Category: Sports

Berbice amateur boxers have created history with three of them making the national team to participate in the inaugural Youth South American Games in Peru, starting today (Thursday) and ending on September 29. The four-member boxing team, which departed Guyana on Tuesday, consists of flyweight Michael April, junior middleweight Travis Fraser and bantamweight Joel Williamson; the other boxer is Tevon Telford. Coach of the Berbice boxers Jeff Roberts, speaking on the boxers’ selection said, “Berbice has made history, in that it is the first time in amateur boxing, we have…

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The national women’s hockey team will travel on September 18 to Mendoza, Argentina, to face their toughest opposition yet to compete in the Pan-American Hockey Federation Cup, which is a qualifier for the hockey World Cup scheduled for Hague, Netherlands, next year. The team has been preparing since early last year for the event and will be the first time that Guyana is appearing in a PAHF Cup. After returning to international competition following nearly two decades of absence, the Guyana women’s team entered the Central American and Caribbean Games…

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By Treiston Joseph Three sporting disciplines will headline the third edition of the Islamic Sports Solidarity Federation Islamic Games from September 22 in Indonesia. Athletics, Taekwondo and Karate will be the three disciplines, according to president of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) KA Juman Yassin at a press conference on Tuesday. Yassin said that while other disciplines were available to be represented, the three disciplines were selected due to lack of opportunity as well as funding for the event which costs US $ 3,715 per person. “So we decided to…

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ST JOHN’S, Antigua – West Indies Test captain Darren Sammy said he was extremely delighted with the steps his side have taken in achieving their goals in the longest version of the international game. West Indies are now the fifth-ranked Test side in the World, following the latest update of the ICC Test Rankings table. It comes in the wake of an historic, 24-run victory for Zimbabwe in the second and final Test of their series against Pakistan on Saturday at the Harare Sports Club. The two-Test series was drawn…

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All-rounder Deveshwari Prashad was voted Blairmont Centre Cricket Club (BCCC) Cricketer-of-the-Year when the West Bank Berbice entity held its second annual awards ceremony last Thursday evening. At the event, the executive of the club honoured outstanding players and some cricket enthusiasts for their contributions to the game. However, the lion’s share of Thursday night’s awards went to 18-year-old Kevon Jawahir, who copped the bowler-of-the-year, allrounder, junior cricketer-of-the-year and emerging player-of-the-year prizes. The packed auditorium, inclusive of Region Five Chairman, Bindrabhan Bisnauth, officials of the Berbice Cricket Board, club members, sponsors…

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Hundreds of mourners turned out last Friday to pay their final respects to former Guyana and Essequibo cricketer, Shivanandan Madholall, who passed away a week ago following a brief period of illness. The left-handed batsman, who represented Guyana at the Under-15 and Under-19 levels, as well as Essequibo at both the junior and senior levels, was 30. At his home in Reliance on the Essequibo Coast, several persons paid tribute to the fallen cricketer, who was popularly known as “Rocky.” During his time, Shivanandan played for the Reliance Sports Club,…

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Distance ace Cleveland Forde proved why he is the best distance athlete in the country, notching up yet another 10k title Sunday morning. Forde, who has been plagued with various niggling injuries over the past couple of months, easily bagged the AINLIM 10k event by clocking 33: 16s to win ahead of Cleveland Thomas, with a time of 33: 45s, and Dennis Horatio’s 34: 05s. Running Brave Athletic Club Winston Missenger finished fourth in the event in 34: 18s to top Nathaniel Giddings, who was the early pacesetter, with a…

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St John’s, ANTIGUA – The West Indies Cricket Board announced on Tuesday the West Indies Under-19 squad to face Bangladesh Under-19 in a seven-match One-Day Series, to be played in Guyana in October. Leading run scorer in the recently concluded Regional Under-19 Tournament, Trinidadian Jeremy Solozano and chief wicket-taker Gudakesh Moti-Kanhai are the leading names in the 17-man squad. Also in the squad is Grenadian and Windward Island pacer Preston McSween who took the most wickets in the 50-over version of the regional tournament. The squad consists of six players…

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