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Japan’s tragedy: Caribbean consequences

Mar 20, 2011 knews Features / Columnists, Ronald Sanders Comments Off on Japan’s tragedy: Caribbean consequences

By Sir Ronald Sanders The devastating earthquake and Tsunami in Japan will have mixed effects on the Caribbean. Even as the region – like the rest of the world – looks at Japan with the greatest...

Milerock win return game against Intermoengatope

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Milerock win return game against Intermoengatope

Milerock Football Club of Linden did as they said they would and won the return leg of their Caribbean Football Union Club Champions Cup yesterday at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium in Suriname, beating...

Rain delay kick off again

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rain delay kick off again

Persistent overnight and early morning rains has further delayed the start of the inaugural Len’s Craft Optical/Sunburst Orange Juice Under-15 League which was scheduled to kick off yesterday...

Mayor’s Cup football set to continue today and tomorrow

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Mayor’s Cup football set to continue today and tomorrow

Action in the Mayor’s Cup football championship is set to continue today and tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda, with double headers. Exciting match-ups have been set for...

Banks DIH & Buddies Gym to the rescue of GAPF

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Banks DIH & Buddies Gym to the rescue of GAPF

Guyana to field a 5-member team to Caribbean C/ships Beverage Giants Banks DIH, a committed supporter of sports and its development at every level, has once a again proven that undying commitment by...

Logistics worked in Leonora’s favour

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Logistics worked in Leonora’s favour

By Edison Jefford As would any spectacular phenomena in sports, Guyana’s first Synthetic Track and Field Facility created quite a stir among local enthusiasts and the media. The debates went back...

“ICC CWC 2011 – One-Day 50-over cricket – Coming back from the dead!”

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on “ICC CWC 2011 – One-Day 50-over cricket – Coming back from the dead!”

Colin E. H. Croft Hey, my 58th birthday was March 15 – ‘Ides of March’. I can only hope for as great a 59th year as my last. I feel almost “un-deadable!” Unlike Gaius Julius Caesar who was...

Ram wins another term in office

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Ram wins another term in office

Incumbent President Christopher Ram was elected unopposed when the Guyana Tennis Association held its Annual General Meeting recently. In a release from the Body, apart from Ram two more members were...

Turkey bound female boxers heighten preparation

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Turkey bound female boxers heighten preparation

The two amateur boxers set to participate in the World Junior and Youth Boxing Championship and Camp in Turkey, Carol Ann Bess and Alika London, are heightening preparations at the Forgotten Youth...

Leading word formers confirmed for Phagwah Open

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Leading word formers confirmed for Phagwah Open

The country’s leading word formers will spring into action for the 2011 season when the Guyana Association of Scrabble Players host its annual Phagwah Open Competition tomorrow at the Malteenoes...

Inclement weather interrupts BVA programme

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Inclement weather interrupts BVA programme

The inclement weather has put paid to the plans the Berbice Volleyball Association (BVA) had of staging their DDL sponsored Diamond Mineral Water one day open Beach Volleyball competition which was...

Rain curtails play in the fourth weekend of play in GT&T 10/10 cricket

Mar 20, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Rain curtails play in the fourth weekend of play in GT&T 10/10 cricket

Rain ruined some matches in this round of matches but some areas were able to see some exciting play as the communities converge on the venues in action of the GT&T 10/10 cricket competition. On...

BSW Regupol signs contract to lay synthetic track

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on BSW Regupol signs contract to lay synthetic track

– Project duration: 18 mths, cost: $93,000,000 By Edison Jefford Germany-based BSW Regupol yesterday signed a $93,000,000 contract for Phase II of the first Synthetic Track and Field Facility...

Carib Food Distributors Inc, New Margarita’s sponsor DCB U-15 cricket

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Carib Food Distributors Inc, New Margarita’s sponsor DCB U-15 cricket

Carib Food Distributors Inc and New Margarita’s Gift Shop officially backed the Demerara Cricket Board Under-15 Competition when their respective representatives handed over sponsorship cheques...

Bishoo fulfils dad’s dying wish

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Bishoo fulfils dad’s dying wish

Chennai, India – When Devendra Bishoo stepped onto the field for Thursday’s match against England it was the realisation of a dream for the young leg-spinner. It was Bishoo’s first...

Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition rescheduled

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Berbice Schools Table Tennis competition rescheduled

The Berbice schools Table Tennis two-day competition, which was slated for Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March at the Berbice High School auditorium, has been rescheduled to Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 April...

Corbin (96) misses ton, Mclean hits unbeaten 51

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Corbin (96) misses ton, Mclean hits unbeaten 51

Guyana reach 11-1 in reply to CCC’s 251 By Sean Devers in Barbados In association with Digicel, Queensway & Leisure Inn An accomplished 96 from 20-year-old Barbadian Kyle Corbin and a late...

Teams preparing for GFF 4-team KO

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Teams preparing for GFF 4-team KO

Two days of explosive duels anticipated The top four teams emerging from the Guyana Football Federation National Super League two-round league will face off in a knock-out competition as was promised...

The RCMTC&SF and KMTC have back to back race meets this month

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on The RCMTC&SF and KMTC have back to back race meets this month

By Samuel Whyte With the horseracing season well and thoroughly on the way, two of the leading Turf clubs in Guyana will hold back to back horserace meets at their respective tracks during this...

L’Aventure into both finals

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on L’Aventure into both finals

Both L’Aventure Boys and Girls teams made it to the finals of this year’s Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport (MCYS) / National Sports Commission (NSC) / Al Sport & Tour Promotions...

Net-Rockers FC AGM set for tomorrow

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Net-Rockers FC AGM set for tomorrow

Net-Rockers Football Club will host its Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 18:00hrs tomorrow at the Wisburg Secondary School Auditorium, Wisroc, Linden. High on the agenda will be the elections of...

Weightlifting to take-off after GAWA officials attend Pan American forum

Mar 19, 2011 knews Sports Comments Off on Weightlifting to take-off after GAWA officials attend Pan American forum

By Michael Benjamin Local weightlifters would soon benefit from international assistance from their parent body following the attendance of President of the Guyana Amateur Weightlifting Association...

U.S. policing its national interests in the Middle East

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on U.S. policing its national interests in the Middle East

Dear Editor, The U.S. has about 1,000 military bases in over 130 countries, a large number of which house dictatorial governments. These bases enable the U.S. to be the global police person, and to...

Defending Sharief Khan

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on Defending Sharief Khan

Dear Editor, I write in response to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s unjustified attack on the late Mr. Sharief Khan calling the distinguished veteran journalist, among other names, “a deep-seated racist”...

The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Mar 19, 2011 knews Letters Comments Off on The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC)

Dear Editor, The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) coordinates the Caribbean’s response to climate change. Officially opened in August 2005, the Centre is the key node for...

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Twelve matches set for kickoff as MVP Sports/Smalta Girls U11...

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Twelve matches will get under way today as the 10th edition of the MVP Sports/Smalta Girls Under-11 Football Championship kicks off at the Ministry of Education ground. The...

The great Spanish invasion that never was

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – There is apparently a great Spanish invasion taking place in Guyana. At least, that is what some people would have us believe. If you listen to certain alarmists, you would think that one morning Guyanese will wake up to discover that the entire country has changed its national...

A Divided World: A Commonwealth Opportunity

Nov 01, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – When Commonwealth leaders gather in Antigua and Barbuda from 1st to 4th November, they should address a question that reaches beyond their association: how can countries of different size, wealth and outlook sustain cooperation in a world increasingly...

Scott Colom triumphs in the Mississippi Delta

Nov 14, 2026

(Kaieteur News) – Whatever else it is, may have deteriorated to, America is still exceptional. There is senator-elect Scott Colom. A Black man now a senator from a state that showed a horrified world that disfigured side of America: James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner...

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