Sports

The National Inter-Secondary School Mashramani Indoor Futsal (Football) tournament is set to kick-off on February 20 at the National Gymnasium from 5:00 pm.

When the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) held their Annual General Meeting on Saturday, John Edwards was re-elected as president.

Dear Editor, Tell me how in heaven’s name Cleveland Forde was named Sportsman of the Year (2006) over Gairy St Clair.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Big Guyanese boxer Gwendolyn O’Neil gets a second opportunity this weekend to fight the world’s leading women’s boxer Laila Ali, daughter of heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

HIS recent returns have been encouraging, epitomized by his Man-of-the-Match performance in the West Indies’ victory over India in the third Pepsi Series Cup ODI match in Chennai on Saturday night.

Outplayed by Guyana on the opening day when they were dismissed for 187 and failed to take a wicket as Guyana closed on 67-0, the Leeward Islands fought back doggedly yesterday to concede a slim first innings lead of only eight runs then reached 149 runs for the loss of three second innings wickets at the close.

Marlon `Fishy’ Williams returned one hour, 25 minutes, 35 seconds in winning the feature 35-lap event of the Ricks and Sari Agro Industries sponsored 11-race cycle programme at the National Park on Saturday.

A national five-year sports plan will soon be established and will aid in the utilization of sports as a tool for national development.

ONCE rightly regarded as the West Indies’ next run-scoring wicket-keeper, and even spoken of as a potential captain, Denesh Ramdin is fighting for form and his place in the team.

Neil Reece won the Brother Tulshi Memorial 20-Mile BMX Cycle Road Race organized by Flying Ace Cycle Club for Berbice cyclists recently.

The 2006/07 Mayor’s Cup Football tournament will kick off on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground where defending champions Conquerors will tackle Uitvlugt in the feature match of a double-header card.

The Pepsi Sonics nation-wide invitational basketball tournament got underway Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall with top teams Disciples and Courts Pacesetters ‘B’ completing impressive victories.

Off-spinner Narsingh Deonarine ripped through the Leeward Islands middle-order to end with 4-24 as the Leewards were dismissed for 187 in their first innings of the fourth round Carib Beer series match against Guyana at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

Off-spinner Narsingh Deonarine ripped through the Leeward Islands middle-order to end with 4-24 as the Leewards were dismissed for 187 in their first innings of the fourth round Carib Beer series match against Guyana at the Albion Community Development Centre ground yesterday.

Central Essequibo defeated East Bank Essequibo by four wickets in the final of the Goodwood under-19 competition played at the Cotton-Field ground on Saturday.

The Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) beat Third Class by 76 runs in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-19 40-over cricket competition at the GNIC ground on Saturday.

A century from Vishal Singh led Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) to a 262-run win over the Gandhi Youth Organi-zation (GYO) in the George-town Cricket Association (GCA) under-19 40-over cric-ket competition at the GYO ground on Saturday.

Enterprise yesterday scored a narrow six run victory over Malteenoes in the rain-affected final of the Hand-In-Hand second division cricket competition.

Everest defeated the Flood-lights XI by 48 runs in a softball showdown at the Everest ground on Camp Street on Friday night.

A fine all-round performance by Stephen Jacobs led St Stanislaus College to a resounding 100-run victory over Police Sport Club in the Georgetown Cricket Association under-10 cricket competition at the Eve Leary ground yesterday.