ZURICH, Switzerland, CMC – The fall-out from the Caribbean Football Union cash-for-vote scandal seemed set to continue after football’s world governing body, FIFA, on Thursday rejected former executive committee member Mohamed bin Hammam’s appeal against a life ban.
The battle for supremacy in the Seven Seas/Nature Valley Medal Play Golf tournament will take place today at the Lusignan Golf Course.
Beverage giant Ansa Mcal is scheduled to bounce off a three on three basketball tournament dubbed the Mackeson Smooth Moves championships on October 2 at the Linden Basketball Hardcourt.
CARDIFF, (Reuters) – England continued their complete mastery of the touring India team with an emphatic six-wicket victory in the fifth and final one-day international yesterday.
Berbice will battle Stores and Essequibo will take on Brewery in the two semi-finals of the Banks DIH Ltd.
By Colin Benjamin National junior chess player Rashad Hossein is accusing the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) of not selecting players for next month’s Inter-Guiana games on merit.
By Nils Campbell The moment of devastation had to be faced.
The newly-formed Guyana Cycling Association of North America (GCANA) successfully held a series of races during America’s Labor Day weekend last week at the Kissena Park Velodrome in Flushing, Queens, New York.
BERNE (Reuters) – Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has lost his appeal against a life ban for his part in a cash-for-votes scandal, one of several recent controversies to hit world soccer.
Georgetown Cricket Association President Roger Harper yesterday highlighted the importance of the long-format of cricket in the development of young players when the Noble House Seafoods-sponsored 2011 GCA two-day competition was launched at Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.
The ‘Ride For Life’ five-stage cycle road race which is scheduled to pedal off on October 6 will be staged over four days and will require the cyclists to cover a total of 266 miles.
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Victor Ortiz will enter the ring against Floyd Mayweather Jr tomorrow as the WBC welterweight champion but he will also be a heavy underdog — a tag with which he is entirely comfortable.
The 2011 Guyana Cricket Board/EL Dorado limited overs cricket competition gets underway today with two matches.
Coach of Guyana’s national squad of junior tennis players, Shelly Daly-Ramdyhan, says she was not surprised at the recent wins by Aretta Dey and Nicola Ramdyhan at the First Citizens Investment Services 2011 International Junior Tennis Tournament in St Vincent and the Grenadines last month.
Richard Gomes’s bowling led Rockaway to a 55-run win last Sunday in the ongoing Bakewell male and female softball tournament, which is being held at various grounds across the country.
The North American & Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) will conduct an Elite Sevens coaching workshop today through Sunday at the Scouts Association of Guyana Headquarters on Woolford Avenue commencing at 17:00 hrs.
The Berbice Cricket Board/Republic Bank Under-17 inter-zone cricket tournament bowls off on Sunday with Lower Corentyne playing Upper Corentyne and New Amsterdam/Canje taking on West Berbice from 09:30 hrs.
The seven players advancing to the national junior chess championship will be known this weekend, after the final four rounds of the qualifiers are played at the West Demerara Secondary School.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy says victory in the two-match Twenty20 series against England later this month will help set the tone for a strong overseas campaign which includes tours of Bangladesh and India later this year.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, CMC – Jamaican sprint icon Usain Bolt finds himself in an unfamiliar position at the season-ending Diamond League meet here today, still trying to post the world’s fastest time over 100 metres.
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