Month: June 2017

Head Coach of the National Under-15 football team, Bryan Joseph expressed confidence that the young recruits could do well on the island of Saint Martin when they play in the SOUALIGA Tournament. The SQUALIGA Tournament is serving as part of the national team’s preparatory activity for the CONCACAF U-15 tournament scheduled for August. Joseph, in speaking to Guyana Times International Sport prior to the team departing, explained that given the performances in French Guiana last December and the constant camps, they   had a very good chance of reaching the semi-finals…

…Contingents start arriving for historic event It is now moments before the commencement of the South American U-20 Championships, five of the 12 foreign contingents arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) on Wednesday. Among the delegates who touched down to compete at the two-day event on June 3 and 4 at the Leonora Track and Field Facility are the Brazilians, the most successful unit at the Games, along with the Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay and Uruguay teams. This is the first time that Guyana is hosting an international track…

– Lake, Kirton give Guyana first points By John Ramsingh in New York The Baisley Pond Park (BPP) hosted the first triple header on Saturday May 27 in this year’s Rockaway New York T20 Cricket Fiesta and despite the cool conditions throughout the day the action in the middle was heated. In the match of the day, defending champions Pakistan lost a low-scoring thriller to hosts, New York Select XI by three wickets with six balls to spare. As the trend goes, Pakistan decided to bat upon winning the toss…

Last year saw New Zealand’s Colin Munro score the first hundred by an overseas player at the Hero CPL, and his Trinbago Knight Riders made the knock-out stages. We caught up with the Kiwi batsman to talk about what he is looking forward to for this tournament and asked him to look back on last year. Considering the quality of overseas players that have been part of the Hero CPL over the last four years it is perhaps surprising that it took until last season for one of the game’s…

Meg Lanning has achieved plenty in her career so far but over the next couple of months, captaining Australia to a Women’s World Cup title is foremost on her list of goals. Australia have a remarkable record at the Women’s World Cup, having won six of the 10 tournaments (England have won three and New Zealand one), but this is Lanning’s first World Cup as skipper. Jodie Fields led Australia to triumph in the 2013 final against West Indies, and Lanning is one of seven players from this year’s World…

‒ Caesar tipped to claim sprint double Guyana’s sprinting sensation Compton Caesar has been tipped to take Gold in both the 100M and 200M races at the South American Youth Championships slated for June 3-4 at the Leonora Track and Field Facility. Asked by Guyana Times International Sport about Guyana’s chances of medalling at the Games, coach Julian Edmond expressed confidence in Guyana’s ability  to replicate its recent success and even excel its performance at the recent CARIFTA Games. “It is our (intention) to win as (many) gold medals as…