury Sports and Academics Academy.
Guyana-born and Canada football great Alex Bunbury addresses the gathering at the Pegasus Hotel during his first press briefing upon his return to Guyana after 40 years overseas in the quest to set up the Alex Bunbury Sports and Academics Academy.

Rated as one of the greatest football players from Canada, an emotional Alex Bunbury could not fight back tears as he addressed a media gathering yesterday during a press conference held at the Pegasus Hotel.

In the presence of members of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the National Sports Commission (NSC), Bunbury said, “My brother (Sam) would usually visit (Guyana) and people would always ask me why only now. Why did I wait 40 years to return home?”

Bunbury, who returned to the land of his birth following a 40-year wait Sunday said, “But I always tell them,