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The Guyana contingent arrived at the Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica yesterday morning brimming with confidence ahead of the 49th edition of the Regional showpiece back from a two-year absence due to the pandemic.

GOA donates $2m to CARIFTA Games team

President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), K Juman-Yassin along with head of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson were full of optimism that the CARIFTA Games team will perform at its optimum level during this weekend’s Games in Jamaica.

American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Elite Championships bronze medalist, Desmond Amsterdam (right) posing with cheque in Ecuador with a fellow podium dweller.

Patriot Amsterdam elated with promotion

Overwhelming elation and a sense of patriotism was felt by standout middleweight pugilist, Desmond Amsterdam after his promotion to Sergeant following his heroics at the American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Elite Championships in Ecuador.

Nadine Trotz

Gibbons to spearhead CARIFTA Games team

Nadine Trotz, manager of the CARIFTA Games bound athletes has expressed confidence that the teen athletes will show up and show out when the event is staged in Kington, Jamaica during the Easter weekend.

Mastering the pull-up

Pull-ups are arguably the toughest bodyweight exercise to perform. However, the pull-up has many benefits and let us admit, it looks hardcore when you can do them for reps in the middle of a gym.

 Amid trash talk yesterday, the locally based combatants for the ‘Guyana Fight Night Road to Redemption’ card inked their respective contracts at the headquarters of the boxing board at the Avenue of the Republic.

Contracts signed for Road to Redemption card

The contracts are in for the return of professional boxing. Amid trash talk yesterday, the locally based combatants for the ‘Guyana Fight Night Road to Redemption’ card inked their respective contracts at the headquarters of the boxing board at the Avenue of the Republic.

CARIFTA Games athletes to stay sharp this weekend

The management team for the CARIFTA Games has been named by the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and the body will host its ‘Super Champs’ event on Sunday pitting the Games bound athletes against the cream of the nation’s athletes.

Scenes from yesterday’s launch of the rugby academy in the National Park.(Emmerson Campbell photos)

Ninvalle confident of rugby academy’s success

Rugby became the latest core sport to launch its academy yesterday and Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle is confident of the programme’s success once a concerted and combined effort is undertaken by all stakeholders.

Aliyah Abrams (right) competing at the World Athletic Indoor Championship which was staged in Belgrade, Serbia last weekend

`Being able to make a final is a success in itself’

After placing fifth in the women’s final of the 400m at the World Athletic Indoor Championships and becoming the South American record holder, a fire has been lit in Aliyah Abrams and she is poised for success as the outdoor season approaches.

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