Sports

GCC female Hockey team members held at gunpoint and robbed

Three members of the National Female Hockey team got an unceremonious welcome home early this morning (Monday) as they were held at gunpoint and robbed of their luggage and valuables moments after arriving in the country as they made their way home. The incident took place just after 2am. News Source understand that the three […]

CPL hopes for India’s cricket passion to reach Caribbean

By Vijay Tagore, (Ahmedabad Mirror) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not permit its players to take part in the Twenty20 leagues overseas but the organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are confident of having Indian players in the tournament someday. A top CPL official was here at the Wankhede on […]

Equipment goes missing from Cliff Anderson Sports Hall

RAWLE Toney reports WITH Guyana, for the first time in 23 years, getting a new government, several reports of persons ‘helping themselves’ have emanated and the sports sector was certainly not excluded. There are reports that millions of dollars in sport equipment have since been shipped out from the storage area of the Cliff Anderson Sports […]

IPL Quarterfinals to be energy packed

(Cricinfo)  With only four games to go in the league stage of the 2015 IPL, there are five teams still fighting for a spot in the top-four, with each of them having a realistic, and not merely mathematical, chance of making it. Chennai Super Kings had already secured their spot a couple of games ago, […]

Driver charged for causing Andrew Sixheads Lewis’ death

A Campbellvile man who was behind the wheels of the motor car that slammed into former boxing champion Andrew Sixheads Lewis and killed him, has been charged for causing the boxer’s death by dangerous driving. The 33-year-old man, Mannex Powers appeared in court on Wednesday afternoon and pleaded not guilty to the causing death by […]

Sixheads Lewis dies in East Bank road accident

Former Guyana and World Boxing Champion, Andrew “Sixheads” Lewis died on Monday (May 4th) afternoon in a road accident in the village of Hope along the East Bank of Demerara. According to initial reports, the former boxing champion was riding his bicycle along the roadway when he was hit down by a car. He was badly injured […]

West Indies stage fight back effort against England

A patient 94 not out from Marlon Samuels helped West Indies recover against England to end the first day of the second test on 188 for five in Grenada on Tuesday. While the tourists will be frustrated at not having made more inroads in the final session before bad light stopped play, West Indies again […]

WICB and CARICOM reach agreement on way forward for WI cricket

(Trinidad Express)  The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Caricom committee on cricket governance say they have ended a “productive” meeting where an agreement has been reached on “the way forward” for West Indies cricket. However both parties have declined to comment on the specifics of the agreement following their meeting which ran for […]

Kashif and Shanghai finals set for Sunday

Rawle Toney reports… FROM the time the fixtures were released, football-loving fanatics have been dreaming of a Bakewell Slingerz FC versus Alpha United final in the Kashif and Shanghai football tournament and this Sunday at the Guyana National Stadium, their dreams will come true.  When the semi-finals of the 25th edition of the tournament were […]