Former West Indies batsman, Philo Wallace, has expressed his approval with the selection of Veerasammy Permaul as the front-line spinner in the West Indies Test squad to face England next month while calling on vice-captain, Jermaine Blackwood, to show more responsibility. Wallace was at the time appearing on Barbados radio programme, Mason and Guest. The […]
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The fact that Guyana has been ‘out of the blocks’ first in terms of the laying down a definitive ‘marker’ underlining South America’s newly found clout as an oil ‘power,’ all of the portents including those that rely on dependable industry analyses suggest that Suriname is not too far behind. Talks between presidents Irfaan Ali […]
After being floored by the COVID-19 pandemic, amateur boxing is back on its feet and will make a fighting return tomorrow in the form of the Pepsi Mike Parris National U-16 Boxing tournament. These and other details were disclosed yesterday during a press briefing by the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA). The event which will see […]
Fresh from her recent visit to Guyana to attend Guyana’s high-profile international oil and gas conference, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley earlier this week provided the media in Barbados with a fulsome briefing on her visit, asserting in her assessment of the visit that the discovery and subsequent recovery of oil offshore Guyana had now […]
The Lady Jaguars roster has been officially announced by Concacaf ahead of the team’s participation in the 2022 Women’s U20 Championship in the Dominican Republic tomorrow, with three locally born players featuring in the final 18 member squad. According to a release from the regional body, the overseas born and/or based players are Arden LaRose, […]
The Lady Jaguars will open their group-F campaign in the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U20 Championship on Saturday against Honduras from 14:00hrs at the Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The other teams in group-F are Mexico and Panama. In their second encounter two days later, Guyana will match skills with Mexico from 14:00hrs […]
Former West Indies batsman, Philo Wallace is happy with the new selection panel’s decision to recall John Campbell and Alzarri Joseph to the West Indies Test squad while suggesting that Shane Dowrich and Kieran Powell may not be too far off selection. Wallace was at the time appearing on the Mason and Guest radio programme […]
It took some 39 years before another triple century was scored in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s first-division tournament and Trevon `Bugsy’ Griffith is crediting fitness for his tremendous achievement. Last Saturday, the 30-year-old opener scored an even 300 from 228 balls during the Demerara Cricket Club’s first innings against arch-rivals the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) […]
(Reuters) – World number three Alexander Zverev was kicked out of the ATP 500 tournament in Acapulco for “unsportsmanlike conduct” after smashing his racket repeatedly against the umpire’s chair following a double defeat. The German later apologised for his behaviour after he and Brazil’s Marcelo Melo lost 6-2 4-6 (10-6) to the British-Finn pair of […]
The Flying Ace Cycle Club will pedal off its 2022 season with the staging of its Mashramani road race this Sunday in New Amsterdam, Berbice. The race has been organized by president of the Club and veteran cycling coach, Randolph Roberts. The event, which gets underway from 09.00 hours, will be for riders from Regions […]