Category: Sports

Despite representing various teams, Guyanese riders turned out exceptional performances in the opening stage of Tobago International Cycle Classic (TICC) Tour of Tobago on Wednesday in Tobago. Team CocosRaynauth Jeffrey finished second in the under 25 years category in Division One while Jeban Crawford representing PSL Cycling team won the Division Two category ahead of his countryman Andrew Hicks also of PSL who was also the top under-19 rider. Division One, which stretches a distance of 120km (10 laps) saw Dutchman Aron Van Der Zwet of PSL Cycling Club riding…

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Twenty-three-year-old defender Damion Lowe, son of former national representative Onandi Lowe, has received his maiden call up to the Jamaican national senior squad for the Scotiabank CFU  Men’s Caribbean Cup qualifiers against Suriname and Guyana on October 5 and 11, respectively. Lowe, a former Camperdown High and Hartford Hawk player, is currently on loan with Minnesota FC in the North America Soccer League (NASL). Lowe, who has represented Jamaica at the Under 23 level, also represents an influx of young talent brought in from both local and overseas clubs including…

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…aiming to become a Formula 1 racer By Akeem Greene The speed, the dashing turns, the smell of tyre burn, the popping of champagne after a trilling win are just some  reasons that young Formula Four race car driver Calvin Ming (CM) is pursuing his dream of a life on the race track. Just at the age  of 19, Ming has been a constant finisher on the podiums  in both  the United States and South America and most recently secured a  third place finish at the Circuit of the Americas…

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– Ishant replaced due to prolonged illness Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has returned to India’s Test set-up two years after playing his previous international. He was called up for the remaining home Tests against New Zealand in place of the injured KL Rahul. Rahul had injured his right hamstring during the first Test in Kanpur, while running between the wickets. Also, fast bowler Ishant Sharma, who missed the first Test with chikungunya, will not play the second Test either as he is yet to recover fully. Uncapped Haryana off spinner…

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Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan Test captain, has urged the cricketing world to embrace the concept of day-night Test “quickly”. Pakistan are set to play their first-ever pink-ball Test in Dubai against West Indies next month, from October 13 to 17. Pakistan have also agreed to a day-night Test against Australia in Brisbane in December. The debate around the pink ball and day-night Tests has been on for more than five years, and the PCB was perhaps the first board to show a keenness to host a day-night Test; it proposed to…

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Jeff Dujon, the former West Indies wicketkeeper, has said it would be a “terrible embarrassment” if West Indies were unable to qualify automatically for the 2019 World Cup. West Indies are currently jostling with Pakistan for the final automatic qualification spot in the one-day rankings ahead of the series in UAE, which starts on Friday. If Pakistan can repeat their 3-0 scoreline from the T20 series in the ODIs, they will jump ahead of West Indies into eighth place. The cut-off for qualification is September 30, 2017, with the ODI…

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ABU DHABI—Fast bowler Kesrick Williams said making his international debut in a series West Indies had already lost, had no bearing on his approach. Playing in the third and final Twenty20 International here Tuesday, the right-armer produced a superb spell, taking two for 15 from his four overs, as West Indies slumped to an eight-wicket defeat to suffer the embarrassment of a 3-0 whitewash in the series. The right-armer said though West Indies had already surrendered the series, it was still important to make the most of the opportunity. “I…

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South Africa’s captain AB de Villiers has been ruled out of the home ODI series and away Test series against Australia because of a persistent elbow injury. He will have surgery early next week and will need eight to ten weeks of recovery time. “AB has failed to come through his fitness test this morning,” Mohammad Moosajee, SA team manager said. “Although the physio strapped his elbow while he was batting and he did have some relief with some shots, the elbow pain has not gone away completely. “When the…

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Andre Russell’s anti-doping hearing, looking into the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission’s (JADCO) claim that the West Indies allrounder had missed three dope tests in a 12-month period, resulting in a whereabouts-clause violation, has been adjourned to September 28. According to the WADA code, three missed tests amount to a failed dope test and the athlete could face a ban of up to two years. Russell was present at the hearing in Kingston, having skipped the three-T20I series against Pakistan in the UAE, citing “personal reasons”. On September 19, Russell’s lawyer, Patrick…

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By Akeem Greene The smoke and tyre burn will return to the tracks at the South Dakota Circuit come October 2 for the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) International Meet “Drag Warz 2” and President of the GMR&SC Raj Boodhoo is expecting a massive crowd turnout. Speaking with Guyana Times International Sport Boodhoo said, “The stage is set for a massage turnout, we won in Guyana when the Surinamese came and we went over to Suriname and won three of the major titles and now we are here;…

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