(Reuters) – England may be among the favourites to claim their maiden World Cup title on home soil but fans of the gentleman’s game believe they are not likely to win any fair play awards, according to a poll.
LONDON, CMC – West Indies’ Jason Holder was among 10 captains who took a break from team preparations on Wednesday to meet the Queen and Prince Harry, as historic London erupted in colourful and musical celebrations as it prepared to welcome today’s start of the 12th ICC World Cup.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Defending champion Rafael Nadal continued to chomp his way through the French Open draw yesterday and Roger Federer also maintained his smooth progress into the third round.
—says Olympic body will be looking to amend its constitution in order to suspend defaulting associations/federations President of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) K.
Eight weeks before the start of the 2019 Pan American Games, the Guyana Boxing Association has written to the Guyana Olympic Association to “immediately put on hold all stipends” and the preparatory sojourn to Cuba for boxing standout boxer Keevin Allicock .
Guyanese all-rounder Steven Jacobs will turn out for the Jamaica Tallawahs in this year’s Caribbean Premier League (CPL) with the intention of bringing the fireworks to the biggest party in sport with, his bat.
Should a female athlete of Guyanese origin break any national record at the Aliann Pompey Invitational (API), they will be rewarded with 200,000 (USD $1,000), compliments of Sentinel Security Inc, a returning sponsor of the API.
Not too many cricketing nations are fortunate enough to install their ICC World Cup-winning captain as Prime Minister or President after the end of their cricketing career.
– It could go either way for Kholi and co. Very few persons would dispute the indelible cricketing genius of Virat Kohli – Captain Marvel – and his team of Avengers. Kohli
The Toronto Raptors are playing in their first NBA Finals, and that makes the Golden State Warriors’ fifth consecutive appearance slightly different.
DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – Hayley Matthews’s maiden Twenty20 International hundred lifted West Indies Women to their second highest-ever total in the shortest format, paving the way for a 72-run crushing of Ireland Women and a clean sweep of the three-match series here yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – West Indies have the firepower to post the first 500 total in one-day internationals, top order batsman Shai Hope has said ahead of the Cricket World Cup.
BRISTOL, England, CMC – Shai Hope struck another classy hundred while Andre Russell and Evin Lewis lashed half-centuries as West Indies flexed their muscle to brush aside New Zealand by 91 runs in their final official warm-up match, and find precious momentum ahead of their World Cup opener against Pakistan on Friday.
Following reports of local sports officials remaining in office despite there not being elections for office bearers as mandated by their constitutions, Minister of Sport, Dr George Norton, said he plans to launch an inquiry into those associations who continue to flout their constitutions in this regard.
Minister of Social Cohesion with responsibility for Sport, Dr George Norton feels that Guyana as a host territory for India’s tour of the Caribbean come August as well as the Regional Under-19 tournament should be a done deal.
The term ‘puncher’s chance’ has been thrown around in sports quite a lot in favour of the underdogs, who on their day- be it by luck of stroke or brilliance- can inspire knock out blows over their more favoured opponents.
Here’s a fun fact: South Africa – a proud cricket nation with a rich history of producing a number of world-class one day players – has never appeared in an ICC 50-over World Cup grand finale.
The 2019 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) fixtures have been released with each of the six territories listed for matches except Guyana.
Futsal Championship as Sparta Boss and Gold is Money suffered quarterfinal defeats on Monday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.
DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Stacy-Ann King marked her first appearance for West Indies Women in nearly three years with a strong all-round performance as the Caribbean side strolled past Ireland by 45 runs in the second Twenty20 International here yesterday, to set the stage for a clean sweep of the three-match series.
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