Petama Enterprise, Motor Trend, and Steve’s Jewellery, who are affiliated with the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA), have thrown their support behind the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) U-19 Championship.
By Michaelangelo Jacobus
The opening day of the CARICOM Classic Chess Tournament at the Ramada Princess Hotel at Providence, East Bank Demerara, saw a bag of mixed results for Guyana’s two teams with Team 1, consisting of senior players, securing a win and a draw while Team 2, the juniors, suffered two losses after two rounds yesterday.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) will kick off their hugely popular Easter Vacation National Swimming Programme on March 26.
Ahead of the resumption of the CWI Regional 4-Day Championship, the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has announced two changes to their Guyana Harpy Eagles 13-man squad.
The 32 berths for this year’s Georgetown Zone of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Competition have been filled and the tournament is set to kick off on March 15, at the National Park.
(Reuters) – British heavyweight Anthony Joshua said he wants to deliver a statement win by knocking out former mixed martial arts champion Francis Ngannou in their boxing bout in Saudi Arabia on Friday.
(Reuters) – The head of Formula One’s governing body, Mohammed Ben Sulayem, is under investigation for allegedly interfering in the outcome of last year’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the BBC reported yesterday.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) yesterday called on the federal government to increase financial support to national sport organizations, which it says are overstretched and face a substantial reduction in services and programs.
(Reuters) – Sunrisers Hyderabad have named Australia skipper Pat Cummins as captain for the 2024 season, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise said yesteday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – All-rounder Cameron Green may be spared white ball duties for Australia to focus on his red ball game ahead of the test series against India in the next home summer, coach Andrew McDonald said.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Jamaica Women followed up a dominant batting performance led by the West Indies Women’s duo of Stafanie Taylor and Chinelle Henry with sharp fielding and stunned double crown defending champions Barbados Women with a 200-run win when the Cricket West Indies Women’s Super50 Cup opened yesterday in St Kitts.
By Michelangelo Jacobus
The inaugural CARICOM Classic Chess tournament was launched last evening, albeit over half an hour late, with an opening ceremony at the Ramada Hotel in Providence.
The defending champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), outflanked Buxton United 6-1 in the KFC Elite League at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre, Providence, on Saturday night.
Eagles and Ravens will collide in the inaugural final of the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball League on Saturday, March 9th, following hard-fought victories over the Colts and Kwakwani, respectively, in their corresponding conference finals on Saturday evening.
(Reuters) – Spinner Nathan Lyon took six for 65 as Australia dismissed New Zealand for 196 early on the fourth day of the first test at Wellington’s Basin Reserve yesterday to win the match by an emphatic 172 runs and go 1-0 up in the series.
Guyana’s leading cyclist, Briton John of United We Stand, extended his perfect start to the season with his third victory in as many races, taking the top of the podium in the Elite/Open class of the first stage of the Jagan’s Memorial Cycling Road Race yesterday.
A belligerent display of batting from the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) U-19 outfit saw them dismantle their Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA) counterparts by 243 runs yesterday at the Queen’s College ground, Thomas Lands.