Category: Sports

Cave Hill, Barbados – Head coach of the Sagicor West Indies High Performance Centre, Graeme West, has hailed the work ethic of the current squad of emerging players in the current training programme. West said the current group of players is moving in the right direction and he was looking forward to their upcoming trip to Bangladesh to discover how much they have progressed. “The group has been excellent to work with,” said West. “They have had a good attitude, a good work ethic, not a single player has missed…

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Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz has taken full responsibility for the Golden Jaguars’ 2-3 defeat to El Salvador in the third round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, but noted that the current crop of players have made significant strides in adapting to a higher level of football. He made the comment during the post-match press briefing at the conclusion of the Group B game at the National Stadium on Tuesday evening. “I feel very hurt; I feel very exhausted, but I thought we gave everything we had,” Shabazz reckoned. “I…

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By Avenash Ramzan All systems are in place for this weekend’s inaugural President’s Cup golf tournament, set for Sunday at the Lusignan Golf Course, East Coast Demerara. This was the assurance given by president of the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC), Jerome Khan, who, along with Director of the Guyana Tourism Authority, Indranauth Haralsingh, updated media operatives yesterday on the preparations for the competition. With respect to ground preparation, Khan said the LGC has been working assiduously to get the course in top shape ever since the government announced its intention…

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By Avenash Ramzan A dream start, followed by moments of brilliance in the middle, ended in heartbreak for Guyana’s Golden Jaguars, as their chances of qualifying for the hexagonal round of the Qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil were given a huge dent with a 3-2 loss to El Salvador last evening at the National Stadium, Providence. The Jaguars’ road to the next round has become even narrower after Group B leaders Mexico needled Costa Rica 1-0 in the other qualifying game at the Estadio Azteca last evening.…

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Six outstanding cricketers who served the ancient county during the period 1955 to 1980 were on Thursday inducted into the Berbice Cricket Board Hall of Fame. The six cricketers: Ivan Madray, Sew Shivnarine, Milton Pydanna, Leonard Baichan, Leslie Amsterdam and Romain Etwaroo joined the first set of inductees – John Trim, Rohan Kanhai, basil Butcher, Joe Solomon, Alvin Kallicharran and Roy Fredericks. Public Relations Officer and Chairman of the BCB Special Events Committee Hilbert Foster at the induction ceremony at the Board’s Charlotte Street office, recalled that the Berbice cricket…

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By Rajiv Bisnauth Amidst the controversy surrounding the administration of cricket over the past few years, elections to name a new executive to manage the business of the Guyana Cricket Board could be held by month-end, according to Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC) on cricket, Clive Lloyd. Lloyd in an exclusive interview with this publication on Tuesday said that the holding of new elections will depend on the outcome of the final stakeholders’ discussion which is expected to be held on September 13. “We had some minor adjustments…

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The senior national football team, the Golden Jaguars, and support staff departed Guyana for Panama on Sunday morning for a short camp ahead of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers double-header against El Salvador. The Guyanese will trade skills with hosts El Salvador at the Estadio Cuscatlan on Friday, while the return game will be held next Tuesday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. Both games are part of the third round of Qualifiers in Group B. The local players will be joined by the foreign-based players and Head Coach Jamaal…

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– To target all-round development of athletes The government of Guyana, through the Sport Ministry, has rolled out a structured plan that it hopes will result in Guyana medalling at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dubbed ‘From Now to Brazil’, the plan will target the all-round development of athletes over the coming years. According to Director of Sport, Neil Kumar, detailed discussions were held with executives of the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association, the Athletics Association of Guyana, the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association and the Guyana Cycling Federation…

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Some of Guyana’s national table tennis players have completed an intense 16-day training stint at the Lily Yip Table Tennis Training Centre in Dunellen New Jersey, USA. The team comprised of Trence Lowe, Nigel Bryan, Joel Alleyne, Edinho Lewis, Denzel Hopkinson and Junior Caribbean cadet silver medalist Priscilla Greaves. The training commenced on August 4 and concluded on August 20. The centre is an International Table Tennis Federation hot spot which is used for high level training and preparation for athletes across the world. The USA team that participated in…

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