Guyana

  TILAK Varma has been named India A’s captain for the upcoming ACC Rising Stars Asia Cup tournament. Tilak will lead a strong Indian contingent to feature in the tournament that begins on November 19 in Doha. The world’s No.1 T20I batter, Abhishek Sharma, young sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and prolific runscorer in IPL, Prabhsimran Singh,

MUKESH Kumar bagged a five-fer, and Mohammed Siraj returned four wickets, but handy lower order contributions by New Zealand A batters allowed the hosts to post 424 and take a 78-run first-innings lead. Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan helped India A whittled that deficit by 32 runs before Stumps and took the game to the

SANTOS and Western Tigers Football Clubs on Sunday cruise to comfortable wins in the latest round of matches in the Guyana Football Federation Elite League played at the National Training Centre at Providence. Santos came up against Monedderlust in their contest. Ezekiel Frank-David and Candel Hazel scored in the 7th and 20th minutes after the

THERE have been nearly 8.4 million requests for tickets for the group stage match between India and Pakistan at next year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The 2027 edition of the tournament is being co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. The rivals face each other on October 10, at Johannesburg’s Wanderers stadium, which holds

By Frederick Halley A REARGUARD eighth-wicket stand of 138 between Namdram Samlall (67) and Rudolph Baker (63 not out) failed to earn Regal Legends a come from behind victory over Fisherman in Sunday’s final of the Legends Over-50 category when the third edition of the Vice-president T20 Softball Cup, organised by the Georgetown Softball Cricket

  JUST after Kimi Antonelli clinched his first title to become the youngest world champion in Formula 1 history, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen were united in their assessment of the 20-year-old’s achievement. “Incredible,” they both said. Coming from the two most successful champions on the current grid, the men who are first and third

  FIFA says “key documents” relating to president Gianni Infantino’s failed plan to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors will be made available to members of its council. Last month, Uefa gave football’s world governing body until 2 November to release details about the hugely controversial Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE) proposal,

  LUKA Doncic scored 45 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Austin Reaves added 19 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers finished off a 131-125 victory over the visiting Toronto Raptors on Sunday. Walker Kessler scored 16 points with 15 rebounds and three blocked shots, while Collin Sexton added 14 points as the Lakers bounced back

NEW Zealand has been dealt a double-blow ahead of the five-match ODI series against India, with Mark Chapman and Rachin Ravindra ruled out as they continue to rehabilitate from their respective injuries. The duo were sidelined by injuries that kept them out of the T20I leg, which New Zealand lost 3-2 and have failed to

  AUSTRALIA’S star pace trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will not feature in the upcoming white-ball series against England. The veteran seamers played all three Tests in the recent 2-1 series defeat by South Africa and have been rested for the three-match ODI series that starts in Perth on November 13.

…$1M bail revoked Twenty-two-year-old Deandrell Semple will remain behind bars pending sentencing for the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Jared Jagnandan. This comes after a jury on Friday found him guilty of manslaughter, prompting the High Court in Demerara to revoke his $1 million bail. Semple, of Kingelly Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB), was remanded […]

Minister of Home Affairs, Oneidge Walrond, has assured that there will be accountability “wherever the evidence leads”, following the death of 32-year-old labourer, Gavin Douglas while in police custody at the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station on Saturday. In a video statement issued on Sunday evening, Walrond stressed that any death involving a person in […]

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Sase Gunraj is serving as Deputy Chief of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission (CEOM) deployed to Grenada ahead of that country’s November 5 General Elections. The 11-member mission was deployed following an invitation from the Government of Grenada to the CARICOM Secretariat, […]

… says world can’t afford to take decades to understand importance of our biodiversity The world needs come up with a mechanism to value and pay countries to protect and conserve their biodiversity resources far quicker than it did for the forest, according to Senior Minister with responsibility for Finance Dr Ashni Singh. He made The post Nature […]

…as Health Minister outlines Govt’s vison for modern health care system From artificial intelligence (AI) and precision medicine to advanced HIV treatment and the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, the future of healthcare in Guyana dominated discussions as the 19th Guyana Medical Research Conference (GMRC) brought together healthcare […]