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Shomari Wiltshire
Shomari Wiltshire

Shomari Wiltshire on verge of claiming national title

Eight-year-old Shomari Wiltshire, who remained undefeated after four days of competition, is poised to capture his first ever national title today during the Woodpecker National Junior Squash Championships at the Georgetown Club, a release from the Guyana Squash Association stated.

Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy
Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy

Eastman test for ‘Candy Man’ Hardy

By Emmerson Campbell Undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) CABOFE welterweight champion Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy will face the toughest test of his budding career when he faces former European middleweight champion Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman on June 1.

 Jaguars lose 0-1 to Reggae Boyz

Montego Bay, Jamaica – Guyana’s Golden Jaguars went down 1-nil to Jamaica when the two teams met on Friday evening at the Catherine Hall Stadium in Montego Bay Jamaica, in their FIFA International Friendly.

Edinho Lewis

Franklyn wins Open TT tournament

Christopher Franklyn might not have been called to trials ahead of this year’s Caribbean table tennis championships but the runner up to Godfrey Munroe in the men’s singles of the 2010 national championships still seems to have what it takes to get past the present crop of youngster.

Guyana/Barbados rugby teams play to draw

Guyana and the Barbados national rugby teams yesterday played to a 10-10 draw in the first game of the second round of the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Asafa Powell

Powell hits back in rainy Shanghai

LONDON, England,  CMC – Jamaican Asafa Powell recovered from his loss to American Justin Gatlin last week to storm to victory on a rainy night at the Shanghai Diamond League here yesterday.

Chelsea storm final frontier to win Champions League

MUNICH,   (Reuters) – Chelsea cleared the final hurdle in a season of never-ending challenges when they beat Bayern Munich 4-3 on penalties in the German team’s Allianz Arena stadium to be crowned European Champions for the first time yesterday.

 CAPTAIN’S KNOCK! England skipper Andrew Strauss celebrates his 20th test ton. (Cricket365)

Strauss lords it over Windies with 20th test ton

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies snatched two wickets in the final session to stymie England’s momentum but were still facing a tall order after captain Andrew Strauss’s 20th century, and first in nearly two years, put the hosts in control of the opening Test here yesterday.

Mary Fung-A-Fat

Composed Fung-A-Fat survives deGroot scare

Mary Fung-A-Fat moved a giant leap closer to capturing her first national under 19 title after overpowering her main adversary Ashley deGroot on Thursday night at the Georgetown Club during the Woodpecker National Junior Squash Championships.

Keith Bazillio

Will Mayweather and Pacquaio ever fight?

It’s the fight the world awaits; it’s the fight with the potential of earning the world’s single highest pay-per-view buys in combat sports period and it’s the fight which can easily be named “Fight of the decade”.

Brainstreet semis roll off this weekend

By Neil Barry Queen’s College and the Demerara Cricket Club will clash from today in one of the semi-final matches of the Brainstreet U-15 cricket competition at the Gandhi Youth Organisation ground.

England’s fast bowler Stuart Broad celebrates of his six-wickets yesterday, that of West Indies captain Darren sammy for 17. ( cricinfo photo)

Chanderpaul to the rescue… again

LONDON, England, CMC – World number one batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul produced another resolute effort to close in on his 26th Test century but seamer Stuart Broad’s six-wicket haul undermined West Indies on the opening day of the first Test at Lord’s here yesterday.

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