By Colin Benjamin in Barbados The Guyana cricket team affectionately known as the “Amazon Conquerors” will lock horns with competition minnows Canada in their third Group B match of the 2012 Caribbean Twenty20 competition at the world famous Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados from 16:00hrs today.
Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony declared yesterday that the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was given ample time to get its house in order before the formation of the government-created Interim Management Committee.
Guyana’s local ‘Little Kenyan’ Cleveland Forde is in pursuit of an Olympic berth at the London Olympics scheduled from July 27 to August 12.
The former national captain, who is the captain of the Harvard Rugby Club, was also named the most disciplined player.
The third round of the Banks DIH Beach Football saw improved performances on Sunday in Linden with two games ending in a draw while Cool Runnings and Silver Shattas dominated their matchups against Top 25 and Wisroc respectively.
(Reuters) – Paul Millsap scored 14 straight points for Utah in the critical fourth quarter to carry the Jazz to a 106-96 triumph over the Northwest Division rival Denver Nuggets on Sunday.
The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) boxer-of-the-year for 2011, Imran ‘Magic’ Khan, will headline the amateur segment of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) 20th edition of the Guyana Fight Night Pro Am card on January 27.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia named an unchanged 12-man squad yesterday for next week’s fourth test against India in Adelaide, where they could wrap up a 4-0 series clean sweep.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Male players at the Australian Open yesterday warned of future strikes over prize money and said a proposal to boycott the year’s first grand slam had been strongly endorsed but ultimately knocked down.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World number two Petra Kvitova took a little bit of time to get warmed up in the blistering Melbourne heat before demolishing Vera Dushevina 6-2 6-0 in just over an hour last night to advance to the second round of the Australian Open.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Italy’s World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro, former Argentina skipper Juan Pablo Sorin and Frenchman Robert Pires are set to feature in an Indian soccer competition that hopes to replicate the success of cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL).
LONDON, (Reuters) – A rivalry riddled with acrimony resumes on neutral territory in Dubai today with England seeking to consolidate their world number one ranking against a Pakistan side rebuilding after the 2010 corruption scandal.
LONDON, (Reuters) – FIFA’s former director of international relations Jerome Champagne has suggested changes in the world governing body to help end a perception it is run by self-interested men who do not care enough about the game.
NEW YORK CITY, CMC – Regional officials have started the reconstruction work on the Caribbean Football Union with the appointment of three new committees.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki thanked Roger Federer for roaring through his match and allowing her a decent night’s sleep after she crushed local hope Anastasia Rodionova 6-2 6-1 at the Australian Open yesterday.
BRASILIA, (Reuters) – Brazil had been demanding too much in negotiating the conditions for hosting the 2014 World Cup but a legal dispute should be settled within days, FIFA said yesterday.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s one-match ban means the India captain will have time for an introspective look as to where and when his Midas touch deserted him as his team mates battle to avoid a series whitewash against Australia in Adelaide.
(Reuters) – NBA All-Stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard are among the 20 players who will compete for selection for the U.S.
(Reuters) – Diego Maradona has undergone surgery to have kidney stones removed, the Dubai hospital where he is being treated said yesterday.
Olympic qualifier Winston George claimed his first athlete of the year award while Natasha Alder claimed her second when the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) annual awards ceremony concluded last Saturday night at the Young Men’s Christian Association building (YMCA), Thomas Lands.
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