Category: Sports

– Alika Morgan wins overall 10k BY MELINDA BISHUNDYAL Eighteen-year-old Chavez Sital copped his third consecutive win in the half-marathon (13.4 miles) of the Run Barbados Series which was held on December 3 and 4 in Barbados. Sital started his international career in 2009 and has been unstoppable since. Apart from winning the half marathon in three successive years, Sital was also a force to be reckoned with in the 10K, which he won in 2009, placing fourth and second in 2010 and this year respectively. According to Sital, the…

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The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has responded to Ramnaresh Sarwan’s allegations against the Guyana Cricket Board, its chairman of selectors and selection committee. Below is the full text of the response: It has come to our attention through various media outlets, that Mr Sarwan has made some very serious allegations against the Guyana Cricket Board, its chairman of selectors and selection committee. The GCB would like to state clearly [that] it believes in the integrity of the selection process and its chairman, Rayon Griffith. The GCB received communication from Mr…

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Lopes takes Men’s 35 title; Sukra/Ramdyhan win Ladies’ Doubles An exciting day of tennis produced three new title winners at the Pegasus Open on the penultimate day of the tournament. In the Men’s Doubles, top seeds Jeremy Miller/ Jason Andrews had to be at their absolute best to stave off the challenge of the defending champions Phillip Squires/ Godfrey Lowden in a game where the crowd were kept enthralled with the shot- making and excellent tennis on display. Jason Andrews kept hitting the ball hard and it paid off. Complemented…

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Guyanese long distance campaigner Lionel D’Andrade missed out on the IAAF/ CONSUDATLE South American 10kM Classic this year, but he did cash in on an impressive performance at the Eight Annual Srefidens Marathon in Suriname on Saturday evening. D’Andrade won the event, which took place on Saturday evening in 2 hours, 49 minutes (2:49:00) ahead of Surinamese athletes Feliksdal Carlos (3:09:00) and Guillemmo Udemhouk (3:17:00). D’Andrade told Guyana Times International Sport that he had intended to compete at the South American 10k but since the Guyana stage was held just…

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General Secretary of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Claude Blackmore, was recently elected to the Association of Pan American Athletics as a committee member following the congress that was held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Following the 16th Edition of the Pan American Games, which concluded on October 30, the Pan American Athletics Commission convened for the congress and elections of the new office bearers to serve another term. Blackmore, who had served as the vice president of that organisation, also said that one of the main purposes of the congress…

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The curtains came down on the final leg of the Caribbean Race of Champions 2011 yesterday at the South Dakota Circuit with team Barbados putting on a commanding performance. Barbados carted off with the Country Title after securing a whopping 159 points. Team Jamaica finished in second with 73 points and Guyana claimed third position with 62 points. In the overall points standing for Group 3, Bajan Roger Mayers tamed his rivals with his uncatchable Ford Focus motorcar to emerge victorious from among 15 other competitors. Jamaican David Summerbell Jr.…

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By Avenash Ramzan A capacity crowd converted the National Stadium into a yellow jungle on November 11 as the ‘Golden Jaguars’ roared their way to the next round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers with a clinical 2-1 win over old nemesis, the ‘Soca Warriors’ of Trinidad and Tobago. Buoyed on by a vociferous home crowd, which made the 300-odd T&T supporters look like a needle in a haystack, the ‘Jaguars’ undoubtedly brought their ‘A’ game to the Qualifiers when it mattered most. The crowd erupted every time the Guyanese…

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Sports view by Neil Kumar In recent years, the Government of Guyana has been spearheading a campaign to refurbish, update and maintain the existing sporting infrastructure of our country. This countrywide campaign has included the refurbishing of the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, the resurfacing of the Cycling Track at the National Park, the resurfacing of the Motor Racing Track at Timehri and many other similar facilities around the country. However, our focus has not been solely on existing facilities. We have also been working on establishing new sporting facilities, which,…

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