Despite the occasion it was a sombre Alpha United team that turned up Friday evening at the Banks DIH Limited Sports Club at Thirst Park to receive the awards the team won in the inaugural Banks Beer Cup knockout football competition which ended on January 1.
The National Twenty20 cricket team under skipper Christopher Barnwell left Guyana yesterday for Antigua where they will participate in the West Indies Cricket Board Regional Twenty20 series.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Amir Khan’s promoter said on Saturday the WBA had informed him it will order a rematch with American Lamont Peterson following the British boxer’s controversial defeat on a split decision in their world title fight in Washington last month.
At the end of another particularly bad week, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) issued a statement reiterating that it will “continue with its programme for the restructuring of West Indies cricket and will pursue through all available channels the arrangements that are necessary for the progress of cricket in the territories and the region.”
By Iva Wharton The Georgetown Football Association (GFA), Banks DIH sponsored President’s Beer tournament resumes in another two weeks and according to Kwabina Griffith, GFA’s Vice President with responsibility for Technical and Tactical Development they will be doing so with one team less, Guyana Defence Force (GDF).
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Another national association is being chastised by its Government for the way it has been handling the administration of the game in their country.
The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) threatened to take the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to court over Guyana’s exclusion from the upcoming Caribbean T20.
By Emmerson Campbell If the saying that opportunity comes at least once in everyone’s lifetime is true, the opportunity of boxer Mark Austin’s life has now presented itself.
CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Skipper Kirk Edwards managed his best knock of 42 not out following a telling three-wicket haul by fast bowler Tino Best as Barbados lifted the four-team UWI Cave Hill Campus Twenty20 Festival by five wickets with seven balls to spare over reigning Caribbean T20 champions Trinidad & Tobago at the 3Ws Oval on Friday night.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – VVS Laxman should be the first veteran head to roll in a batting revamp if India are to secure their future in test cricket, several former players have said in the wake of a second crushing defeat in Australia.
Hadi’s World Incorported of Regent & Camp Streets, formerly the City Mall, will sponsor the next nationwide softball cricket competition organized and managed by the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA).
Acting President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Franklin Wilson has expressed shock at the passing of former Golden Jaguars and Alpha United footballer Shawn `Fatso’ Bishop who passed away after a period of brief illness Friday.
To use a popular oxymoron Guyana’s cricket is in a fine mess.
Two days after being told that they would no longer participate in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Twenty20 tournament and one day after learning that they would be replaced by a WICB `B’ team, the Amazon Conquerors as the national T20 team is known found themselves back in the competition.
By Emmerson Campbell Having straddled the best that Britain and Antigua has to offer in the way of facilities for amateur and professional boxers it is no wonder that former World Boxing Council’s (WBC) Junior middleweight champion, Maurice Hope wants better facilities for the regions boxers.
By Emmerson Campbell National cyclists Alonzo Greaves and Geron Williams each had a successful 2011 season barring the injuries they each sustained.
Guyana’s Under-20 Lady Jags will begin their quest for victory over challengers Cuba, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) and Puerto Rico when they compete this weekend in the second round of the Caribbean qualifying matches for the 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championships.
By Iva Wharton Coming off a sub par year in 2011 by her usual lofty standards, top female long distance athlete Alika Morgan is contemplating participating in more international competitions this year.
The Ministry of Culture Youth and Sport will launch an Under-16 football academy today at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Complex, Carifesta Avenue from 08:00hrs.
The Guyana Softball League (GSL) and its affiliates namely the Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL); Linden Softball Cricket League (LSCL); Lower East Coast Softball Cricket League (LECSCL); Upper East Coast Softball Cricket League (UECSCL); Berbice Cricket League(BSCL) and the Essequibo Softball Cricket League (ESCL) will stage a preparatory T10 softball tournament for male and female softball teams around the country shortly.
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