Category: Sports

Gladwyn Johnson will participate in the CONCACAF Targeted Advanced Referee Programme (TARP) scheduled for Dallas, Texas from May 11 – 14, 2017. Johnson, who is a FIFA referee, will be Guyana’s representative and he will be among nine participating referees; four of which will be from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) region including Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Johnson, in an invited comment said: “It’s a blessing for me to be a part of this prestigious course and to be around all the top assessors, instructors and referees in…

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By Rupe Harricharan The New York based Galaxy Cricket Club is undergoing a transformation in management with the formation of a supporting entity, the Legend Social Club.  This effort is essentially a partnership between a group of businesspersons and member cricketers and fans. The main objective is to create quality by contributing to the nurturing of players and to the growth and development of the sport of cricket.  Further, cricket can help in the health and fitness of the youths in our community and can serve as social outlet uniting…

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The National Rugby team, ‘Green Machine’ will battle Barbados on Saturday at the Garrison Savannah in their first match of the 2017 Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s’ Championship. In 2016, Guyana dominated the match against the Bajans with the scores ending 48-17 to prolong the misery for the Islanders against Guyana but captain Ryan Gonsalves said they will not be carless and overconfident against their opponents. “We are not taking Barbados for granted they have not beaten us in years and we are working hard enough to ensure it remains…

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– International Players to join in May According to a press release for the Guyana Football Federation, 25 of the most talented national female football players have been called to a five-day camp in New Amsterdam, Berbice in preparation for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Caribbean Cup scheduled for May 24 to 28. This is the first time since the new executive is at the helm of football administration in Guyana that the female national team will participate in the CFU Women’s Caribbean Cup and speaks to the renewed…

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…See schedule for the “biggest and best” campaign The stage is set for the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) to be the biggest and best party tournament to date, after tournament organisers confirmed that the fifth instalment will start on Friday, 4 August with St. Lucia Stars welcoming 2015 champions Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) to the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium. The 34-game competition, which will be staged in seven countries over a six-week period, will conclude with the finals on Saturday, 9 September, with the name of the host…

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Some of Guyana’s best cyclists are gearing to compete on Sunday in two highly anticipated races when the second annual Boyce and Jefford Relay Festival and Family Fun Day gets going at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary from 10:00h. This is according to a media release from the organisers of the event. The two races that will be contested for the first time this year include ‘The Devil Takes the Hindmost’ and Mountain Bike event. Each race will fetch lucrative cash prizes, compliments of Jude Bike Shop on…

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Pakistan’s decision to call off their tour of Bangladesh in July and August has taken the BCB by surprise, though the board said it was yet to receive official communication from the PCB. “We are really surprised. Even a month ago we knew that the tour was on,” BCB’s media committee chairman Jalal Yunus said. “There was a discussion between both board chiefs during this week’s ICC meeting in Dubai. This upcoming series was ours to host according to the FTP. In 2015 the two boards went into a deal…

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Men’s cricket could return to the Commonwealth Games as early as 2022 if Birmingham is chosen as host city. ESPNcricinfo understands that the city has been invited to bid for the Games by the UK government after Durban, which was originally scheduled to be the host city, was obliged to withdraw due to financial and political issues. Women’s cricket was already included in the Durban schedule but Neil Snowball, the Warwickshire chief executive and a member of the Birmingham Commonwealth Games bid company, has confirmed the intention to include men’s…

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A groin injury has put Pakistan seamer Hasan Ali in doubt for the opening Test of the three-match series against West Indies bowling off in Kingston on Friday. The 23-year-old, who is yet to make his Test debut, picked up the injury during last weekend’s three-day four game against the WICB President’s XI and is yet to recover. The Pakistan Cricket Board said the player would undergo rehabilitation in an attempt to return to full fitness quickly. “On clinical assessment there is strain to one of his adductor muscles. He…

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