Sports

After rising through the ranks from player to national champion and serving several terms as General Secretary, Godfrey Munroe will now be the man in charge after he was elected president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) following their annual general meeting (AGM) on Sunday at Olympic House.

Manager of the Inter Guiana Goodwill Games basketball team (IGGG) Chris Bowman said he hopes that both the male and female basketball teams will give their best efforts when they compete against Suriname this weekend.

-the need for electronic timing is becoming more evident  as athletes produce unprecedented times The en vogue topic in the track and field and even the wider sports community locally is the unbelievable performance of 9.90 seconds by local sprinter Rupert Perry achieved at the Guyana Defence Force ground, Camp Ayangana last Friday.

Six-time Guyana Open women’s champion Christine Sukhram felt that last weekend’s tour was her toughest to date locally but said she was up to the challenge in claiming another victory at Guyana’s premier golf tournament at Lusignan Golf Club.

Police secure only outright win By Neil Barry Jr., Police Sports Club (PSC) was the only side to secure an outright victory when the rain-affected Noble House Seafoods second division, two-day competition continued in the capital city last weekend.

The New York Softball League, Trophy Stall Angels are the male and female winners of the 2012 Guyana Softball Cup competition which ended on Sunday at the Everest Cricket Club ground.

-GTTA president confident in team’s chances of winning Newly elected president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association Godfrey Munroe remains confident that the table tennis players selected to compete in the Inter Guiana Goodwill Games (IGGG) in Suriname this weekend will be able to produce superior performances.

Loris Nathoo  is the champion the Uniparts sponsored Senior Chess qualifiers which concluded on Sunday at Kei-Shars Sports Club, Hadfield Street.

DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Bangladesh have stepped up preparations for their first Test against the West Indies by naming a 22-man preliminary squad for the game, which begins at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka November 13th.

Fresh from their victory in the GT&T Indoor tournament, Georgetown Cricket Club men’s hockey team transferred their success to outdoor with a convincing 6-2 victory over Old Fort in the latest match of the Farfan and Mendes first division league.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – West Indies have a long way to go if they are to return to the top of world cricket, despite their recent success in the World Twenty20, manager Richie Richardson said yesterday.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC-West Indians Tino Best and Devon Smith are among 16 players who have started legal proceedings against the organisers of the Cricket All Star T20 match in Toronto in May claiming they have yet to be paid.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Australian clothing brand SKINS has filed a law suit against the International Cycling Union (UCI) seeking $2 million in damages and alleging that the sport’s governing body lacked leadership in the fight against doping.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Negotiations are on track for the staging of the inaugural Caribbean Premier League, a franchise tournament.

LONDON, CMC – Controversial England-based striker Marlon King has resigned from international football dashing any hopes he could aid Jamaica’s bid to qualify for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Guyanese golfer Avinash Persaud captured his fourth Guyana Open Golf title when he defeated Canadian Roger Rajkumar who placed second while 2011 winner Trinidad-based Papo Haniff  failed to make it in the top three in a thrilling finish yesterday at the Lusignan Golf Club.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Head coach Ottis Gibson says West Indies are targeting a top five spot in the International Cricket Council Test rankings within the next year.

Suriname swept the male and female volleyball competitions on Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall to steal a close win of the first phase of the Inter Guiana Goodwill Games (IGGG) against Guyana. 

KANDY, Sri Lanka,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 14 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method  yesterday to finally achieve a positive result on a rain-scarred tour.

By Emmerson Campbell After unanimously defeating former WBC cruiserweight world champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite two weeks ago to claim the vacant WBC CABOFE cruiserweight title, Sean Corbin has now called out local cruiserweight and heavyweight champion, Kurt Bess.