Remarkable displays of speed, strength, stamina and leaping ability, enabled the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to retain the Inter Services Athletic and Swimming Championship (ISASC) trophy last night at the National Track and Field Centre.
Henry Chase and Rollan Tappin were voted in as the Guyana Futsal Association (GFA) and Guyana Beach Soccer Association (GSBA) Presidents respectively yesterday when the entities staged their elections at the office of the GFF Normalization Committee Chairman, Clinton Urling.
The National Secondary School League was officially launched at the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) Pavilion yesterday in a joint move by Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, executives of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), sponsors Digicel and Banks DIH.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Steven Smith has been carrying a knee injury since the tour of England and may take some time off from cricket before hosting New Zealand.
(Reuters) – LeBron James is likely to miss the rest of the preseason after having an anti-inflammatory injection in his back earlier this week as the banged-up Cleveland Cavaliers wind up their preparations for the regular season.
The fourth annual Petra Organisation/ Courts Pee-Wee Under-11 football tournament will continue today at the Thirst Park ground with the final round of matchups.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – German football was thrown into turmoil yesterday when magazine Der Spiegel said the country’s football officials had used a slush fund to win votes and land the 2006 World Cup.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Left-hander Kjorn Ottley endured a moderate last season for Trinidad and Tobago Red Force but says he is hoping for a big improvement with the bat when the new campaign gets going next month.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Sepp Blatter, suspended president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, said he aimed to return to office in time to hand over power to a successor to be elected at a special congress in February.
(Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen has said he should not have been made England captain in 2008 and only took the job because there was nobody else who could do it.
GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Feeble batting returned to haunt West Indies on the third day here yesterday, leaving them with an uphill task of saving the opening Test against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium.
ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Alastair Cook completed the third-longest innings in test history and the longest by an Englishman as his side ended on 569-8 on the fourth day of the first test yesterday, 46 runs ahead of Pakistan.
Like its oft advertised catch phrase, Digicel’s annual Cancer Awareness Cycle Road Race just got bigger and better….and
The grand two-day Guyana Health and Fitness Expo billed for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall starting from October 24 was officially launched on Wednesday night at the 704 Sports Bar.
(Reuters) – Rangana Herath took six wickets first-innings wickets to put West Indies in a spin as Sri Lanka enforced the follow-on on the third day of the opening test at Galle on Friday.
GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies lost both their openers cheaply in the final hour to suffer a major setback, after big centuries by Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal had given Sri Lanka command of the opening Test here yesterday.
Pele snatched the lead at the top of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, dismissing Monedderlust FC by a 3-0 score line on Wednesday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.
GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd used what would have been Steve Camacho’s 70th birthday yesterday, to praise the late former West Indies Cricket Board chief executive for his sterling contribution to Caribbean cricket.
The Normalization Committee of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially accepted the two slates that will contest the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) elections slated to be hosted tomorrow.
Skipper Shimron Hetmyer blazed an unbeaten half-century yesterday as his team secured a draw against the Leon Johnson XI after four days of high-intensity cricket played at the Georgetown Cricket Club Ground.
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