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GTI takes inaugural title

July 21, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– Government Technical Institute (GTI) drubs Wismar/ Christianburg 5-3 to grab inaugural Digicel Schools’ Football title Red and silver confetti covered the players of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) after winning the first ever Digicel Schools’ Football championships title last night at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground with a convincing 5-3 victory against Linden powerhouses Wismar/ Christianburg Multilateral. GTI was piloted by their prolific striker Jermaine Junior, who broke the score-line in the 20th minute for his 23rd goal of the tournament, to give his team the early advantage. The…

Guyana romp to innings victory

July 21, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The spin duo of left- arm spinner Gudakesh Motie (4- 57) and leg- spinner Amir Khan (3- 43) spun a web around the Leeward Islands’ batsmen to bowl hosts Guyana to an innings and 27- run win in round one of this year’s regional Under-19 tournament at the National Stadium yesterday. The Guyanese bowlers snapped up the four wickets required for victory an hour and eighteen minutes into the first session to earn themselves 12 points. Scores in the match: Leeward Islands 107 and 183, Guyana 317 for 9 declared.…

GHB selects final 18 for Rio de Janeiro

July 21, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Following the Guyana national ladies hockey squad’s recent weekend training camp in Trinidad, the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) selectors concluded their selection of the final 18 players to comprise the national team. The team is expected to compete in the PAHF (Pan American Hockey Federation) Challenge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the end of the month. The inaugural PAHF Challenge begins on July 30 with the final being played on August 7. The squad has been preparing since March at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, the GCC ground…

Mohandatt glistens in GT vs Linden B/ball series in NY

July 21, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– GT beat Linden 83-78 Guyanese teenage sensation Richard Mohandatt created quite an impression in the South Pacific Play ground in Brooklyn, New York on Sunday, July 15, during the Georgetown versus Linden Friendly Basketball Series. The 18-year-old junior national guard, who migrated to the U. S. A. last March, made his debut in Game One of the three-game series and left a lasting impression to help Georgetown defeat Linden 83–78. The two-time junior national guard, who originally hailed from Berbice, came off the bench and scored nine points to…

India’s shaky Lord’s history

July 21, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– in 15 Test visits to the famous stadium, India have finished victorious only once, and have lost ten times Victor Trumper and Viv Richards did it once. George Headley did it twice in the same match. Sir Garfield Sobers also did it two times, the second at the age of 37. Sir Donald Bradman missed out on a third just before his 40th birthday. Even Ajit Agarkar has achieved the feat. Indian batsmanship’s most prolific trio, however, with 37,000 runs and 117 centuries between them, have no centuries to…

The flawed, the fabulous Imran Khan

July 21, 2011 TIMES INT'L

Imran was a true hero, and he had the cracks in his armour to prove it By Kamran Abbasi Imtiaz Sipra, the great sports editor of The News in Pakistan, was a blind drunkard, but he had the honesty of a drunk. “Imran Khan,” he would say to me, “is the king of Pakistan. He is a champ. “Pakistan cricket would be nothing without him. I tell you, kid, zero.” Sipra’s assertions were sometimes hard to substantiate, delivered from below a shock of white hair and from between a set…

Team Guyana on the brink of seventh straight title

July 15, 2011 TIMES INT'L

BY KIEV CHESNEY Today marks the final day of competition in the Digicel Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Squash Championships and, after winning five individual titles, Guyana’s chances of winning the overall team title for the seventh consecutive time are very likely. Both the girls’ and boys’ teams remain undefeated in team competition and dominated their semi-final encounters by the 5- 0 margin. The girls have won the team event for the past five years and winning tomorrow would not only mean six in a row, but it would…

Local footballers making impact in New York

July 15, 2011 TIMES INT'L

The Guyanese footballers currently campaigning in the United States are making the best of their opportunities so far. Three of the seven are on trial with a top New York club for professional contracts, while the others are keeping Team Guyana in contention for top honors in the Digicel Caribbean Cup. National captain and top defender Howard Lowe, goalkeeper Ronson Williams and midfielder Abassey McPherson displayed their skills before officials of FC New York in an initial session, and will have another trial later this week. FC New York is…

98 days to Pan Am Games in Mexico

July 15, 2011 TIMES INT'L

– ambassador to Guyana anticipates biggest event yet The 16th staging of the Pan American Games will be held in exactly 98 days in Guadalajara, Mexico, and since Guyana will be competing in this event, members of the delegation participated in the 100 days away celebration at the Mexican Embassy on July 6. Mexican Ambassador to Guyana, Fernando Sandoval, said that Mexico is definitely ready to host the event, which will take place from October 14 to 30, and he expected it to be the biggest ever staging…

“I feel relieved now” – Chetram Singh

July 15, 2011 TIMES INT'L

By Rajiv Bisnauth What has been described as his worst two years of stewardship as head of the Guyana Cricket Board came to an end recently, and former GCB president Chetram Singh says he is relieved to be out of office. “I feel relieved to be going, especially [with] what transpired in the last two years,” Singh told reporters in his farewell speech. Over the last two years, the board was plagued with financial turmoil and divisions within its executive ranks. Singh, who served as head of Guyana’s cricket administration…