Sports

The University of Guyana (UG) will be staging its annual track and field championships next week and for the first time in recent years, the event will be staged over a two-day period according to sports coordinator Lavern Fraser-Thomas.

— CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Applewhaite Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Lolita Applewhaite says sport must be one of the critical tools used to boost economic activity in the region.

By Neil Barry Jr., The Georgetown Cricket Assoc-iation’s (GCA) Queensway  Cup limited overs competition gets underway today with three matches.

-says Paul Slowe By Yonalla Dalrymple and Iva Wharton If Vice President of the Guyana National Rifle Shooting Association (GNRA) Paul Slowe is to be believed then Guyana‘s rifle shooters can run out short range shooting champions when the team event of the West Indies Full-bore Shooting Championships take place this weekend at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

Former Sportswoman-of-the-Year Alisha Fortune is elated with the buzz that has been surrounding the Alisha Fortune and Caroline Forde One Mile race which is expected to be held this morning at 06:30hrs in the National Park.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Football’s world governing body (FIFA) has agreed to give the Grenada Football Association (GFA) a grant of US half a million dollars to build new head quarters in St.

Guyana and Jamaica are on collision course as the Team matches of the West Indies fullbore shooting championships take place today and tomorrow at the Timehri rifle ranges.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- The acting president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF), Lennox Watson, has rejected calls by the country’s sports minister Anil Roberts for the T&TFF to hold fresh general elections.

STANLEY, Falkland Islands, CMC- A Cricket team from the Falkland Islands is due to play six matches in three Caribbean islands during a two week tour which begins next month.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Football’s world governing body (FIFA) has agreed to give the Grenada Football Association (GFA) a grant of US half a million dollars to build new head quarters in St.

– team members take other 3 top spots Guyana’s Lennox Braithwaite was crowned the top rifle shooter in the Caribbean when he won the grand aggregate as the curtains came down on the individual competition at the West Indies Rifle Shooting championships at the Timehri ranges yesterday.

After covering 106 miles and dominating the first two stages yesterday, the Miami-based Team Coco seems destined to once again ride away with the spoils of a local cycling event.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars and Mexico, ranked 122nd and 19th in the FIFA world rankings respectively, lock horns in the penultimate round of group B action, in the North, Central American and Caribbean Zone, third round 2014 World Cup qualifiers, at the BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston Texas, from 8 pm tomorrow (9 pm Guyana time).

Guyana national football coach Jamaal Shabazz says he is proud of the strong defence the Golden Jaguars rolled out in their recent match against El Salvador and a more vibrant team is preparing to tackle Mexico.

CENTURION, South Africa,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago captain Denesh Ramdin says failure to execute and a lack of mental preparation are the reasons his team was knocked out at the qualifying stage of the champion’s league in South Africa.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC- Host St.Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago recorded comfortable wins to open their campaign in group five of 2012 Caribbean Cup at Warner Park Wednesday night.

CENTURION, South Africa,  CMC – Rain ruined an inconsequential game between Trinidad and Tobago and Sri Lankan champions Uva in the qualifying stage of the champion’s league in South Africa yesterday.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica’s West Indies cricketers Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels returned home on Wednesday to a heroes’ welcome by government ministers and schoolchildren at the Norman Manley International Airport.

BELEK, Turkey,  (Reuters) – Justin Rose beat 14-times major champion Tiger Woods in the semi-finals yesterday to set up a title showdown with fellow Englishman Lee Westwood at the World Golf Final exhibition event.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Marlon Samuels starred for the West Indies in the final of the 2012 International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 World Cup with both bat and ball, leading the regional team to its first global title in eight years.