Sports

By Marlon Munroe The Canadian karate team arrived in Guyana on Monday for the 11th International Shotokhan Karate Federation (ISKF) tournament scheduled for August 14-15 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

By Kizan Brumell The Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) Company in its continued effort to drive the development of sports yesterday handed over a cheque for half a million dollars to the Guyana Karate College (GKC) as a gesture of its support to that body’s hosting of the Pan American Karate Championship in Guyana.

By Floyd Christie In the aftermath of the national men’s rugby Sevens team’s victories at this year’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games and  the North American and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Championships the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is now focusing on “producing a team worthy of representing the Caribbean.”

Guyana’s national men’s hockey team opened the 2010 Indoor Pan-American Championships with a 0-2 loss to South American powerhouse Argentina in Barquisimeto, Venezuela on Monday.

By Floyd Christie The Summer International Basketball Series which is scheduled to jump off on August 19 was officially launched yesterday by coordinators of the event, Wildfire Entertainment (WE), in the boardroom of M.

Mix Up dominoes team put up a terrific display to win the Lyall Gittens- organised Stag Beer Emancipation domino competition.

By Orin Davidson This is not the time for grandstanding by anyone,  be it players, board officials or selectors.

LONDON, (Reuters) – World 100 metres record holder Usain Bolt will not run again this season because of a back injury, his agent said yesterday.

The International Football Federa-tion (FIFA) the world governing body for football, has cleared Australia’s World Cup 2022 bid, and by extension Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner of wrongdoing, rejecting claims that illegal gifts were provided to FIFA executives, and their wives.

– Roger Harper By Marlon MunroeApart from preparing for the conditions in South Africa, the Guyana national cricket team should be looking to be consistent in the Airtel Champions League tournament next month, says former West Indies Coach Roger Harper.

The national senior team expected to represent Guyana at the upcoming National Lotteries Authority 18th Caribbean Squash Championships to be held in St Vincent from Sunday will be without Guyana’s number one player Nicolette Fernandes.

As part of a coaching exchange programme between the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) and the United Kingdom (UK) based Boost Coaching Academy, two certified rugby coaches have arrived in Guyana for a one-month coaching stint aimed at developing the sport locally.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has selected three women players to participate in the North American  and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Senior Women’s 15-a-side championships in The Bahamas.

The Guyana contingent attending the XIX Pan American Junior Badminton Championships put on an impressive performance on the opening day at the Pebelon de Tennis de Mesa, Parque del Este in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Guyana’s Winston Forrester received the Best Batsman Award after accumulating a total of 410 runs from nine matches at the 24th Annual Sir Garfield Sobers International Schools Cricket Tournament 2010 in Barbados.

The young aspiring cyclists that are currently participating in the 34th annual Teach Them Young cycling coaching programme in the National Park will be showcasing what they have learnt at a specially organized race meet on Saturday around the inner circle of the National Park.

Ron Motilall and Rashad Hussein ended the Challenges of Youth Empowerment chess tournament in joint first place after finishing with seven and one half points each.

The Georgetown Cricket Association GCA will continue its Skill Development Programme today with a session for fast bowlers from clubs affiliated to the association.

By Tony Cozier Sir Hilary Beckles asserts, in Sunday’s Stabroek News (letter pages), that the concept of his Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) had “its beginnings in what Sir Frank Worrell had envisioned decades ago.”

BIRMINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Andrew Strauss and Jonathan Trott steered England to a nine-wicket victory against Pakistan after lunch on the fourth day of the second test yesterday to go 2-0 up in the four-match series.