Tag Archives: Guyana

Police, Western Tigers storm into semi-finals

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Western Tigers stormed their way into the semi-final round, following quarterfinal wins on Saturday in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship. The lawmen arrested Anns Grove by a 3-0 score at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora. The contest started in the worst possible manner […]

GDF in come from behind win

-to clash with Den Amstel in semis Defending champion, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) overcame Milerock, while Den Amstel dismissed Fruta Conquerors to earn semi-final berths when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Kashif and Shanghai Super-16 Championship continued on Sunday. Contested under soggy conditions at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden, GDF overcame a 1-0 […]

Debutant Boland destroys England as Australia retain Ashes

(Reuters) – Australia retained the Ashes with a thumping innings and 14-run win over England in the third test in Melbourne today, with paceman Scott Boland taking a six-wicket haul in a fairytale debut. Boland, only the second Indigenous Australian to play a men’s test match, strolled off the Melbourne Cricket Ground turf with a […]

Rahul ready for unique challenges posed by tests in South Africa

(Reuters) – India vice-captain KL Rahul knows all too well the unique challenges batting in South Africa brings but says helping the team to get off to a solid start will be a key ingredient to victory ahead of the first test in Pretoria tomorrow. India have never won a test series in South Africa, […]

Russell three-wicket haul unable to prevent Stars second loss

(CMC) – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell starred with the ball but flopped with the bat as Melbourne Stars lost their second on the trot with a 24-run defeat to Hobart Hurricanes in the Australia Big Bash yesterday. Choosing to bat first, Hurricanes romped to 180 for six with opener Ben McDermott top-scoring with 67 […]

Fury v Joshua is the fight people want to see: Top Rank president

(Reuters) – WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will face each other at some point as that is the fight people want to see, Todd DuBoef, the president of promoters Top Rank Boxing, said yesterday. Fury, 33, had been set to face fellow Briton Joshua in Saudi Arabia in August in a unification […]

NBA roundup: Stephen Curry goes for 46 in Warriors’ win

Juan Toscano-Anderson and Gary Payton II hit key hoops down the stretch and Stephen Curry exploded for 46 points as the Golden State Warriors finally got the better of the Memphis Grizzlies in a 113-104 victory Thursday night in San Francisco. Curry’s 46 points were the product of 13-for-22 shooting overall, including 8-for-14 from 3-point […]

Hands off the climate change funds!

With a directness that would not have escaped the attention of governments in the region, Caribbean Development Bank President Dr. Jean Leon used the occasion of the Tuesday December 7th start of the Second Annual Caribbean Conference on Corruption, Compliance and Cybercrime to issue a robust caution Caribbean governments about the consequences that can accrue […]

Former India spinner Harbhajan calls time on career

(Reuters) – Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh announced his retirement from all forms of cricket yesterday, bringing down the curtain on a 23-year career in the sport. The feisty 41-year-old made his international debut in 1998 and played 103 tests, 236 one-day internationals and 28 Twenty20 internationals, taking 711 wickets across the three formats and […]

COVID-19: Students face $17 trillion loss in lifetime earnings

UN News – School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic could result in a staggering $17 trillion in lost lifetime earnings for today’s students, according to a UN-backed report issued. The projection is among the findings of “The State of the Global Education Crisis: A Path to Recovery” published by the World Bank, the UN Educational, […]