Orin Davidson

As Jason Holder tried to explain away the latest humiliation inflicted on West Indies this week at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport’s VIP lounge, the elephant in room no one seemed to notice was Whycliff “Dave” Cameron’s ego.

If West Indies is serious about progressing further in the T20 cricket World Cup its management has to don a thinking cap.

It might not be the most important decision he will make in football but newly-elected Guyana Football Federation (GFF) president Wayne Forde has a crucial ballot to cast in Zurich, Switzerland, tomorrow.

By Orin Davidson    Kadacia Baird endured a rough introduction to the Millrose Games senior ranks when she literally tumbled out of the women’s 400 metres yesterday in New York.

Of all contributing factors to the West Indies Under-19 cricket team’s success at the just concluded World Cup, Shimron Hetmyer’s captaincy stands out for its excellence.

It reads like a political confrontation between two parties, but those are the slogans the two contesting slates are proffering to win votes at Saturday’s Guyana Football Federation (GFF) executive elections.

By Orin Davidson If we haven’t seen it all before, the West Indies Cricket Board is continuing to prove why it remains the joke of world cricket administration.

By Orin Davidson   The sight of sprinter Adam Harris inexplicably abandoning his event after a few metres at the recent Pan American Games, summed up another dismal display by a national senior athletics team at international competition.

Jamal Shabazz has been hailed as the saviour of Guyana’s football for two successful stints at the national team’s helm, but after the latest debacle to befall the Golden Jaguars , he is left with egg on his face and a badly tarnished image.

  By Orin Davidson One day made the world of difference in the career of national 400m champion Winston George on Sunday in New York.

 By Orin Davidson   Second time around wasn’t so good for Winston George.

Brian Lara said it and all of Guyana is pleading for Shivnarine Chanderpaul to be given a farewell Test series.

Salvador Sanchez, Andrew Murray and Cleveland Denny were boxers who lost their lives in the prime of their existence.

West Indies’ elimination from the 2015 cricket World Cup was predictable but the manner they were hammered by New Zealand in Saturday’s quarter-final was depressing to say the least.

Once upon a time West Indies would’ve been expected to crush New Zealand in any form of cricket competition.

Says Orin Davidson If it was a decision deemed disingenuous at best in the beginning, the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) plan to vote for Whycliffe “Dave ‘Cameron in the West Indies Cricket Board presidential election this weekend is fast becoming a major travesty, as the fallout continues.

 Brenessa Thompson expects to make 2015 a breakthrough year, her final as a junior in a fast improving athletics career, which she boosted with a brilliant run Saturday at the New York Millrose Games.

By Orin Davidson For an undistinguished, low achieving West Indies cricket team, the shock and outrage being expressed around the region at the omission of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard for the upcoming World Cup, is surprising.

By Orin Davidson   As expected, the Golden Jaguars team of 2014 is coming home with its tail between its legs from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) qualifying competition.

  As the countdown intensifies for the World Junior track and field championships, top United States-based coach Shaun Dietz feels Guyana has an excellent chance to produce its best ever display which however can be ruined if the local national governing does not act with more alacrity.