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Guyanese Erva Giddings earns West Indies Women’s selection

The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board on Monday announced a 13-member West Indies Women’s team for the first three One-day Internationals against England Women and the new addition to the squad was Guyanese Erva Giddings. The West Indies are set to take on England in five One Day Internationals when the British […]

COURTS plugs $4Million into Under 11 Primary Schools Football Championship

The fifth annual Courts Pee-Wee Boys Under-11 Primary Schools football Championship was officially launched on Thursday at the National Library and furniture giant has pledged $4M towards the championship. The championships will kick-off on October 8 and continue until November 19th at the Thirst Park ground. It will feature 24 schools competing in a round-robin format. […]

Cleveland Forde races to another Courts 10K title

Guyana’s leading road race champion, Cleveland Forde, maintained his dominance on Sunday as he outfoxed his rivals once more to romp to a fifth title in the six years of the Courts 10K run. Before the race, it seemed it would have been a trilling show down between Forde and nemesis Winston Missingher but Forde proved […]

Courts 10K road race set for Sunday with major showdown

On Sunday September 25, the battle will be on between Guyana’s top two male long distance runners Cleveland Forde and Winston Missingher. The two will clash at the sixth annual Courts 10 K road race which begins outside the furniture giant’s Main Street branch. Missingher, who has gripped the attention in the athletics fraternity with his spirited […]

GFF inks deal for start of construction for FIFA Goal Project at Providence

After a thorough tendering process, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) in the presence of FIFA officials, has brought the country’s Goal Project closer to reality with the inking of a deal with construction firm Dwain Ferdinand Home Designs and Engineering Associates earlier today (Tuesday) to begin the preparatory work for the project. The construction company, […]

National Youth Basketball Festival to bounce off on Friday

After a successful staging over the past years, the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) will return to the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) on Friday. The tournament which was rescheduled due to Guyana hosting the Caribbean Basketball Championships (CBC) under-16 in July will now run from September 23 to October 9. […]

Guyanese swimmers impress at Maracas Bay Open Water Classic

Three Dorado Speed Swim Club members, Soroya Simmons, Daniel Scott and Alex Winter, took on the challenge of battling the tough waters at the Maracas Bay Open Water Classic in Trinidad and Tobago earlier today (Sunday) and produced good performances. Simmons, who is a National swimmer, was the best of the lot as she placed […]

Jeffrey stars in 10-lap Mountain bike race

Raynauth Jeffrey produced another splendid performance on Sunday when he swept the field with his speed and determination to be crowned the champion in the 10-lap Mountain Bike race at the National Park. The Team Coco cyclist  completed the course in a time of 33 minutes 39 seconds (33.39) ahead of second placed Keon Thomas. […]

Junior Niles tops field in Powerade Road Race

Team Coco’s Junior Niles produced a sterling performance to top the field in Powerade 25-mile road race on the West side of Demerara earlier on  Sunday. The race which was reduced from 50 miles to 25 miles, saw the veteran rider producing a late surge from a group of four to finish on top, in […]

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