Category: Sports

– In highest price band for IPL auction Former West Indies Cricket captain Brian Lara might not have played active cricket for four years, but he is one of the 21 names to attract the highest reserve price of US$400,000 ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’ auction, to be held in Bangalore on January 8 and 9.  Alongside Lara, in the same bracket, are the former Australian wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist; the Indian trio of Anil Kumble, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh; and IPL first-timers Stuart Broad, James Anderson,…

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– Chetram Singh to bow out of cricket administration By Avenash Ramzan  It was the night of the leg-spinners as two of the country’s finest young slow bowlers carted off the major awards on offer at the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Annual Awards Ceremony, at the Umana Yana on Wednesday, December15th.  Berbician Devendra Bishoo, who earlier this year was given a developmental contract by the West Indies Cricket Board, (WICB), carted off the Cricketer-of-the-Year award and the Regional Cricketer-of-the-Year prize. Talented teenager Amir Khan of Demerara lifted the Roy Fredericks…

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By Rajiv Bisnauth Berbice’s dominance in senior inter-county cricket continued after they added another title to their collection. The power house, playing under their sponsor, Cellink, effortlessly brushed aside the Rest Team by nine wickets on Friday evening at the National Stadium, Providence.  Sewnarine Chattergoon sent a strong message to the national selectors with a fluent 61 (4 × 4, 2 × 6) in the one-sided affair, as Berbice overhauled the Rest Team’s total of 108-9 in a match that was shortened to 18 overs due to rain. Berbice finished…

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By Avenash Ramzan  In what can be termed a golden send off, Guyana’s foot-ball stalwarts Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard and Collie ‘Hitman’ Hercules will be presented with specially crafted gold rings, made by King’s Jewellery World, when they appear for Guyana’s All-Star team against Atletico Roraima of Brazil.  That game, the feature event on the opening night of the 21st staging of the Kashif and Shanghai football extravaganza, on Sunday, December 12th at the National Stadium, will be played in honour of the two ball-weavers, who have served Guyana’s football with…

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 By Avenash Ramzan Outstanding performers of the recently concluded National Senior and Junior Chess Championships were rewarded on evening of Friday 10th December when the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) held an awards ceremony at the Carifesta Sports Complex in Georgetown. Senior national champion Taffin Khan, and the country’s top junior chess player, Ron Motilall, were presented with their trophies by Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony, who delivered the feature address at the ceremony.  Dr Anthony congratulated Khan and Motilall on their individual achievements, and lauded the GCF for its collective…

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By Rajiv  Bisnauth The Guyana Cricket Board selectors on Tuesday afternoon released a 14-member squad that will defend the country’s Regional T20 title.  Discarded former West Indies Captain Ramnaresh Sarwan is expected to lead the team that includes veteran West Indies left-hander Shivnarine Chanderpaul. The squad also includes West Indies players Narsingh Deonarine, Travis Dowlin, and Royston Crandon. West Indies ‘A’ team players Davendra Bishoo and Veerasammy Permaul have also been included. Twenty-year-old Jonathon Foo, who helped Guyana to victory in the last Regional T20, is also in the squad. …

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Former West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels says he is happy with the progress of his form heading into next month’s second annual staging of the lucrative Caribbean Twenty20 (CT20) Tournament, to be staged in Barbados and Antigua and Barbuda. The 29-year-old, who made a return to regional cricket earlier this summer, but has since struggled with the bat, especially in the Twenty20 format of the game, finished as the top batsman with the highest individual score, during Jamaica’s just-concluded three CT20 trial matches.  In the games, which were played on…

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The Disciplinary Committee appointed by the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) to look into the misconduct of three players who represented Guyana at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India in October, has made public the findings of its investigations and the subsequent punishment handed to the trio.  Robin Roberts chairman of the disciplinary committee appointed by the executive committee of the GRFU,  yesterday issued a release on the subject. Below is the full text of that release: “The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) recently brought three of its players,…

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Avenash  Ramzan Despite a significant shortfall in  funds raised in relation to the estimated cost, construction of the Guyana Karate College’s (GKC) new headquarters and Dojo will begin next week at Track ‘A’ Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara. The ceremonial sod-turning exercise took place yesterday on the acre of land donated by His Excellency, President Bharrat Jagdeo, on behalf of the government and people of Guyana. The G$50 million facility is expected to be completed within 12 months, provided the remainder of the projected cost is met. The GKC has been…

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By Kiev Chesney Guyana’s top junior female Squash players may get an opportunity to compete against the best in the world in the sport at the 2011 Women’s World Junior Individual and Team Championships in Cairo, Egypt July 20 – 30, according to Guyana Squash Association (GSA) president Andrew Arjoon. Speaking with this publication yesterday, Arjoon said that he was about to commence discussions to this end last evening with the other executive members of the association. Arjoon, who was elected president of GSA during the first half of the…

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