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Guyana-Born Boxer of Yesteryear Calvin Garraway passes away in England – 24th May 2013

Ministry of Culture Youth and Sports says everything is ready for Sunday’s half marathon race. The race starts at Paradise on the East Coast of Demerara and ends at Carifesta Avenue. Several international runners are expected for the race. Vice president of the Amateur Athletics Association of Guyana Gavin hope said that they are happy to partner with the Ministry to run off the race which is expected to be ...

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Guinness Greatness Of The Streets Championships to get underway – 23rd May 2013

It will be a ding-down battle between some eight teams in the Guinness Greatness Of The Streets National Championships starting on Friday. The prize, well the winner in addition to being 400 thousand dollars richer, will go on to represent Guyana at the regional championships billed for St. Vincent and the Grenadines in June. The action is at the Bank DIH parking lot and the first and second rounds are expe ...

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Clubs wrap up preparations to compete in the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association Championships – 22nd May 2013

Various clubs are wrapping up their preparations to compete in the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association’s Independence Long course championships at the National Aquatic Centre at Lilliendaal. Over 4 days beginning on Thursday the swimmers will look to make or better their personal best times. The championships will be the first of two National Championships the other coming later in the year and will take pl ...

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Guyana Cycling Federation President pleads with cyclists to play by the rules at Annual Independence 3-stage race – 17th May 2013

The President of the Guyana Cycling Federation has begged Cyclists taking part in the Annual Independence 3-stage race to play by the rules and have a clean race. She was speaking to some of the cyclists who gathered at the Ministry of Culture in Main Street in preparation for departure to Springlands for tomorrow‘s start. Over 75 riders including 14 from the Caribbean and The US are expected to face the st ...

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Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ competition to get underway – 16th May 2013

In just over a week’s time, the Nationwide playoffs in the Guinness Greatest of the Streets competition will get cracking with 8 games set for the Banks Parking Lot. The opening game at 7:30 in the evening brings Silver Bullets and Hard Core together and at 8, Leopold Street takes on Victoria Church Yard. Organizer Troy Mendonca said that they recognized the need to have a good system in place to get the te ...

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Andrew ‘Six head’ Lewis responds to the call out by Sakina Mullings of Jamaica – 14th May 2013

In boxing Guyana's first world champion Andrew 'Six head' Lewis has responded to the call out by Sakina Mullings of Jamaica. Mullings called out the former champ who hasn’t fought in 5 years after he had just defeated Howard Eastman for the WBC Cabofe Middleweight title at the Princess Hotelin April. 'Six head' this afternoon, said, he is already in the Gym  preparing  to step into the ring with the Jamaica ...

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Choo Wee Nam out sprints younger rivals to win 11-card Cycling race – 13th May 2013

Paul Choo Wee Nam rolled back the years to out-sprint several of his much younger rivals to win the feature event in the 11 card cycling race at the National Park on Saturday. He was followed by seasoned campaigners, Stephen Fernandes and Junior Niles. John Charles came in fourth and Alex Mendes and Warren McKay rounded out the top six. Choo Wee Nam also copped 2 of the sprint prizes, Fernandes 3, Jude Bent ...

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Caribbean Premier League to boost Guyana’s Tourism and Hospitality sector – 10th May 2013

The Caribbean Premier League that is scheduled for June to August, will provide significant benefits for Guyana, especially in the Tourism and Hospitality sector. Six franchise teams will contest the inaugural 20/20 league, which is sponsored by VERUS International. Guyana has been named as one of the Host venues for the franchise venues. Tourism Minister, Irfaan Ali said that his Ministry is looking forwar ...

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