Guyana U-20 footballers face Trinidad today
Guyana’s Under-20 footballers will take on old rivals Trinidad and Tobago this afternoon in St Vincent and the Grenadines as the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway.
Guyana’s Under-20 footballers will take on old rivals Trinidad and Tobago this afternoon in St Vincent and the Grenadines as the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) FIFA World Cup qualifiers get underway.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Aldaine Thomas narrowly missed out on three figures despite playing superbly but his innings put Jamaica in an excellent position to force and outright win over Barbados on today’s final day of the third round of matches in the Regional Under-19 three-day Championship.
The Regional Women’s Twenty/20 tournament bowls off today in Jamaican and Guyana is expected to play Grenada in its opening match of round one at Chedwin Park.
LONDON, CMC – The outstanding Kirani James added Olympic gold to his fast-growing resume by racing to a personal best time to win the 400 meters in dominating fashion at the London Olympic Stadium here last night.
By Neil Barry An Under-19 cricket tournament will be held in the memory of the late city businessman David Persaud who passed away last April.
By Emmerson Campbell King of this year’s third biennial Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Show, Kerwin Clarke, has aspirations of emulating his mentor and Guyana’s world renowned bodybuilder Hugh Ross.
By Emmerson Campbell Former World Boxing Council (WBC) cruiserweight champion Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite will headline a five-fight all-pro card dubbed ‘Redemption’ which will be staged at the Thirst Park ground on September 2.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A nasty, bad-tempered joust with Argentina’s basketball team woke up the sleeping giants from the U.S.
Brisbane, Australia – Third seed West Indies and two-time former champion and number-six seed India are odds-on favourites to qualify for the Super League stage from Group C of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012, which will be staged from August 11-26 in Queensland, Australia.
LONDON, CMC – Sprint legend Usain Bolt has admitted to being under pressure to defend his men’s Olympic 100 metres title on Sunday.
The selection committee of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has stuck to its guns and omitted three of the country’s top players Idi Lewis, Christopher Franklyn and Godfrey Munroe from the men’s team named to compete at the 54th Senior Caribbean Championships later this month in Santo Domingo.
LONDON, CMC – The Caribbean will be heavily represented today in the women’s 200 metres semi-finals as all but one of their sprinters booked semi-final spots at the London 2012 Olympic Games here.
Despite losing to national chess champion Taffin Khan; former national champion Kriskal Persaud was declared the winner of the penultimate round of the inaugural Red Cherry ladder tournament on Sunday at the Kei-Shar’s Sports Club, Hadfield Street.
LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – England and South Africa drew the second test yesterday after some late drama that offered each team an unlikely sniff of victory on the fifth and final day at Headingley.
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has postponed its annual athletics championships for the third time in three weeks, attributing the postponement to the wet condition of the ground.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt fired up a cool evening at London’s Olympic Stadium as only he can when he retained his 100 metres title with a thrilling reassertion of his status as the world’s supreme sprinter yesterday.
By Emmerson Campbell Carlton Wheelers Cycle Club rider Robin Persaud made it two in a row yesterday by speeding off with the winner’s trophy of the eighth annual Reagan Rodrigues Memorial 50-mile cycle road race.
This year’s Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) overall winner Kerwin Clarke will spearhead a team of bodybuilders to compete at the 40th annual Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships next month in Puerto Rico.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – Hundreds of Jamaicans who braved the wind and heavy rain to watch outdoor screenings of the Olympic 100 meters final yesterday, erupted in wild celebration, blowing horns, banging pots and pans and waving flags, as their star sprinter Usain ‘Lightning’ Bolt retained his title.
LONDON, CMC – Grenadian Kirani James came one step closer to adding an Olympic gold medal to his World title when he clocked a season-best time to win his semi-final and surge into the final of the men’s 400 metres at the 30th Olympiad here yesterday.
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