Category: Sports

– big plans in store for Guyana’s athletes Director of Sport, Christopher Jones credited the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) for pulling off the South American U-20 Championships, despite having such short notice, calling it a “tremendous success”. With a mere two months to plan and put systems in place to ensure “smooth sailing”, Jones sought to highlight that the “logistics by the coordinating committee was on point, the entire activity was incident free and of course the accommodation, meals and so forth that were provided for the local and…

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) – West Indies captain Carlos Brathwaite has praised his side’s professionalism, after they trounced Afghanistan by seven wickets in Monday’s final Twenty20 International and complete a 3-0 series whitewash. Entering the series as heavy favourites to beat the ICC Associate nation, West Indies imposed their superiority to reduce each of the three games to a no-contest as they pulled off convincing victories in each. The gulf between the two teams was especially evident in the final game as right-hander Marlon Samuels produced a stroke-filled career-best unbeaten…

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England Women laid down a marker ahead of this month’s World Cup as they beat West Indies by six wickets in a warm-up encounter in Loughborough. West Indies opted to bat first and were dismissed for 150 in the final over of their innings, with captain Stafanie Taylor top-scoring with 59. Nat Sciver (10-0-39-4) shared the bowling honours with offspinner Danielle Hazell who took 3 for 21 from her 10 overs. In reply, England reached their target in the 36th over but, with World Cup preparations at the forefront of…

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-Green Machine calling on local support for Saturday’s mega clash By Akeem Greene Guyana’s national rugby team, Green Machine, will meet arch rivals Trinidad and Tobago yet again in the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s South Zone Final on Saturday at the National Park. When these two sides met last year at Hasely Crawford Stadium in the Port of Spain, Trinidad, Green Machine battled to a 23-18 win to secure the championship; however, Captain Ryan Gonsalves warned against complacency after being pushed by Barbados in their 34-26 victory; Trinidad defeated…

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– player set to attend 1-month training camp in Dominican Republic By Akeem Greene Despite his being prevented by administrative issues from getting to wield his racket at the Latin America Continental Championships which were held in the Dominican Republic last month, the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) is keen on ensuring that Miguel Wong stays on track in his bid to qualify for the 2018 Youth Olympics Games in Buenos Aries, Argentina. Speaking to Guyana Times International Sport on Monday, GTTA President, Godfrey Munroe, explained that Wong’s prospects for…

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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…

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…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…

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– 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…

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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…

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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…

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