– cites “seemingly insurmountable evidence” AUSTIN, Texas, (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong yesterday stepped down as chairman of the charity he founded to distance the cancer patient-support organization from the widening doping scandal that promises to cost him his seven Tour de France cycling titles.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Eighteen days of international one-day cricket will provide an aperitif for next year’s Ashes series in England with the world governing body hoping to capitalise on West Indies’ success in the Twenty20 World Cup.
A campaign that started by promising much ended yesterday by disappointing many when the Golden Jaguars crashed to a 0-7 defeat in their final group B game of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers at the Estadio Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica last night.
National junior chess champion Haifeng Su remained unbeaten after three rounds of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Closed national junior championships following play of Saturday and Sunday.
Nineteen year-old national junior 200m champion Elton Bollers has confirmed his participation in the University of Guyana’s (UG) Track and Field Championships will be held this Thursday and Friday on campus at the UG ball field.
Half a decade ago, he was fastest junior athlete on local shores, representing Guyana at nearly every junior local and international meet then he prematurely put away his spikes and called it quits for his athletic career.
By Yonalla Dalrymple The organizing committee of the annual Inter Market Futsal Tournament which was scheduled for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) has decided to cancel the tournament owing to the unavailability of the venue.
The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) under the stewardship of former West Indies all-rounder Roger Harper is moving full speed ahead with its programmes as the year comes to a close.
Newlands witnessed its second consecutive one-sided game yesterday as Sydney Sixers needed just 8.5 overs to breeze past Yorkshire’s 96 and give the county side the rudest of welcomes to the main draw.
The asking rate for Lions hit 10 an over at the end of the seventh over, they had no momentum and they looked rather like cubs in the headlights, but over the next 13 overs they kept up with the rate without a hint of panic.
The formidable Ravens withstood the defensive pressure, explosive fast-break game and deadly three-point shooting of the new-look Colts to win the Pepsi Sonics Basketball Club ‘Refresh your Games’ tournament on Sunday night at the Burnham Basketball Court.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC-Guyanese left-arm spinner, Veerasammy Permaul, said he was not surprised by his selection to the West Indies team for the upcoming series against hosts Bangladesh.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago fast bowler Shannon Gabriel says he is fit and ready for a recall to the regional side after being sidelined from an injury he picked up during his debut Test against England in May.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies team manager Richie Richardson has described the current regional management as “the most organised and best” he has ever worked with in any organisation.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong should come clean with a full doping confession, while the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will look into ways of taking away the former Tour de France champion’s 2000 Games medal, IOC vice president Thomas Bach said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) –Davis Ferrer has ensured Spanish representation at the ATP World Tour finals by booking his place at the eight-man finale taking place in London for the fourth year next month.
KARACHI, (Reuters) – A world XI will play two Twenty20 cricket matches in Pakistan this week in a development organisers hope will help to convince foreign teams to tour the country.
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo says the regional side’s triumph in a major international tournament was long overdue.
-says coach BASSETERRE, St.Kitts, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago coach, Hutson Charles, says the Soca Warriors have their work cut out for them despite their 10-0 thrashing of Anguilla in their closing Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Cup Group Five fixture at Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre on Sunday night.
at WIFSC ceremony President of the West Indies Fullbore Shooting Council (WIFSC) Captain Norris Gomez says rifle shooting needs new members if it is to survive in the region.
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