Category: Sports

GCB Inter-County Four-Day Tournament –Round 3 By Rajiv Bisnauth After reclaiming the one-day title two weeks ago, Demerara beat GT& T Berbice by four wickets at the Everest Cricket Club ground in the final round of the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County Four-Day tournament Wednesday to reclaim that title. Chasing a meager target of 79 for victory, Demerara’s batsmen had to struggle to reach the target off 38 overs. Resuming on 185 for 9, GT& T Berbice batsmen Gudekash Motie-Kanahai and Keon Joseph carried the total to 200 in 80.2 overs…

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By: Avenash Ramzan A lack of sponsorship from the Barbados end has forced the cancellation of the Shawn Cox/Kwesi Jones fight on Friday’s ProAm boxing card, slated for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. A senior official of the Guyana Boxing Board of Control, speaking to this publication late on Monday afternoon, confirmed that the fight has been shelved due to Cox and his team in Barbados being unable to secure sponsorship to make the fight a reality. The official said that Cox and his team had agreed to stand all…

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Local referees continue to hold their own in the football world with 13 making the 2013 FIFA international list. Among these officials are first timers Sherwin Moore (referee) and Deon Feassal, who has been appointed as one of two Futsal referees. The other is Roy McArthur. Heading the referees’ list are Stanley Lancaster, Sherwin Johnson and the lone female, Nicola Joseph. The assistant referees are Dion Inniss, Venton Mars, Rollin Tappin and Trevor Porter. The female assistant referees are Cynette Jeffrey, Odessa Caleb and Nakaysie Liverpool. President (ag) of the…

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By Rajiv Bisnauth Guyana’s T20 team has so far suffered mixed fortunes in the ongoing Caribbean T20 tournament, winning two of their four matches in less than convincing fashion played to date. The Guyanese now find themselves facing elimination if they do not win their remaining two matches convincingly and increase their run rate. They play the Leeward Islands today (Thursday) and the Windward Islands tomorrow (Friday). Under the new tournament format, the team that tops the preliminary round will advance to the final on Sunday at the picturesque Beausejour…

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Sport Minister Dr Frank Anthony said he hopes the agreement met between the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) sparks “real development” of the game in Guyana. The two sides reached the agreement after a series of meetings with representatives of FIFA and CONCACAF last Thursday and it has found favour with Anthony. Following recommendations provided by a five-member delegation from football’s world governing body, FIFA, and CONCACAF, the GFF and GFA were able to find common ground, reconciling their differences in the interest of the…

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Ramnaresh Sarwan will don West Indies colours again after he was selected in the ODI and T20I squads to tour Australia from January 29 to February 13. Guyana Times International Sport previously published an article calling for a response from the West Indies cricket board selectors in relation to the continued exclusion of Sarwan. The stylish right hander had been in and out of the West Indies team for the past two years mainly due to poor returns with the bat and his indifferent attitude to fitness, an accusation made…

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By Avenash Ramzan “It feels great to be among the runs, but in order to move up, I know I have to be consistent.” He’s just 16, but Tagenarine Chanderpaul seems to have fully grasped what is required for him to remain a constant in the minds of the selectors. The left-handed opener, son of West Indies middle-order stalwart Shivnarine Chanderpaul, made a huge impact in the recently-concluded Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Inter-County 50-over competition, ending with the most runs and highest average. Playing for the President’s XI, Tagenarine led…

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Ambrose hoping to make UG athletics club the best in two years By Treiston Joseph The University of Guyana (UG) is looking to make a forceful impact in track and field in Guyana under the guidance of former Royal Youth Movement Athletics Club (RYM) coach Anson Ambrose. Ambrose, after a two-year hiatus from coaching, will pick up where he left off only this time with the newly-formed University of Guyana Track and Field Club. The coach, who worked with world junior female 400 metres silver medalist Kadecia Baird before she…

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Port Of Spain, Trinidad – A sloppy final over from bean pole seamer Jason Holder gifted Guyana a dramatic last-ball win over Combined Campuses and Colleges in the Caribbean Twenty20 Monday night. With 14 runs required from the last six balls of the game, CCC squandered a golden opportunity for full points as Holder sent down a wide, a no-ball and then conceded a six of the penultimate delivery, to leave the scores tied. Veerasammy Permaul then held his nerve in tense circumstances, scrambling a leg bye off the final…

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By Rajiv Bisnauth The lack of adequate legislation and the absence of good management practices are responsible for the sport of horse racing not being a bigger success story in Guyana, however, there is no doubt that horse racing has become one of the major sport industries in Guyana. The 2012 racing season can be classified as one of the busiest and most successful for years with meets occurring almost twice a month. Also, at times it seemed as though horses, trainers, owners and punters had no time to recuperate.…

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