Six junior players will have the opportunity to become rated players this weekend when the Guyana Chess Federation stages the second annual Caribbean Container-sponsored junior FIDE rated tournament at Olympic House, Kingston.
Left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul upstaged fellow Guyanese Mahendra Nagamootoo to lead his adopted club PowerGen to a whopping 127-run victory in round seven of the Premiership cricket series at Syne Village in Penal.
The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) launched the Guyana Independence T20 Cup last Wednesday at the office of the Berbice Chambers of Commerce.
Clifford Reis captured his first major tournament for 2012 as high handicappers ruled the course at last weekend’s Torginol Paint golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy has expressed optimism of a win which would level the Digicel series against Australia in the third and final Test starting here today.
National 400 metres junior champion Stephan James retained his epithet by spoiling any chance newly crowned junior 200 metres champion Elton Bollers had of claiming a sprint double when the National Junior and Senior Championships concluded yesterday at the Police Sports Club ground Eve Leary.
MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal relished a perfect day in Monte Carlo yesterday as he ended a seven-match losing streak to Novak Djokovic at one of his favourite venues by overpowering the mentally exhausted Serb.
Fruta Conquerors and Renaissance football clubs have advanced to the final of the Banks DIH Powerade Under -13 tournament following their semi-final wins on Saturday at Thirst Park.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Backed by unprecedented funding, Argentina can sow seeds of Olympic success in London this year looking to reap the rewards at the Rio de Janeiro Games in 2016, the government’s Sports Secretary Claudio Morresi told Reuters.
MUMBAI, India, CMC – There were contrasting fortunes for West Indians Kieron Pollard and Sunil Narine in the Indian Premier League yesterday.
MANAMA, (Reuters) – Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Grand Prix in Bahrain yesterday while rage boiled beyond the circuit among protesters who say the ruling family that crushed Arab Spring demonstrations last year should not have hosted the race.
Roseau, Dominica — Shane Shillingford is set to create history today when he becomes the first Dominican to play a Test match on home soil.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Premier League title race took another dramatic twist yesterday when leaders Manchester United blew a two-goal lead to draw 4-4 with Everton and Manchester City beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 to narrow the gap to three points.
With former West Indies U-15 player Assad Fudadin set to make his test debut for the West Indies today for the third and final Digicel Test against Australia in Dominica, one businessman has promised to make the event a memorable one for the 26-year-old Guyanese.
(Reuters) – Derrick Rose returned to the lineup to help Chicago Bulls beat the Dallas Mavericks 93-83 on Saturday and increase their lead over the Miami Heat in the race for the Eastern Conference’s top seed.
By Emmerson Campbell Fitness Express will be offering hampers of supplements to each competitor who will participate in the third Malta Supreme Hugh Ross Classic (HRC) which will be held on July 28 at the National Cultural Centre.
By Emmerson Campbell Suriname club side Inter Moengotapoe booked a place in the second round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Championships while Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United kept their hopes alive after the two clubs defeated their respective opponents yesterday at the Providence National Stadium.
As the menacing steel grey clouds closed in from all directions on the Queen’s Park Oval on Thursday afternoon, it didn’t require Selma Husbands’ metereological expertise to know that the second Test had little time left before it was prematurely condemned to the anti-climax of a draw.
By Cosmo Hamilton Despite their encouraging performance in the T20 and ODI’s against a typically tough if new-look Australia team, it is evident that this relatively inexperienced West Indies team has not yet turned the proverbial corner and in fact they appear to have come to a fork in the road.
Roseau, Dominica — It has been a long journey from the playing field at the Rose Hall Cricket Club to the West Indies team, but Assad Fudadin has made that journey and now he is looking to take more strides forward.
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