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Darren Bravo back but Windies lose first warm-up to Australia

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Darren Bravo back but Windies lose first warm-up to Australia

CMC – CARDIFF, Wales – West Indies played well in patches but could not withstand an imperious century from opener Shane Watson, and slumped to a four-wicket defeat to Australia in...

Marian blowout GTI to win NSBF G/town Conference

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Marian blowout GTI to win NSBF G/town Conference

-Plaisance beat UG to clinch East Coast Marian Academy inflicted a sound beating on Government Technical Institute (GTI) yesterday in the Under-20 category on their home court to win the...

Anthony stresses decentralisation of table tennis

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Anthony stresses decentralisation of table tennis

– Britton carts off lion’s share of awards Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony, while speaking at the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) and National Sports Commission...

Truncated boxing team leaves for Roberto Balado/Cardova Cardin tournaments in Cuba

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Truncated boxing team leaves for Roberto Balado/Cardova Cardin tournaments in Cuba

Several weeks of intense training in the intricacies of boxing boiled down to naught for 5 members of the local boxing team that were scheduled to engage strong teams from several countries at...

MCYS / NSC / Al Sport Primary School Windball C/ships…Edinburgh, St. Therese, Betsy Ground, Massiah, all win titles

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on MCYS / NSC / Al Sport Primary School Windball C/ships…Edinburgh, St. Therese, Betsy Ground, Massiah, all win titles

A number of zones finals were completed when the Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) / National Sports Commission (NSC) / Al Sport & Tour Promotions Primary Schools Windball...

Hassan, Allie, Jeffrey score points for Guyana

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Hassan, Allie, Jeffrey score points for Guyana

Local motor racers Syed Hassan, Afraz Allie and Kevin Jeffrey kept the Guyana flag flying high after registering outstanding performances during the first leg of the Caribbean Motor Racing...

T&T beat Guyana in NACRA Rugby match

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on T&T beat Guyana in NACRA Rugby match

According to reports coming out of the Twin Island Republic, Trinidad and Tobago brushed aside the challenge of Guyana in the North America, Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) 15’s match...

$GSCL\Digimax softball set for today at Everest$

GSCL\Digimax softball set for today at Everest

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GSCL\Digimax softball set for today at Everest

The Georgetown Softball Cricket League (GSCL)\Digimax Twelve\12 competition will be played today at the Everest Cricket Club ground. Teams in the male open category will vie for the first...

“Come on, West Indies, make our days! Win the final Champions Trophy!!”

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on “Come on, West Indies, make our days! Win the final Champions Trophy!!”

Colin E. H. Croft West Indies can certainly win the final Champions Trophy ever, as International Cricket Council continues to engineering its schedules and competitions, to accommodate the...

Fitness Paradise Gym C/ships & Awards…Mixed Pairs Posing returns to the Bodybuilding Stage

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fitness Paradise Gym C/ships & Awards…Mixed Pairs Posing returns to the Bodybuilding Stage

The Fitness Paradise Gym Championships, slated for Sunday June 9 next at the Theatre Guild Playhouse, Kingston will see the welcome return of Mixed Pairs Posing to the local bodybuilding stage. This...

Brydens Super Classic…Old Fort, GCC treated spectators to spectacular duel

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Brydens Super Classic…Old Fort, GCC treated spectators to spectacular duel

Old Fort and GCC treated the spectators of the Brydens Super Classic Indoor Hockey Championships to a spectacular duel as the teams battled in the lone Kellogg’s Men’s first division match...

GAPF Intermediate & Claude Charles Memorial C/ships on today @ UG

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on GAPF Intermediate & Claude Charles Memorial C/ships on today @ UG

All roads lead this morning to the University of Guyana, George Walcott Lecture Theatre where the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will host its National Intermediate and...

Knockouts galore as National Intermediate Boxing Championships get underway

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Knockouts galore as National Intermediate Boxing Championships get underway

It was truly a night of unbridled fistic fury when the curtains went up on the National Intermediate Boxing Championships under the auspices of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) at...

Fudadin looking to make the most of A -team series

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Fudadin looking to make the most of A -team series

Left hander Assad Fudadin said he is looking forward to the West Indies A-team home series against Sri Lanka –A which is scheduled to start next Wednesday at Warner Park in St. Kitts....

Guyana’s performance at Regional Under-19 tournament in St. Kitts (1977)

Jun 02, 2013 KNews Sports Comments Off on Guyana’s performance at Regional Under-19 tournament in St. Kitts (1977)

Statistician Charwayne Walker, this week and in the coming weeks, looks at Guyana’s performance during Regional Under-19 cricket in the lead up to this year’s event. In a recent...

AFC demands Public Procurement Commission, revocation of radio licences

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on AFC demands Public Procurement Commission, revocation of radio licences

…at meeting with President on political deadlock One day after meeting with representatives of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) to stave off a brewing political crisis, President Donald...

Fire destroys popular N/A restaurant, house

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Fire destroys popular N/A restaurant, house

A massive fire at New Amsterdam early yesterday morning completely destroyed two buildings ,including the popular Jokwesan’s Creole Restaurant and Bakery at Lot 7 Charlotte Street. It is the...

Wedding proposal in court after assault charges dropped

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Wedding proposal in court after assault charges dropped

In what seemed like an episode from those happy ending novels, an East Coast Demerara man stunned the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court when he openly proposed to his reputed wife seconds after...

Questionable $3.6M TVG contract…National Assembly to hear details on Learning Channel

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Questionable $3.6M TVG contract…National Assembly to hear details on Learning Channel

The establishment of the country’s Learning Channel and a questionable multi-million dollar contract that was granted to broadcast its programmes, is being investigated by Parliamentary...

Drumming his way to success…Ivelaw James is a ‘Special Person’

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Drumming his way to success…Ivelaw James is a ‘Special Person’

“What we found is [that] as African people, we have this thing within us and once you fool around (with instruments) this ‘thing’ comes out.” By Leon Suseran Ivelaw ‘Brooks’...

Carl Anderson – Accomplished Photorealist

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Carl Anderson – Accomplished Photorealist

By Kiana Wilburg “Photorealism is the transferring of photographic material into paint information. Simply put, it is the drawing or painting of a photograph. When the drawing and...

Plum Park residents accuse cops of indiscriminate shooting

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Plum Park residents accuse cops of indiscriminate shooting

Police yesterday arrested four young men in Plum Park, Sophia, after saying that they were behaving in a suspicious manner. But relatives and residents are claiming otherwise, saying that the...

Police accused of withholding ‘Cobra’ reward money

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Police accused of withholding ‘Cobra’ reward money

“We cannot have an institution of the state reneging on its agreement with the people because there will be no further cooperation”- Mark Benschop. On September 1, 2010, notorious...

Minister urges contractors to produce better work

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Minister urges contractors to produce better work

Only contractors who produce quality work with adequate, proper and relevant equipment would be awarded contracts so as to have quality finish projects in a timely manner, says Juan...

Inclusion is a crucial factor in realising disability framework – UNICEF

Jun 02, 2013 KNews News Comments Off on Inclusion is a crucial factor in realising disability framework – UNICEF

Promoting inclusion and fairness for children with varying forms of disabilities is a crucial factor in plotting the way forward for a suitable disability framework. At least this is the deduction...

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India produce dominant 60-run win over West Indies to claim 2-1 T20I series victory in Mumbai

A question of timing and priorities

Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The advent of significant oil discoveries has catapulted Guyana into the global spotlight.... more