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West Indies Ladies storm in to Women’s World T20 Finals

Australia will face the West Indies for the women’s World Twenty20 title after the queens of the Caribbean beat New Zealand by six runs in their Mumbai semi-final. The Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars are aiming for a fourth consecutive World T20 crown and will have watched with interest as the Britney Cooper smashed the highly-fancied […]

Gayle, Kohli set up Clash of the Titans T20 semi-final

West Indies will clash with India on Thursday in the second semifinal of the ICC T20 World Cup that is currently being played in India. While both teams are considered favourites to win the entire tournament, the semi final clash is even greater since most of the top T20 West Indian players ply their trades […]

Basketball Officials Council stick by referee’s call at Road to Mecca Finals and demands apology from GABF President

The Guyana Basketball Officials Council (GBOC) has broken its silence on the abandoned finals of the Road to Mecca National Club Championship which was held on March 19 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The game ended prematurely when Linden’s Retrieve Raiders walked off the court in protest of a foul called by the officiating referees, […]

Loss to Afghanistan will not affect WI -Darren Sammy

Captain of the West Indies T20 World Cup squad Darren Sammy is keen to move on from the upset loss against Afghanistan on Sunday when the ICC T20 World Cup continued in India. West Indies who went into the match winning all three of their previous games fell to the lowly Afghan team by six […]

PERMAUL, BISHOO LEAD JAGUARS TO TITLE

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Test spinners Veerasammy Permaul and Devendra Bishoo bowled Guyana Jaguars to an emphatic innings and 54-run win over Jamaica Scorpions and to their second Headley/Weekes Trophy in as many seasons here Sunday. Starting the penultimate day well poised for victory with Scorpions on 171 for five in their first innings, Jaguars […]

GDF Lance Corporal and Policeman head to Olympics qualifiers

Lance Corporal Desmond Cort Amsterdam, is one of two Guyanese boxers who has been selected to participate in the 2016 AMBC Olympic Qualifiers, slated for March 9-20 in Argentina. Amsterdam, a Light Heavyweight contender, along with Middleweight Dennis Thomas of the Guyana Police Force, are due to wing out on Tuesday, March 8. Amsterdam has […]

Guyana’s Lady Jags upset Guatemala in Olympic Qualifier

(CBC Sports) Alison Heydorn scored the go-ahead goal in the 76th minute and Guyana defeated Guatemala 2-1 on Sunday in a group stage match in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament. Mariam El-Masri tied the score about five minutes before Heydorn’s goal, and Guyana won its first-ever match at the senior level in a CONCACAF tournament. […]

Bravo out as WI players sign contracts for World T20

KINGSTON, (Reuters) – The threat of West Indies being forced to field a second string side at the World Twenty20 was averted on Sunday when 12 of 13 players in the original squad signed the contracts which had caused a standoff with the board. West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) had given the players a deadline […]

WI Under19 gets praises for capturing World Cup

(ICC) Only time will tell how West Indies Under-19 lifting the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2016 trophy will impact the health of the game, especially in their islands. But 11 young boys led by Shimron Hetmyer were hardly thinking about the ramifications of their performance on the big picture as they scripted a tense five-wicket […]