By News Source Guyana on January 14, 2017
Sports
International cricket made a return to Guyana at the National Stadium at Providence in June 2016 after an absence of three years when South Africa and West Indies played the match of the opening leg of a Tri-Series that also involved eventual winners, Australia. This year, international cricket is slated to be played in Guyana […]
By News Source Guyana on January 10, 2017
Sports
ST JOHN’s, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of former West Indies captain, Jimmy Adams, as its new Director of Cricket. The 49-year-old, who recently stepped down as head coach of English County side, Kent, after four years in charge, has replaced the controversial Englishman Richard Pybus who […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2017
Sports
The National Rugby Team, “Green Machine” is one of Guyana’s most successful sport teams, but has not gained the amount of support it desires. However, 2017 could be the beginning of greater things to come, according to Director of Sport, Christopher Jones. He has explained that the National Sports Commission (NSC) will adopt the National […]
By News Source Guyana on January 9, 2017
Sports
WICB) – The West Indies Under-19 team will have a seven-match tour of South Africa in mid-year as they continue preparation for the International Cricket Council’s Under-19 World Cup. West Indies won their first Under-19 World Cup in February 2016 in Bangladesh, under the captaincy of Shimron Hetmyer. The Caribbean side will again be coached […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Sports
The third edition of the Smalta Girls’s Pee-Wee football Championships will be contested by St. Angela’s and West Ruimveldt after the two side won their semi-final matches on Monday at the Ministry of Education Ground. St. Angela’s passage to the final came after a tough battle with South Ruimveldt which they won 2-1 after the […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Sports
(SportsMax) – According to SportsMax, “our sources inform that former West Indies and Guyana batsman Travis Dowlin has been appointed to the selection panel of the West Indies Cricket Board”. The 39-year-old former right hand batsman fills a vacancy that had been created following the departure of former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh. […]
By News Source Guyana on December 14, 2016
Sports
One of Guyana’s football prodigies, Jeremy Garrett will be heading to Portugal next year for another try-out at Sporting Clube de Portugal, which could see him being signed by the marque European club. According to Alex Bunbury, Guyana Football Ambassador and the man who made the audition possible, “he made a good impression on his […]
By News Source Guyana on December 6, 2016
Caribbean & International, Sports
(BBC) Brazilian club Chapecoense have been awarded the Copa Sudamericana by South American football confederation Conmebol after most of their team died in a plane crash en route to the final. Seventy-one people, including 19 players and staff, were killed in last Monday’s crash on the way to Colombia for the first leg. Colombian […]
By News Source Guyana on November 30, 2016
Sports
The Georgetown leg of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ commenced in fine style on Monday evening at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac with Camp Street All-Star, a group of inmates at the Prison, stealing the show with a classic “road ball” display to progress to the group stages. In fact for the first time, […]
By News Source Guyana on November 30, 2016
Sports
(SportsMax) – West Indies batsman Darren Bravo, is claiming he was unlawfully dismissed after the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) sent him home for inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour. The decision, which came ahead of the West Indies’ tri-nation series involving Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, occured after WICB president Dave Cameron had said on SportsMax.tv that […]