Category: Sports

Marque amateur boxers Keevin Allicock and Colin Lewis lived up to expectations and qualified for the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games after some robust performances at the qualifiers being held in Tijuana, Mexico on Monday. Allicock defeated Panama’s Leonel Gutierrez by unanimous decision while Lewis won via split decision against Carlos Tobar from Guatemala in the quarter-finals.The Commonwealth youth silver medallist will have his bantamweight semi-final bout on Thursday against Cuba’s Robeisy Ramírez who is a product of the highly renowned Cuban School of Boxing and a two-time Olympic…

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The Guyana Golden Jaguars Football Team will open their Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Nations League qualifiers account when they go head to head with Barbados in September. That encounter will be followed by a clash against Turks and Caicos in October then match three will see Guyana taking on French Guiana. In March, 2019 the Golden Jaguars will wrap things up with a match against Belize. Technical Director of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), Ian Greenwood said, “It’s a positive and competitive draw for…

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The New York Business Group consists of Seepersaud Charran of Ryan Trucking Service, Richard Mahase of Little Guyana Bake Shop, Jamel Mohammed of City Buyers Garment Factory, Sheik Hassan of West Chester Shairlift, Permaul Trading and Distribution and Ajit Mootoo, an ardent cricket fan have combined resources to invest over G$700,000 for the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) under-19 tournament. On Monday last with the co-operation of the Albion Cricket Club they launched the 2nd Edition of the New York Business Group Under-19 Tournament. BCB President Hilbert Foster hailed the launching…

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With the 6th edition of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) just months away, Guyana Amazon Warriors have done well to re-secure the service of opener Luke Ronchi. Nicknamed “The Rock”, the 36 year-old Australia-born made a sudden impact last season immediately following his late arrival to the squad. Despite playing just four games for the Warriors after being drafted in for adopted Kiwi country-man and teammate Martin Guptill; the right-hander carved 172 runs at an average of 57.3 with two fifty plus scores including a best of 70. The…

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The new batch of karters left a strong impression about the future of motor sports as they produced some sterling performances at the first round of the Georgetown Grand Prix held last Saturday. Two groups of eager and exciting youngsters, all below the age of 15 and as young as five years old, lit up the GT Motorsports track like never before. The usually fun-filled 60cc category, sponsored by Sun Burst Juices, was split into two groups- the Kids Cup, which catered for the more experienced youths, and the Baby…

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The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has announced that the finals of the “Biggest Party in Sport” will be hosted by Trinidad & Tobago for the next three years. This announcement was made after CPL signed a staging agreement with the government of Trinidad and Tobago that will see the final two matches of the tournament taking place in the country between 2018 and 2020. The semi-final and final represent the culmination of the Biggest Party in Sport and these games will make a massive impact on the Trinidad &…

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Some of the country’s top softball teams returned to form when action in the Regal Sports softball tournament continued last Sunday at the Malteenoes Sports Club ground, Thomas Lands. Regal Masters defeated Fisherman by 30 runs in a feature over-45 years old clash. The victors took first strike and posted 153-5 off their allocated 15 overs. Opener Mahase Chunilall (1×4; 6×6) hit the top score of 46 and got good support from Rudolph Baker who made 40 (1×4; 5×6) and Mohendra Arjune 23 (1×4; 2×6). Chunilall added 63 for the…

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……Britton expresses confidence in securing CAC spot Nineteen-year-old national racket-wilder Shemar Britton knows a tough task is on the cards but is by no means fazed as he participates in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Table Tennis qualifiers which got underway Wednesday and concludes Sunday in Cuba. “I am not nervous at all; to be the best you have to beat the best so I am looking forward to defeating the best players Central and Latin America has to offer” he told this newspaper prior to departure on Tuesday.…

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Guyana’s Top Badminton Player Narayan Ramdhani was again endorsed by the Team Yonex to become their ambassador for 2018. The signing means that Ramdhani will be exclusively using Yonex equipment including racquets, bags, shoes, apparel and accessories for the second consecutive year. Yonex USA was very pleased with Ramdhani’s performance in 2017-2018 when he managed a medal in every event he participated in on the Canadian Circuit where he is based for the last 18 months. He bagged two golds in the VCR Jack Under-Hill Open Singles & Doubles tournament,…

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The Guyana Dart Association will be hosting a two-day trial to select players to represent the country at the Caribbean Championships scheduled for July in Trinidad and Tobago. The trials will be held on February 26 and 29 at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Land. According to GDA President, Sheik Yaseen the trials are only for affiliate members and will start promptly at 19:00h and players must make attendance on both days. Yassen expects the trials to be filled with heated competition which is coming hot on the heels of…

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