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Marketing, Sales and Distribution Manager of Clear Waters, Narendra Lucknauth (right), GFSCA President Ramchand Ragbeer (centre) and Vice-president of the GFSCA, Ricky Deonarain, display a bottle of Clear Waters.
Marketing, Sales and Distribution Manager of Clear Waters, Narendra Lucknauth (right), GFSCA President Ramchand Ragbeer (centre) and Vice-president of the GFSCA, Ricky Deonarain, display a bottle of Clear Waters.

Essential Supplies onboard with Guyana Softball Cup 5

Essential Supplies Inc., a subsidiary of International Pharmaceutical Agency, through its Clear Waters brand, yesterday morning made a commitment to outfit the umpires for the games and to provide water for refreshment purposes free of cost for the players and officials participating in the fifth annual Guyana Softball Cup tournament which bowls off Friday.

GFF Presidential hopeful Wayne Forde addressing the gathering at the Pegasus hotel after officially declaring that he will be contesting the GFF Elections as a Presidential candidate while other members of the launch party look on.

Forde unveils six-goal manifesto

After much consideration, Fruta Conquerors President Wayne Forde has officially signalled his intention to contest the post of president of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

Kemo Paul is caught by Leon Johnson at leg-slip.

Jacobs bags six wickets; Bacchus’s XI 141 all out

Off-spinner Steven Jacobs picked up six wickets for Leon Johnson’s XI to help restrict Robin Bacchus’ XI to 141 all out on the first day of the second Guyana Jaguars four-day practice match played at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence yesterday.

Pele, Fruta Conquerors battle to stalemate

League leader Pele FC and arch rival Fruta Conquerors battled to a scoreless draw when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League continued on Saturday at the Tucville Community ground.

Pakistan beat England in nail-biting finish

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Pakistan overcame belligerent resistance from England’s tail-enders to win the second test by 178 runs yesterday after bowling out Alastair Cook’s men for 312 with just 6.3 overs remaining.

Simmons to pay damages to former lover

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies limited overs opener Lendl Simmons has been ordered by High Court Judge Frank Seepersad to pay TT$150 000 (US$23 692), inclusive of aggravated damages, to a former lover in a case dubbed here as “revenge porn”.

FIFA money transfer a mistake but no votes bought-Beckenbauer

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Franz Beckenbauer, who headed Germany’s 2006 World Cup organising committee, said yesterday a transfer of 6.7 million euros to world soccer’s governing body FIFA in 2005 was a mistake but rejected claims it was a return of a loan to buy votes in favour of the country’s World Cup bid.

Rangana Herath

Herath leads Lanka to series win over West Indies

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Rangana Herath picked up four wickets while spin partner Milinda Siriwardana took three as Sri Lanka defeated West Indies by 72 runs on the fifth day of the second and final test today to win the series 2-0.

GFC upset Buxton United 2-0

The Georgetown Football Club (GFC) secured its second win of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League upsetting Buxton United 2-0 Saturday at the No.

LBI defeats Enterprise despite Khemraj’s hat trick

Despite a hat trick from Bishaun Khemraj, La Bonne Intention Secondary duly recorded a four-wicket victory over Enterprise when the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) inaugural National Secondary School Cricket League (NSSCL) sponsored by Digicel, Banks DIH’s Coco Cola and Rainforest Water continued last week.

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