Emmerson Campbell

After announcing on social media and at the gym that I had taken my first shot of Sputnik V, one of the vaccines in the fight against COVID-19, I was asked several questions.

The Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) National Championship kicks off today with the Time trials for all categories.

All systems are go for the highly anticipated National Novices Championship. 

Fresh off winning the Independence Three-Stage road race, the biggest win of his promising career, Briton John is now armed with the confidence to become the National Road Race Champion.

Jamual John won a scintillating battle in yesterday’s finale but Briton John won the war and pedaled away with the overall spoils of this year’s Independence Three-Stage road race. 

Briton John and Raynauth Jeffrey each earned wins in the first two legs of the Independence Three-Stage road race yesterday but the former rolls into the hills of Linden today for the grand finale with a 12-second lead.

Face masks are available in many colours and styles and it seems getting vaccinated could make them passe  It looks like masks are coming off and I am all for it. 

The Independence Three-Stage Road Race, Guyana’s premier and longest tenured cycling event rolls off this morning in Berbice. 

Guyana’s premier and longest tenured cycling event, the Independence Three-Stage Road Race rolls off tomorrow morning in Berbice.

For the second straight year, the Aliann Pompey Invitational (API), Guyana’s annual athletics showpiece has been cancelled due to the pandemic.

The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) yesterday received funding from the Ministry of Sport for the staging of the Independence Three-Stage Road Race  this weekend.

The CARIFTA Games for 2021 in Bermuda has been cancelled due to the pandemic.

The Olympic fate of local boxing trio, Keevin Allicock, Colin Lewis and Desmond Amsterdam will be known next month when the complete ranking table is revealed by the Boxing Task Force  (BTF) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Ecuador was named as the new host of this year’s South American Championships from May 29-31 and the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has named 12 athletes who could potentially compete at the fixture.

At 22, Miss Bikini Champion Rosanna Fung is fit and fabulous and despite being at the top rung of the ladder in terms of health and fitness, she is a strong advocate for people to be vaccinated in order to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a four-year hiatus, the Independence Three-Stage cycle road race returns to the capital city for the final sprint and award ceremony on May 16.

Local track and field athletes are in a dilemma when it comes to competing at the South America Championships, the highest area event prior to the Olympic Games.

“I will sharpen up over here and come and put on a show on for the people in Guyana”. 

The calendar has flipped to May and 14 months into the pandemic, COVID-19 continues to represent the single biggest hurdle for sportsmen and women dreaming to make their mark internationally.

So, I finally did it. I had my first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, the Sputnik V from Russia.