Street football team Sparta Boss was yesterday officially presented with the prize for winning the Guinness of the Streets Georgetown Championship at a simple presentation ceremony in the Banks DIH Limited boardroom, Thirst Park.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Impressive left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie snatched his fourth five-wicket haul in only his fifth first class game as Guyana Jaguars continued their imperious march through the Regional First Class Championship with their fifth straight win here yesterday.
Kwakwani Secondary were crowned the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Titan Bowl u-19 champions, squeaking past Government Technical Institute by a 75-70 score line on Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.
SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne believes an intervention from Brian Lara is warranted in order to save West Indies’ troubled tour Down Under from becoming a full blown crisis.
Alpha United’s Delon Lanferman and Pele FC’s Jumane Somerset have been selected by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to represent the nation at the upcoming Caribbean Football Union (CFU)/Major League Soccer (MLS) Combine in Curacao.
Den Amstel will oppose Uitvlugt while Young Achievers will faceoff with Pouderoyen in the semi-final round when the WDFA 2nd Annual Josiah Memorial Christmas Football Championship continues Sunday.
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Western Tigers secured contrasting wins when the fifth edition of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Banks Beer Knockout Cup commenced at the Eve Leary Sports Club ground on Sunday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados pounded archrivals Trinidad and Tobago in straight sets to retain their boys’ title while Haiti’s girls dished out an identical whipping on Barbados in the corresponding final, as the 10th CAZOVA Junior Championships wrapped up here Sunday night.
Kwakwani Strikers and Trainline punched their tickets to the next round of the GT Beer/Upper Demerara Football Association championships when they defeated Retrieve Lion and Vasco respectively Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground.
Johnathan Foo’s 43 and Eon Hooper’s 4 wickets helped steer Upper Canje/Rose Hall/Albion to a comfortable six-wicket win over Georgetown in a low-scoring affair contested yesterday at the Port Mourant Ground, Berbice, when the ongoing Cricket Guyana Inc.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Ex-West Indies opener Devon Smith stroked a half-century as Windward Islands Volcanoes frustrated Trinidad and Tobago Red Force’s hopes of a victory on the final day of their fifth round match in the Regional First Class Championship here yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Defiant half-centuries from Orlando Peters and Jacques Taylor were not enough as Leeward Islands Hurricanes plunged to their fifth straight loss of the Regional First Class Championship here Sunday.
MIRPUR, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies limited overs batsman Lendl Simmons stroked a high class half-century but Trinidadian counterpart Kevon Cooper proved his worth in gold by grabbing four wickets and then smashing the winning runs, as Barisal Bulls beat Rangpur Riders by five wickets to reach today’s final of the Bangladesh Premier League.
MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Australia’s Big Bash League is bracing for the arrival of West Indies star Chris Gayle and his Melbourne Renegades captain Aaron Finch says he is looking forward to the prospect of playing alongside one of the game’s biggest names.
CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – An exhilarating half-century from Dwayne Bravo was not enough to save Dolphins from defeat as Titans produced a superior performance to lift the Ram Slam T20 Challenge here Saturday.
(Barbados Nation) GROS ISLET – The Board of Directors of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) yesterday approved a bowling review committee to look closely at the players who have been reported and/or suspended for illegal bowling actions in international games.
The largest viewership in Guinness of the Streets history witnessed what appears to be the commencement of a legacy as Sparta Boss downed crowd favourite Channel-9 Warriors 1-0 Saturday to claim the Georgetown Championship.
BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Off-spinner Marlon Samuels has been slapped with a one-year ban by the International Cricket Council from bowling in international cricket.
HOBART, Australia, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder has rubbished media reports claiming that new-ball bowlers Jerome Taylor and Kemar Roach refused to bowl from certain ends during the opening Test in Hobart.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Reigning champions and tournament leaders, Guyana Jaguars, were eyeing their fifth straight victory after setting Jamaica Scorpion a daunting target and then taking three wickets before the close of the penultimate day of their fifth round match here yesterday.
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