Synthetic track bogged down by weather in phase one
The track and field fraternity will have to wait a while longer for their anticipated and overdue synthetic track to be constructed at Leonora on the West Bank of Demerara.
The track and field fraternity will have to wait a while longer for their anticipated and overdue synthetic track to be constructed at Leonora on the West Bank of Demerara.
The newly-refurbished Colgrain Swimming Pool on Camp Street is to follow a stricter regime of rules since its reopening in April in order to prevent overuse.
LISIEUX, France, (Reuters) – Norway’s Edvald Boasson Hagen won the sixth stage of the Tour de France, a 226.5-km ride from Dinan yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A FIFA corruption investigation has concluded there is fresh evidence to support claims that former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam colluded to offer bribes of up to US$1 million (£625,000) to Caribbean football officials, according to the London Telegraph newspaper.
RALEIGH, North Carolina, (Reuters) – U.S. world 100 metres silver medallist Tyson Gay had an arthroscopic procedure on his injured right hip and will not run again this year, his manager said yesterday.
The Guyanese footballers currently campaigning in the United States are making the best of their opportunities so far.
DOHA, (Reuters) – Suspended Asian soccer chief Mohamed bin Hammam is unhappy at the way information was leaked during a bribery investigation but wants a fair trial when he appears at a FIFA Ethics Committee meeting later this month.
NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will shrug off his indifferent form and will be a crucial bowler for India during their tour of England, vice-captain Gautam Gambhir said yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain’s former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton called time on his 14-year professional boxing career yesterday.
By Colin Benjamin Recently they were rival star players in the just- concluded traditional Berbice vs Demerara showdown in the Guyana and Trinidad Mutual (GTM) under-19 competition.
Champtress of the Simple Royal stable on the Corentyne Coast captured the feature C class race when the Port Mourant Turf Club in collaboration with the People’s Progressive Party/Civic held a pre-CARICOM Day horse race meet at the turf club last Sunday.
(CMC) Roseau, Dominica – West Indies batting ace Shivnarine Chanderpaul has expressed delight at reaching the milestone of 133 Test matches – making him the most capped Test player in the history of West Indies cricket.
Georgetown recorded a 37-run victory over East Coast in the 2nd round of the 2011 Female Inter-Association 50-overs Cricket Tournament at Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Ground yesterday.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies were offered a temporary reprieve in the third and final Test against India yesterday, after persistent rain wrecked Windsor Park’s inauguration.
For Chetram Singh, president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Sunday cannot come soon enough for him to hand over power to the new president if elections are held, he said yesterday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt knows he has been short of his very best form since returning from injury and is keen to be more like his true self when running the 200 metres at the Paris Diamond League meeting tomorrow.
Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) president Chetram Singh, on behalf of the executives and cricketing public, has extended congratulations to prolific Guyana and West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul on his surpassing the record for the most Test appearances by a West Indies player.
The Digicel Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships which will be held in Guyana from July 8–14 is expected to showcase the best junior squash players in the Caribbean with competition among players from seven different countries.
Rain washed out the 2nd and final day of Guyana’s opening game of the regional under-15 cricket series at the Wilson Road Recreation Ground in Penal, South Trinidad.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Frank Vogel was named head coach of the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday, about five months after he took over the struggling team on an interim basis and led them to a playoff berth.
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