By News Source Guyana on June 29, 2016
Sports
As excitement heightens around the much-anticipated Caribbean Premier League, founding partner, Digicel, announced that it has re-signed a multi-year contract as official telecommunications sponsor of the League. The deal comes on the heels of Digicel’s new four-year agreement with the WICB and therefore represents a significant investment in and commitment to cricket in the region. […]
By News Source Guyana on June 4, 2016
Sports
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Off-spinner Sunil Narine celebrated his return to international colours with a career-best six-wicket haul while Kieron Pollard smashed a bold half-century to mark his first One-Day International in nearly two years, as West Indies eased to a four-wicket victory over South Africa in the opening game of the Tri-Nations Series here […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2016
Sports
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) on Wednesday paid tribute to Winston Anthony Lloyd Cozier. The legendary cricket journalist, died on Wednesday morning in Barbados. He was 75 years old. Tony Cozier, as he was known worldwide, was the “voice of West Indies cricket” and covered the game for over 50 years. He reported on […]
By News Source Guyana on May 11, 2016
News, Sports
(BBC) Legendary West Indian commentator Tony Cozier has died at the age of 75. A familiar and respected voice around the world, the Barbadian will be remembered for a career in TV, radio and journalism spanning 58 years. Born in Bridgetown in 1940, he made his BBC Test Match Special debut in 1966 and also […]
By News Source Guyana on May 4, 2016
Sports
After initially indicating no interest in hosting the CPL Finals, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago may have outplayed Guyana and could end up hosting the finals of the much-anticipated cricket tournament. Guyana’s Finance Minister Winston Jordan has expressed disappointment following reports that Guyana may have lost the bid to host the finals of the 2016 […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2016
Sports
The Fort Wellington High School Relay team currently in Pennsylvania, USA for the coveted Penn State Relay Festival is settling in. The team’s appearance was in doubt up until Social Activist Mark Benschop rallied a number of companies behind the team to help offset the costs. When News Source spoke to the team members and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2016
Sports
Former West Indies captain and one of two living national heroes, Sir Vivian Richards, has criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) over its “reprimand” of Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy and the West Indies players. The ICC, on Monday, slammed the Caribbean team for comments from captain Darren Sammy following their Twenty20 World Cup victory over […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2016
Sports
(SportsMaxx) The Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil are fewer than 100 days now and track and field athletes from the Caribbean are only just now beginning to put their considerable talents on show. Athletes like Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres and Grenada’s Kirani James lead the list of top-10 performances by Caribbean athletes so far this season […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2016
Sports
A group of 18 teen athletes and their coaches from the Fort Wellington Secondary School in Berbice, arrived in New York this morning to participate in the Penn State relay meet, thanks to the work and support of the Jamaican team at the event and Fly Jamaica Airways, which is owned by Guyanese. The youths […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2016
Sports
The HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are delighted to announce that the initial batch of tickets for the forthcoming season, which will be staged this year from 29 June – 7 August, are on sale now. In excess of 300,000 fans attended the biggest party in sport last year and tournament organisers are confident that […]