GCB, NSC send condolences to Richmond family
… Richmond’s death a great loss to the sport – GCBTHE Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the National Sports Commission (NSC) yesterday expressed shock over the death of cricket official Daniel Richmond, calling it a great loss to the sport.Richmond, who was employed as a Cricket Coach at the NSC, was described as someone that was a “truly dedicated and humble servant of the people who toiled tirelessly with young teachers and students imparting to them the skills of cricket”.The GCB said Richmond left an indelible mark in the sport, stating in a release that he had given loyal service to the game of cricket and had conducted numerous coaching sessions for the Board under the Primary and Secondary Schools coaching education programme with special emphasis in the Mahaica/Mahaicony locations.“As it relates to umpiring, he had assisted in the mentorship and empowerment of potential umpires and scorers. His contribution to the coaching education programme has been highly appreciated and has impacted the youths positively especially at the Kiddy cricket level. Mr Richmond served for many years as a coach with the National Sports Commission,” a release from the GCB stated.Meanwhile the NSC said Richmond will be fondly remembered, especially in the Mahaica/Mahaicony region among Physical Education teachers and students from his many coaching clinics.“The grassroots programme of the NSC benefited tremendously from his years of experience. A disciplined and courteous Daniel Richmond will be missed by the team of the NSC. May his soul rest in eternal peace,” the NSC said in a statement.Richmond, who hailed from Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, met his death following an accident last Sunday involving a minibus and a Toyota Tacoma at the junction of D’Urban and Smyth Streets in Georgetown.
After four days of competition, the men’s swim and dive team came away with a sixth place finish at the NCAA championships. Record-breaking times and standout performances from new swimmers headlined the event as the Trojans returned to a top 10 finishing spot.The week started with a bang for the Trojans after junior Dylan Carter led his 800y freestyle relay to a school-best time on Wednesday. Carter’s individual leg of the race clocked in at 1:30.95 minutes, finishing as the third-fastest 200y time in NCAA history.Sophomore Patrick Mulcare, junior Santo Condorelli and senior Reed Malone kept pace to notch a 6:10.97 minute time, blanking the former school record of 6:11.64 minutes. The former record took first in the NCAA championships in 2015 and the new record earned the team a fifth place to start the championships.The Trojans finished the day in seventh place behind Carter’s relay. The team trailed behind Stanford’s 105 points with a 75-point finish to the day after suffering a disqualification in the preliminaries of the 200y freestyle relay.Carter also finished seventh in the 50y freestyle with a time of 19.08 seconds, just a fingertip behind the personal record time of 19.04 seconds that he notched in the preliminaries. Although that time didn’t count in the finals, it moved Carter to the place of the second-fastest Trojan to swim the event.Also on Thursday, junior Ralf Tribuntsov and Condorelli tied for 19th place in the 50y freestyle preliminaries with a time of 19.35 seconds. The time was a personal record finish for Tribuntsov.The three sprinters then teamed up with sophomore Carsten Vissering to take home fourth in the 400y relay, notching new school time of 3:02.20 seconds to completely erase the previous record by 2.31 seconds. Tribuntsov spearheaded the relay by breaking his previous record set in 2015 with a spring of 44.76 seconds. Condorelli closed with a 41.40-second sprint to bring the Trojans the top-five finish. The performance was necessary for a team struggling to recover from the previous disqualification.“We could have rolled over and pouted about the relay [disqualification] this morning to start the session, but the guys stepped up, put it behind them and had a good morning session,” head coach Dave Salo said. “They then came back with outstanding results in the 50 free and 400 medley relay.”Thursday also provided solid finishes for Trojans in the B finals. Sophomore Patrick Mulcare broke the school’s record in the 200y IM with a personal record finish of 1:44 minutes. Later, freshman diver Henry Fusaro took 12th on the 1-meter with a score of 334.20.On Friday, the Trojans battled to overcome their previous disqualification to climb upwards in the ranking. The team finished the day remaining in seventh with 142.5 points, clawing closer to Stanford.Carter tied for second in the 200y freestyle with a finish of 1:31.16 seconds, finishing only 0.52 seconds behind Townley Haas, who holds the American record in the event. His time came just shy of the record-breaking performance that he posted on Wednesday.In the 100y breaststroke, Vissering broke his former school record with a 51.40 second finish, becoming the first Trojan All-American in the event since 2013. The time put him in third place in the event to qualify for the final.Tribuntsov also qualified for a final, becoming the first Trojan to make it to the last round of the 100y backstroke three straight times since the 1970s. He finished in fifth with a time of 45.13 seconds.Junior diver Dashiell Enos also earned his first NCAA points on Friday, finishing in 11th on the 3-meter event with a final score of 425.85 points. Freshman Henry Fusaro finished behind him in 14th with a finish of 374.90 points.On Saturday night, the Trojans made a huge final surge to move up into sixth place with 237 points. It was the team’s third top-six finish in the past five years, and left the team wondering what might have happened if the 200y freestyle relay had not been disqualified.Mulcare started the night with the fifth-fastest 200y backstroke finish in the NCAA, coming in third place with a time of 1:37.80 minutes. It was the fourth time that Mulcare broke the school record in this race in the last month alone.In the fastest NCAA 100y freestyle event of all time, Carter and Condorelli finished within 0.01 seconds of each other to take fourth and fifth in the event. Carter finished in 41.76 seconds and Condorelli finished in 41.77. The event was won by Florida’s Caleb Dressel, who claimed the race in an American record-breaking time of 40 seconds. Carter and Condorelli are now the second and third fastest Trojans ever in 100y freestyle.The championships were a standout weekend for Carter, who finished as a six-time All-American despite having never qualified for an NCAA A final before. It was a result that left both the team and the coaches proud.“The guys just kept feeding off of each other’s performances and turned in one of our best efforts ever,” Salo said. “I can’t describe how proud we are of this team. We fought back every swim, every session, to crawl back into the rankings. I think overall we had one of the best meets from top to bottom.”The Trojans finished the night off with a third place finish in the 400y freestyle relay as Condorelli, Tribuntsov, Carter and Malone notched a time of 2:47.33 seconds, barely 0.27 seconds off the previous school record. The race was the last performance in the pool for Malone, the team’s three-time co-captain who capped off his career as a seven-time All-American.“Our performance this weekend was the manifestation of the camaraderie this team has shared for the entire season,” Malone said. “Through adversity, our confidence in each other never wavered, and it paid off with great individual performances and an even better team performance. Our goal is always to try to make our teammates back home and alumni proud, and [I] hope we did that this weekend.”
Head Coach of Ghana’s Black Queens, Mercy Tagoe has described CAF’s decision to cancel the Women’s Africa Cup of Nation as disappointing.The competition was expected to come off in November and December this year but CAF had yet to find a host after Congo pulled out of hosting the tournament in July last year.Despite her disappointment, Tagoe believes the decision was taken in a bid to protect the health of players and the football fraternity at large.“It is very disappointing, but you can’t blame anybody, apparently everybody is trying to find a way to protect him or herself from the Coronavirus,” Tagoe said in an interview.“So I believe that CAF AND FIFA is also doing same by trying to protect the football fraternity, if not the country, the member associations, they are trying to protect them from contracting the Coronavirus.”Nigeria’s Super Falcons are the defending champions of the competition after defeating South Africa in the last edition which Ghana hosted in 2018.The Women’s Africa Cup Of Nations is expected to make a come back in 2022.
But Randle’s debut in his hometown did not go as planned before 19 friends and family members, including his mother, Carolyn Kyles. Randle posted six points on 2-of-9 shooting, five fouls and four turnovers.“I don’t care where we’re at. If we don’t get the win, it’s upsetting,” Randle said. “I don’t think I was aggressive attacking the basket.”Still, Randle learned one valuable lesson in moments like these at Prestonwood Christian Academy. “It kept me grounded,” Randle said. “I never let the hype get to me,” Ranking the greatsLakers coach Byron Scott holds Bryant in high regards. But Scott still considers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the best Laker ever, while viewing Magic Johnson and Bryant equally. “That hook shot was unstoppable and hasn’t been duplicated,” Scott said of Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. “He wasn’t the flashiest guy in the world. But boy, did he get it done for a long period of time.” “He looks good,” Bryant said of Matthews. “When we saw him in L.A., he was very, very happy with the way he was moving and seemed really comfortable. That’s a tough thing to go through.”Bryant returned from his Achilles injury in eight months, only to need season-ending surgery on his left knee six games into the 2013-14 season. Bryant then played 35 games in the 2014-15 campaign before tearing the rotator cuff in his right shoulder. “He’s one of those guys who on any given night can turn back the clock. But Father Time is undefeated,” the 29-year-old Matthews said. “It’s sad to see to see him go through as many injuries as he has.” Homecoming kingFrom the time he was in sixth grade growing up in Plano, Texas, Lakers forward Julius Randle attended countless Mavericks home games when they hosted the Lakers. DALLAS >> The instantaneous feedback seemed reassuring. Lakers guard Kobe Bryant contacted Dallas guard Wesley Matthews shortly after rupturing his left Achilles tendon last March, the same injury the 37-year-old Bryant suffered nearly 2 1/2 years ago.But instead of offering countless tips on defying Mother Nature, Bryant preached something that does not usually describe the Lakers’ star. “Patience,” Matthews said in an interview with Los Angeles News Group. “It’s amazing to hear that from somebody like him, who obviously has the drive and work ethic that most people don’t.”Even before the former Trail Blazer healed his injury, the Mavericks signed Matthews to a four-year deal worth $80 million. Matthews made good on Dallas’ investment by returning for opening night. Though Matthews posted only eight points on 2-of-11 shooting in the Lakers’ 90-82 loss to the Mavericks on Friday at American Airlines Center, he entered the game averaging 10.9 points per contest.
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Whether he signs for the Mariners appears still up in the air, but the brace bolstered his case after a difficult first-half where he missed chances and appeared to struggle with the pace and movement of the game.“They’ve seen me in training, they’ve seen what I’m capable of and so, they need to analyse and say, ‘Is he good enough for this club?’ and they will tell me that,” Bolt told reporters after the game.“I just did what I had to do and that’s as far as I can go.”Recently installed coach Mike Mulvey said he was focused on the first game of the season for the Mariners, who finished bottom of the table last season, but heaped praised on the eight-time Olympic champion for his goals.“You’ve got to be so happy for the guy, haven’t you?” Mulvey told reporters.Bolt appeared to appeal for game time, saying he would improve as he gained more understanding of his teammates and what they wanted.He has previously tried out with clubs in Germany, South Africa and Norway to no avail.The Mariners have been giving him one-on-one sessions on top of the squad’s training in a bid to turn him into A-League material for when the season starts a week from now.The Mariners will face Brisbane Roar, the club Mulvey was sacked from in 2014, in their first game next Sunday.Share on: WhatsApp Sydney, Australia | AFP | Sprint legend Usain Bolt made his case for becoming a professional footballer Friday when he scored his first goals after starting up front in a pre-season game for Australia’s Central Coast Mariners.The 100 metres world record-holder, who has been bidding for a professional contract since he retired last year, recovered from a painful kick in the groin to grab a double against Macarthur South West United in Sydney.Bolt, 32, finished with his left foot after some slack marking on 55 minutes, celebrating with his trademark ‘Lightning Bolt’ pose in front of more than 5,000 fans — a rare turnout for a pre-season game.The Jamaican, wearing number 95 on his shirt in a nod to his 100m world record time of 9.58secs, then capitalised on a defensive mix-up to score his second on 69 minutes before being substituted six minutes later with the score at 4-0.It was the first game Bolt has started since joining the A-League club in August for an indefinite trial.“I’m just happy that I got a chance and I’m proud of myself,” Bolt told host broadcaster Fox Sports after the game.“It was a big deal… first start and scoring two goals. It was a good feeling. This is what I worked towards. I try to get better and I am on the way to doing that.”Bolt said he had a “lot more to learn” and was keen to join the Mariners on a professional contract.“I’m keen, that’s why I’m here to play my best and to try and get into the team,” he added.The superstar, a massive Manchester United fan, was handed a chance to train with the A-League side for an indefinite period in order to pursue his boyhood dream of becoming a professional footballer.
However, Aubameyang was not even included on the substitutes bench as Emery made eight changes from the side that started Saturday’s 1-1 draw at home to Wolves.Vitoria came closest to scoring in the first half when Pepe smashed a long-range shot off the underside of the bar.Arsenal had barely created anything of note but seemed set to get out of jail when Mustafi nodded home Nicolas Pepe’s free-kick to give the visitors the lead.“Everyone wants to show a lot and give everything but sometimes when you are overly motivated, it’s difficult to play your game,” said Mustafi, who has been restricted to appearances in the Europa League and League Cup this season.“We just need to play our game, stay calm and then in the final third try to be a bit more intelligent and efficient in our passing.”Going behind summoned a response from the hosts who threw caution to the wind in the closing stages and were rewarded in the first minute of injury time.Former Tottenham winger Marcus Edwards was the creator as Arsenal failed to clear his cross before Duarte hooked home the loose ball with a bicycle kick.kca/mwShare on: WhatsApp Guimaraes, Portugal | AFP | Arsenal’s faltering form continued as a much-changed side limped towards the last 32 of the Europa League with a 1-1 draw at Vitoria Guimaraes on Wednesday.Shkodran Mustafi’s header 10 minutes from time looked set to hand the Gunners a barely deserved three points and maintain their 100 percent record in Group F.But Vitoria secured their first point in the group thanks to Bruno Duarte’s acrobatic stoppage-time equaliser.Arsenal remain well placed to reach the knockout stages as they top the group with 10 points from their first four games.However, another underwhelming performance and result will do little to ease the mounting pressure on manager Unai Emery.“In this competition our objective is to be first in the group. We are going to play the next two matches to make sure we’re in that position,” said a defiant Emery.The Spaniard has been heavily criticised for a run of two wins in nine Premier League games, leaving them six points outside the top four, and Emery prioritised Saturday’s vital trip to Leicester with his starting line-up.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was named as Arsenal’s new captain on Tuesday after Granit Xhaka was stripped of that responsibility for his angry outburst towards the club’s fans when being substituted against Crystal Palace 10 days ago.
Healthy defencemen on the Nelson Leafs are getting to be as extinct as honest politicians in Ottawa.The Leafs lost two more rearguards during the weekend, increasing the number of injured defencemen to four — and five if you include Walker Sidoni resting comfortably in sickbay earlier this season.Team captain Tyler Parfeniuk and rookie Julian Davis, who just decided to make Nelson his winter home, both were lost during Saturday’s 6-3 loss to the Kelowna Chiefs.Leaf head coach Frank Maida said both players are on the injury list with lower body injuries. Maida did not give an estimated time of arrival.Blake Arcuri and Riley Henderson are the other two defenceman out of the lineup.Leafs pull off second deal for Chiefs’ SpringThe sudden departure of healthy defenceman forced the Leaf coaching staff to pull off a cash deal for Eric Spring of the Kelowna Chiefs. This is the second time in five months the Chiefs have traded to the Nelson Leafs. During the summer, then coach and GM Chris Shaw traded Adam Wheeldon to the Chief for Branden Redschlag.In 13 games this season Spring scored three times while adding two assists.Dawson tallies for Junior markerMaida was pleased with the performance of Nelson/Kaslo Midget Rep winger Colton Dawson during the three-game road swing into the Okanagan Conference.Dawson scored his first ever Junior Hockey goal Friday against the Princeton Posse. He was also the game’s third star.Unlucky in hockeyIf the Leafs didn’t have back luck the team would have no luck at all.Friday, despite holding a wide margin in shots, Nelson ran into a hot goalie in the form of Phoenix Logan-Hill. Logan-Hill stopped 37 of 39 shots the Leafs fired.Saturday, a player who scored two times in five games lights the Leafs up for a four-spot in a 6-3 loss.Nelson snapped its five-game winless streak Sunday in Osoyoos with a 4-3 win over the Coyotes. Finally a home gameNelson concludes six-game road trip Thursday in FernieNelson travels to Fernie Thursday to meet the Ghostriders. Saturday, the Leafs play for the first time in weeks at home as winless Grand Forks Border Bruins come to town. Game time is 7 p.m. at the NDCC Arena.sports@thenelsondaily.com
The Kumuls looked to be tight-knit and were in good spirits during their training sessions throughout the week, frequently sharing jokes and laughter.After Tuesday’s session in the afternoon heat, players took turns at standing up in front of their team mates and told a brief story about an amusing incident on camp so far. “(It’s about) not thinking too much on the game itself. Come Sunday, you just want to go out there and enjoy the football,” Marum said.The Kumuls are unbeaten in their three pool games so far and the coach expects the intensity to lift against an experienced English side.”We did well to win our World Cup games at home, but we had home crowd support. I expect real football down here. We expect a tough challenge against the English side. They have experience all over the park, and all their players are from Super League and the NRL,” he said. “We’re just going to do our best for our country.”Marum says he’s focused his preparations on ironing out some defensive issues that crept into PNG’s game at times.”We understand the last three matches, we only gave away three tries and they came from kicks. They (England) are big, mobile, play a bit of football, but if we make sure we defend well against them and make sure they don’t get to offloads then we will be in for better chance.”The coach also spoke about how the PNG Hunters’ success has flowed throughout the team. Many of the Kumuls played during the year in their Queensland Cup premiership.”The Hunters program they’ve put in place has really helped this side,” he said. “Those players are playing week in, week out in the competition – it’s really good experience for them. Together with the NRL boys and the Super League players coming in, it’s certainly helped the side.”We seem to have a good mix, they enjoy each other’s company.”
The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is calling on the Government and people of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to support its efforts to end the ongoing unrest with which it has been plagued over the past months.Speaking on Monday at a press conference at the Venezuelan Embassy in Georgetown, Venezuelan Ambassador to Guyana, Her Excellency Ambassador Reina Diaz, pointed out that President Nicholas Maduro has made clear his intention to rid his country of the ongoing protest in a peaceful and democratic manner.The Ambassador declared that this unrest has been caused by “radical sectors of the political opposition” who have a clear objective to “overthrow the legitimate and constitutional” Government of Venezuela and reverse the social achievements of the Venezuelan people.She noted that at the international level, Guyana can support the actions taken by the Venezuelan Government to resolve the situation in that country; and in this regard, Venezuela has already seen support from the region, including CARICOM governments and CILAC.President Maduro had earlier this month signed a decree to convene a new Constituent Assembly which would comprise of some 500 constituents — mainly working class members who will be tasked with developing a new constitution; that is, reshaping the current legislative body as well as redefining the President’s executive powers.The Maduro Administration claims this move is aimed at restoring in the country the peace which was disrupted by the Opposition’s “so-called peaceful” protests, occasioned by the deadlock between the President and the opposition-controlled Parliament.The Venezuelan Government, which has of recent come under pressure to address the growing unrest in the country, has cited Articles 347, 348 and 349 of the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in support of its move. The country’s constitution, reformed in 1999, includes provisions for the Executive to convoke a Constituent Assembly.According to Article 347, the original constituent power rests with the Venezuelan people, and this power can be exercised by calling a National Constituent Assembly for the purpose of transforming the State, creating a new judicial order, and drawing up a new Constitution.The subsequent Article provide various options to invoke the National Constituent Assembly; that is, by the President, with the Council of Ministers; by a decision of two-thirds of the Members of the National Assembly; the Municipal Council members by vote of two-thirds of its members; and by 15 per cent of the voters registered in the civil and electoral register.According to Ambassador Diaz, the move to convene a Constituent Assembly allows for the people of the country to sit and debate on the country’s situation with intention to establish formulas to encourage national dialogue.“I think that the call that President Maduro has done through the Constituent Assembly shows how democratic President Maduro is; because the call to the National Assembly is a mechanism that allows the dialogue between the parties (to be) a dialogue in peace, a dialogue in democracy, and a dialogue where the people have the last word,” the Venezuelan Diplomat stated.Venezuela Ambassador to Guyana Reina Diaz along with embassy official Luis Dias at Monday’s press conferenceWhile President Maduro is now ready to transfer power into the hands of the Venezuelan citizenry, the move has been rejected by the Opposition. But the Ambassador noted that while the Opposition had stated that such a move is not necessary, its members had pushed for a Constituent Assembly back in 2014 and 2015.The Venezuelan Diplomat has also taken a swing at media corporations, accusing them of portraying a false picture of what the reality is in that country. She claimed that these corporations have failed to report on attacks carried out on citizens and law enforcement by the Opposition parties’ supporters.“The Opposition, funded by foreign aid and with media support, have created a matrix of hatred, persecution and aggression towards Government officials and to all those who sympathise with the Bolivarian thinking… Large media corporations tried to make people believe that there are violent protests all over the country, when in fact most of the manifestations have mainly occurred in three states,” Ambassador Diaz explained, adding that there are 24 states in the country.Venezuela has been embroiled in deep economic and political turmoil since last year; and over the past four weeks, there have been almost daily protests by those who blame President Maduro for the dire state of the country’s economy. Protesters are calling on him to resign.It has been reported that nearly 30 persons have been killed in protest-related violence since the beginning of April.The requests made of the Guyana Government by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela come in spite of its border controversy with Guyana; in which, back in 2015, it has claimed more than half of Guyana’s territorial waters off the Essequibo Coast, and has steadfastly maintained that it does not recognise the 1899 Tribunal Award that settled its border dispute with Guyana.