WASIM Akram believes Pakistan’s win over India in the 2021 T20 World Cup has made them believe “they can compete against India day in and day out”. He feels what was once a one-sided rivalry at World Cups has suddenly come alive. “Pakistan team is on the rise for the past couple of years,” Akram…
MARVIN Pearson was recently elected the new president of the Essequibo/Pomeroon Football Association (EPFA) when the body hosted its Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Arabian Atlantic Hotel, located in Henrietta on the Essequibo Coast. Pearson replaces Magzene Stewart, who is now secretary. The full Executive Committee is as follows: President (Marvin Pearson), First vice-president…
…, set to kick off September 18 By Clifton Ross PETRA Organisation yesterday launched its 3rd edition GUYOIL/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League set to kick off September 18 and end November 6. At GUYOIL’s Green Office, Providence Terminal, East Bank Demerara, members of the soccer fraternity, organisers and National Sports Commission (NSC) Assistant Director…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy Coach Terrence Poole, MS, is banking on his boxers to come good this weekend when the Guyana Boxing Association stages the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Boxing Championship at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. The Guyanese will be joined by counterparts from Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas and St. Lucia, as…
USAIN Bolt has become the latest sportsperson to attempt to trademark a logo of his signature victory celebration pose. The eight-time Olympic champion has submitted an application to the US Patent and Trademark Office for an image that depicts the iconic ‘Lightning Bolt’ move in which he leans back with one arm bent and the…
The Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) and its partner Tradewind Tankers on Tuesday renewed its sponsorship of the Petra Organisation’s Under-18 Schools Football League, now in its third year. A sponsorship package of $4.8 million was handed over to the Petra Organisation for the eight-team tournament, which kicks off on September 18 and runs until November…
Two gold medals, one silver for Guyana’s doubles squash teams GUYANA have copped two gold medals and one silver thus far at the ongoing Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Senior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, compliments of their doubles teams. The pair of Nyron Joseph and Jason-Ray Khalil won gold by defeating Barbadians Khamal Cumberbatch and…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy President of the Guyana Boxing Association, Steve Ninvalle, has highlighted the strong structures and detailed plan of development as the cornerstone of the sport in Guyana. After the COVID-19 restrictions brought the sport to a halt for almost two years, Guyana was able to put together a team of 17 boxers…
Young Guyanese boxers challenged to perform well ahead of tournament By Clifton Ross COACHES, along with the technical staff of the Guyana Youth boxing team, yesterday challenged the young pugilists to give good account of themselves come this weekend when they square off against their Caribbean opponents. Yesterday’s mini interaction held at the La France…
A total of 26 new COVID-19 cases were recorded within a 24hrs period after 261 tests were conducted. With these new infections, the overall number of cases increased to 70, 841. The new cases were recorded in Region One (one case), Region Two (three cases), Region Four (13 cases), Region Seven (two cases), Region Nine…
