Category: Sports

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has named a strong unit to face Bermuda in the Caribbean final of the 2015 Rugby 15s World Cup Qualifiers on Saturday. The game will be played at Hamilton in Bermuda. The Guyanese reached this stage by beating Trinidad and Tobago 20-0 in a must-win game in the Southern Zone of June 2 at the National Stadium, Providence, while Bermuda got past the Bahamas 16-8 in the Northern Zone. Bermuda became the automatic host for the game, on the grounds of being a higher…

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 ‘Now people would see who’s really afraid’- Fraser Rudolph Fraser will face a new opponent, and have a shot at a different title, but his focus remains the same: train hard, execute the fight plan and come out victorious. Fraser, the 35-year-old Albouystown pugilist, was long clamouring for a shot at the USA-based Elton ‘Coolie Bully’ Dharry, and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) granted his wish earlier this month by announcing that the two would go at each other in the main event on the June 29 ProAm…

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Virginia, USA – Guyanese ball weaver Jarmane Grandison put on a surreal sand soccer show to pop eyes and hearts at last weekend’s 19th North American Sand Soccer Championships in Virginia Beach, USA. But, his spirited performance was in vain for his team’s championship chances at the June 8-10 tourney. By the time Grandison and his Bago Sports BFC teammates made another come-from-behind sortie, the effort was too late to pip Team Canada for a spot in the semis and further. However, Bago Sports’ combination of players from Guyana, Jamaica…

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By Avenash Ramzan Alvaro Saborio took advantage of some loose goalkeeping from Ronson Williams to help his team to a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Guyana’s Golden Jaguar last evening in their in Group B match of the third round of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers at the National Stadium, Providence. He netted a hat-trick while Joel Campbell added a single strike as the Guyanese were given a thorough football lesson by the Central American side. Playing in front of a boisterous, near-capacity crowd decked out in yellow in support of…

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Sports View by Neil Kumar, Director of Sport In the eyes of all Guyanese, it is unacceptable that the West Indies selectors have selected a touring squad for the upcoming ODIs against England and not a single Guyanese is included. Guyana and West Indies batsman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, is the number one Test batsman in the world. At age 39, India’s Sachin Tendulkar is a major part of India’s ODI team. Several players around the world are older and less fit than Chanderpaul and they are representing their respective countries at…

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Twenty-six-year-old Avernelle Holder was just playing her favourite sport six years ago when she was spotted by Earl Brown, former Peace Corp Director of Guyana. Impressed with her talent and desires to further her study, he assisted her to get a scholarship at Alcon State University, Mississippi. Holder was born in Guyana to parents Winifred Emanuel and the late George Holder and has two older brothers. She grew up in Werk-En-Rust Georgetown, and attended St. Agnes Nursery and Primary Schools. After writing the Secondary School Entrance Examination (SSEE), she was…

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The 10-member Japan Karate Association/World Federation (JKA/WF) Guyana team returned home with 13 medals after their impressive performance in the 2012 JKA/WF America Karate Camp and Goodwill tournament that was held from June 7-10 in Panama City. The karatekas copped five gold medals, six silver medals and two bronze at the championships. Seven-year-old Camiel Melville (eighth kyu) placed first in kata and second in kumite in the male category. And 11-year-old Loren Black (seventh kyu) placed first in kumite and first in kata in the female division. Both of them…

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A small but determined group strives for martial arts perfection Coach, master and president of the Guyana Taekwondo Association, Ramjeet Ramphal has mastered the art of taekwondo, a Korean martial art, and is now passing on this form to his students. In an interview with Guyana Times Sunday Magazine, Ramphal said he has been involved in martial arts since the 1970s. He was originally into karate but switched to taekwondo because it was a more developed sport and at that time gained Olympic status. He has done numerous courses overseas…

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Simeon ‘Candyman’ Hardy maintained his unbeaten record, defeating the experienced, Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman, in their main bout of the 23rd ProAm boxing card at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall on Friday evening. The 24-year-old Hardy, who is Guyana’s representative in the Welterweight division at the WBC Anniversary competition later this year, earned a Unanimous Decision win over the 4-year-old Eastman, a former European Middleweight champion. In the other three professional fights, Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore and James Walcott earned points victory over their respective opponents, while Rudolph Fraser and…

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