Emmerson Campbell

The national male and female 7s rugby outfits departed yesterday to compete in the 2015 NACRA Championships and Olympic Qualifiers which is scheduled to kick off on June 13 in Cary, North Carolina.

Sprint ace, Rupert Perry completed an impressive double as he captured the 200 metres on yesterday’s final day of the Athletic Association of Guyana’s National Senior Championships held over at the National Track and Field Centre.

Despite the intermittent showers, the first day of the National Senior Track and Field Championships saw some commendable performances.

The Athletic Association of Guyana’s flagship event, the Senior National Track and Field Championships will run off this weekend at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora.

M. Beepat and Sons has flexed its corporate muscle and has agreed to brand and sponsor this year’s senior national bodybuilding and fitness championships under the Nestle Supligen product.

After two days and 171 miles of intense racing on the roadways, Orville Hinds (Team Evolution) emerged winner of the 33rd annual NSC Independence Three-Stage Road Race yesterday.

Team Evolution’s Orville Hinds (4hr:00m:35s) will roll into the hills of Linden this morning for the final leg of the Independence Three-Stage road race with the yellow jersey and a one-second lead on teammate Michael Anthony.

Guyana’s five-member team of athletes that were scheduled to compete in this weekend’s South America Association of Pan Am Youth Athletics Championships remained grounded in Guyana on Friday after failing to board their flight to Colombia after a series of unfortunate events.

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

A five-member strong national Track and Field team departed yesterday for the South American Association of PanAm Youth Athletics Championships in Cali, Colombia.

The Ministry of Sport has been merged with the Ministry of Education which will be headed by Dr.

The merger of the Ministries of Education and Sport have been met with mixed reviews by heads of sporting associations.

The Ministry of Sport will no longer be an independent body but will now come under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education headed by Dr.

Despite insignificant funding from the past administration, the disciplines of powerlifting and rugby have undoubtedly been the two most successful indoor and outdoor sports in the last decade.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is appealing for sponsorship from the private and public sector in order to send its seven-man team to Tijuana, Mexico in July to compete in the Pan Am Qualifiers.

The tense political climate has not only affected schools and businesses, it has also impacted the hosting of sporting activities.

Asks Emmerson Campbell   State funerals are usually reserved for Presidents and standout Prime Ministers so perhaps that home going honour is out of the question for our latest fallen hero, Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis.

Calvin Roberts, senior sports journalist at the Guyana Chronicle newspapers and a former member of the From the Heart Church Ministries, was laid to rest at the Le Repentir Cemetery yesterday.

Guyana’s first world boxing champion, Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis died yesterday in a motor vehicle accident on the public road of Friendship, East Bank Demerara.

With the 33rd Independence Three-Stage road race around the corner, Team Evolution decided to put on a dress rehearsal of team riding yesterday at the National Park.