Category: Sports

National Volleyball Coach Levi Nedd confirmed that plans are heightening as he prepares to assemble the next team who will defend Guyana’s honour in the upcoming 2018 Inter Guiana Games (IGG). Pursuing their 5th IGG volleyball title, Nedd told Guyana Times International Sport on Wednesday that pre-IGG plans were about to step up as the annual sport event approaches. The former national player said that he was currently in the process of carrying out training for the males on a weekend basis. Nedd pointed out that the sessions have been…

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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) led by their Technical Director Ian Greenwood and his team undertook a scouting and development exercise at the Albouystown tarmac (opposite the Masjid) on Sunday aimed at extracting the ‘raw talent’ of the young players to hopefully become future national team stars. According to Greenwood, the project which is in its infancy stages is already promising to be a booming success should the GFF garner the required sponsors to extend the federation’s reach. “This is the first one of these projects and we are looking…

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By Akeem Greene December 9, 2017 in Hamilton, New Zealand will forever be etched into the memory of Raymon Anton Reifer as it was the day he made his Test debut for the Windies. It was the sweetening taste of the pie which has now left the all-rounder yearning for more opportunities to play at the highest level. After initially being picked in the squad for the three-Test tour to England, Reifer also booked the trip to Africa where the Caribbean side played Zimbabwe in a two-Test series before meeting…

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The Senior National fifteens men’s rugby team, commonly called Green Machine productive 2017 has seen them having an upward movement on the World Rugby rankings from 60 to 49, which is now the highest ranked Caribbean territory. With the rise in rankings, the Green Machine will be engaged in a test series with Mexico (ranked 55), Colombia (ranked 41) and Paraguay (ranked 40) which begins in August. “We will be joining the top two in the console b in South America along with Mexico as the most promising marketing development…

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By Akeem Greene Former Windies under-19 vice-captain Keemo Paul has pledged his support to current captain Emmanuel Stewart after the player was the centre of the latest controversy to hit the ICC Youth 50-over World Cup which is being held in New Zealand. South Africa opener Jiveshan Pillay was given out obstructing the field after picking up the ball and returning it to wicketkeeper Stewart after it stopped close to the stumps. Stewart appealed for the batsman’s dismissal and on review from third umpire, the player who was on 47,…

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Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese athlete Lionel D’Anrade got 2018 off to a great start for his homeland flying the Golden Arrowhead high in Suriname over the weekend. He copped his fifth win in the “Bigi Broki Wacka 10K” road race finishing first out of 389 participants in a time of 38 minutes 19 seconds. This was the 38-year-old’s fifth win in the annual event after participating in the competition for the past decade, finishing second on a couple of occasions behind the likes of former National Champions, Cleveland Forde, Cleveland…

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BY Akeem Greene Graced with an overwhelming amount of talent Windies newest batting prodigy Shimron Hetmyer knows a successful future lies ahead but it will not come easy and calls for him to further adapt to the rigours of international cricket. While there is no question of the arsenal he posses with the willow, his five Tests to date has yielded a high score of 66 against hosts New Zealand in a series late last year. Batting at number three, the dashing left-hander took a toll on seasoned campaigners Neil…

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The Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) 2018 calendar of activities will kick off come January 28 with the staging of its first “points” race. This will see the top cyclists of the country converging for the first time in the New Year as they each seek to prop up their individual chances of drawing first blood in the sense of racking up points. Jamual John was last year’s most consistent rider after tallying the most points across all GCF races ahead of Paul DeNobrega; the two had a great rivalry in…

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…5 matches likely for Providence By Clifton Ross Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), Pete Russell confirmed that the sixth edition of the “Biggest Party In Sport” will bowl off in Guyana and that the cricket crazy nation will also see an increased number of matches being played at Providence. Russell who spoke exclusively to Guyana Times International Sport on Wednesday during an official visit to Guyana said that in addition to the tournament’s curtain raiser being held in Guyana there is a possibility that the…

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