(Reuters) – World Athletics yesterday joined a growing list of sporting bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes, while tennis’s governing bodies barred players from competing under the name or flag of either country following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since the start of what Russian President Vladimir Putin has called “a special military operation” last week, Russian and […]
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West Indies women’s team bowling coach, Corey Colleymore, wants to see improvement in several facets of the game as his side draws closer to their 50-over World Cup opening match against hosts, New Zealand. West Indies women suffered a 90-run defeat against Australia in their first warm up match and will play their second warm […]
Legendary fast bowler, Sir Andy Roberts is set to become the latest icon to appear as a special guest of the Berbice Cricket Board’s (BCB) coaching programme. Roberts is regarded as one of the all-time greats of cricket and widely considered the father of modern-day fast bowling in the Caribbean. Roberts retired in 1983 after […]
The Panthers Rugby club thumped the Police Falcons to remain unbeaten while the Guyana Defence Force outfit got a walk over win when the GRFU 10’s league continued last weekend at the National Park. The undefeated Panthers club once again showed their superiority with a 39-20 mauling of the Falcons with Godfrey Broomes leading the […]
Amateur boxing came off the mat and made a successful return to its feet on Saturday in the form of the Pepsi/Mike Parris U-16 Tournament after being floored by the pandemic for almost two years. In an effort to keep the competitive juices of the teen boxers can flowing, President of the Guyana Boxing Association […]
Newly re-elected president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) Ryan Dey yesterday said that decentralisation of the sport, better training and playing venues and more local tournaments were On his agenda for the new term. Dey was re-elected Saturday when the GRFU held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Election of Office Bearers. Source […]
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has warned its regional member associations and affiliates not to participate in unsanctioned events, following the announcement of the Annual Mayor’s Cup nine-a-side Inter Ward/Village knockout football tournament, which is scheduled to start on March 27th. This was disclosed by an official release from the federation. According to the correspondence, […]
Olympian, Keevin Allicock has sternly refuted claims that he was dropped from the AMBC Continental Championships team claiming that it was in fact his decision to withdraw from training camp due to a hip injury sustained while in training. The article `I withdrew’ appeared first on Stabroek News. Source link
By Tony (McWatt) and Reds (Perreira) One thing that can certainly be said about West Indies cricket is that it now invariably provides much fodder for discussion and debate among its two million-plus estimated fans, wherever in the world they may be. The latest example of which would be the individual and collective performances of […]
Back in November last year the government announced that it had created a “working committee” to address the issue of putting in place arrangements for the training of Guyanese in tourism–related disciplines. Here, one assumes, that this was an indication that the present political administration was seeking to return tourism somewhere close to the sectorial […]