Donald Duff

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is one of several associations  that will be sending athletes to compete in the XVIII South American School Games in Brazil in November/ December this year.

Chelsea Edghill yesterday validated her world ranking as she spearheaded Bishops’ High School to the most outstanding school title when the curtain was pulled on the third annual Digicel sponsored schools table tennis teams’ tournament at the National Gymnasium.

It is said that a bad beginning leads to a good ending.

The successful Pre-cadet and Cadet table tennis team which took top honours at the recent championships in Jamaica has come in for praise from none other than former Caribbean men’s singles champion George `The Chief’ Braithwaite himself.

Bartica businessman Stephen Bell yesterday blasted the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) over the selection of Under-21 player Denzel Hopkinson ahead off his twin sons Brad and Brandon.

A former White House Fellow,  a former Caribbean men’s singles champion and a former Caribbean junior boys’ singles champion are the latest to air their views on the selection controversy of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA).

A study based on Australia sports has found  that it costs the Australian government approximately A$40m to win an Olympic medal.

Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) secretary Anand Sanasie, who was yesterday charged by the Guyana Police Force with perjury,   last night told Stabroek Sport that he was being harassed.

Says Donald Duff “Not one, not two, not three….”  With those famous words basketball superstar LeBron James, in promising to win multiple NBA titles for the Miami Heat, created a burden of expectations for himself and for the Heat basketball fans who had seen their franchise win only once before in 2006 after being formed in 1988 so huge that he had difficulty in fulfilling it.

1987 football fiasco revisited… Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will oppose a Mexico national football team today as the third round qualifying campaign in North, Central America and the Caribbean for Brazil 2014 kicks off today with a number of contests.

Asks Donald Duff It seems everyone but West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) CEO, Dr Ernest Hilaire, knows what is wrong with the present state of West Indies cricket.

Idi Lewis is an exceptional table tennis player. A southpaw, Lewis has the unique distinction of winning the Caribbean junior boys singles title and reaching the semi-finals of the men’s competition.

This year’s annual Independence table tennis tournament which serves off at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on May 18 will be a dress rehearsal for the upcoming mini, and pre-Cadet tournament.

The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) yesterday pledged its support to the Interim Management Committee (IMC) to end the current crisis facing Guyana’s cricket, a decision that IMC chairman Clive Lloyd called a landmark move.

One day after his home and office were searched by members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), Ramsey Ali resigned as president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), a mere seven months after being elected.

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall yesterday defended the move by acting Chief Justice Ian Chang to grant an interim injunction restraining some 13 executive members of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) from functioning.

Beaten without a ball being bowled. That is the downfall of the Guyana National T20 cricket team known as the Amazon Conquerors.

Clive Hubert Lloyd, the most successful West Indies captain ever said yesterday that he was delighted to be asked  to head  the Interim Management Committee (IMC) set up by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and had accepted the post.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Ramsey Ali said yesterday that the decision by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport to replace the GCB with an Interim Management Committee  could have a disastrous effect on Guyana’s cricket.

Secretary of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)  Anand Sanasie said yesterday that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)  will continue to function although they have been asked to hand over to an Interim management Committee which is expected to run the affairs of the GCB for the next six months.