Alia Atkinson (L) and Jessica Stephenson Guyana’s young breaststroker and 3-time Carifta gold medallist enjoyed her first Senior Meet at the CAC Games ending the Meet with two Personal bests in the 100 and 200m breasts where she performed better than her seed times to achieve a 13th and 14th place out of 22 swimmers and [...] [...more]
A 28-year-old taxi driver was yesterday refused pretrial liberty when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, at the Georgetown Magistrates Court, charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The allegation is that on July 25, at La Union Public Road, West Coast Demerara, Ramkissoon Prempaul, drove his motor vehicle in a dangerous manner which resulted [...] [...more]
The Guyana women’s hockey team relegated Puerto Rico to the 7th & 8th place match set for this morning with a 1-0 victory over the hosts in the CAC hockey tournament. The Guyanese suffered another setback in the very first minute when Captain Tricia Fiedtkou received an injury to her forehead by an errant Puerto Rican [...] [...more]
table -T& T end the day unbeaten NACRA defending champions Guyana had to rebound from a stunning defeat at the hands of beaten Central American & Caribbean Championship finalist Jamaica to stay in contention to gain top honours after Day One yesterday, at the National Stadium. Playing in the third game on opening day, Guyana were convincingly beaten [...] [...more]
Dear Editor, When I responded to Freddie Kissoon’s attack on three Guyanese – Lord Canary, Kenneth Denny, and Dr. Randy Persaud, two of whom are long dead and cannot defend themselves I knew that the discussion would inevitably degenerate into personal attacks and insults. Kissoon is yet to demonstrate that he understands that academics and political commentators [...] [...more]
This is a picture of road outside Queens Park Oval in Trinidad yesterday Today’s semis in jeopardy By Sean Devers in Trinidad In association with Digicel A day after over 17,000 fans jumped, danced and screamed as host Trinidad and Tobago, led by a wonderful 65 from the exciting Daren Bravo, beat Jamaica by 49 runs to top Zone [...] [...more]
Success Masters turned in a superb all round performance to defeat Max Masters and claim a quarterfinal berth when play in the 4R Masters Cup and Females Softball cricket tournament continued on Sunday July 25 last. Success Masters called correctly and inserted Max Masters XI limiting them to a meager 82 all out in 19.4 overs. [...] [...more]
Scrabble players are scheduled to match wits when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players (GASP) convenes at the Malteenoes Cricket Club for the Emancipation Day open on Monday August 2. Already the top seeds have indicated that they would participate in the tournament and picking a winner would not be that easy. While national champion, Abigail [...] [...more]
Michael Carryl, the president of the Long Island Amateur Boxing and Charities, is hopeful more than 500 boxers will participate in his Lawrence, L.I., tournament next month. Michael Carryl got sanctioned this week, and he could not be happier. The 44-year-old of West Hempstead, L.I., is president of the Long Island Amateur Boxing and Charities, a [...] [...more]
Other disciplines suffer mixed fortunes Guyanese boxers’ hopes of winning a silver or gold medal at the 21st Central American and Caribbean championships, currently underway in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, fizzed out after Dexter Jordan and Ray Sandiford lost their quarterfinal matches to Puerto Rican Jonathon Gonzales and Guatemalan Juan Reyes, Wednesday evening last. Earlier in the tournament, Jordan had [...] [...more]
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