(Reuters) – Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler reclaimed the WBA super-middleweight world title by stopping Northern Ireland’s Brian Magee in the third round in front of a noisy home crowd in Herning yesterday.
The adjectives that littered Caribbean newspapers after the defeats by seven wickets (with 58 balls remaining) and 160 runs (when they could last only 31.1 overs and cobble together 132) accurately described the West Indies performances in the first two ODIs of the series that was yesterday secured 3-2 by Bangladesh.
By Emmerson Campbell The Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) will do everything in its power to put athletes that have excelled in the National School’s Championships on the road to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
– CONCACAF to look at ending impasse The world governing body for football, FIFA along with its Caribbean arm CONCACAF will move to end the impasse between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA), a press release from Khalsan Public Relations Incorporated said.
-GCB, Anthony present different T20 teams to WICB The confusion that has gripped local cricket over the last year with the government battling the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) for control of the game reached dizzying heights again yesterday with both naming separate teams for next year’s Caribbean T20 tournament.
Chairman of the Interim Management Committee for cricket, Clive Lloyd has rejected a report in yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News that members of the body are planning to resign.
By Emmerson Campbell Will defending champions, Back Circle, repeat or will Leopold Street, the surprise team of the tournament claim the $600,000 first prize and bragging rights as the greatest street football team in Georgetown?
Two armies of bodybuilders from Suriname and Brazil will invade the National Cultural Centre tonight to do battle with the crème de le crème of Guyana’s musclemen and women when Flex Night International stages its inaugural tri-nation event.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Former Young West Indies all-rounder Dalton Polius snatched eight wickets in an innings to help St.
(Reuters) – The Council of Europe will hold a meeting later this month looking into FIFA’s governance of world soccer with suspended Asian soccer boss Mohamed Bin Hammam among those scheduled to participate.
DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – An inspiring all-round performance from captain Darren Sammy powered a resurgent West Indies to a convincing 75-run win over Bangladesh, levelling the five-match rubber at 2-2 and setting up today’s final game as the series decider.
Tomorrow marks the start of the Banks Beer/GFA end-of-year tournament and President of the Georgetown Football Association, Vernon Burnett said it would be bigger than last year’s.
(BBC) England tightened their grip on the third Test against India, although Alastair Cook missed out on a double century on day three in Kolkata.
MIAMI, (Reuters) – The Miami Heat suffered their worst home defeat of the ‘Big Three’ era as the defending NBA champions crashed to a 112-92 loss to a New York Knicks team without their star forward Carmelo Anthony.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Michael Schumacher should have stayed in retirement rather than risked his reputation in a disappointing Formula One comeback with Mercedes, Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Twenty20 cricket heralded another illuminating innovation today with the introduction of stumps and bails that light-up when dislodged during an Australian Big Bash League (BBL) match in Melbourne.
(Reuters) – The beleaguered Indonesian soccer federation’s bid to avoid a FIFA suspension suffered a blow yesterday when sports minister Andi Mallarangeng resigned in the wake of graft charges.
-feel abandoned by gov’t By Iva Wharton Members of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) set up by the government to run cricket here will make a decision over the weekend as to whether they will resign from the body.
By Emmerson Campbell In keeping with its vision to develop the sport of football at the grass roots level, Petra Organization, has once again collaborated with a corporate entity to stage a schools tournament.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Tomorrow’s non-title welterweight bout between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez has all the makings of a classic as the two fighters prepare to meet for a fourth and, almost certainly, final time in the ring.
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