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• GSPN

  / 12 years ago

  ZIGGY’S TAKE OVER POKSAI

  [sixcol_five_last] By Regina Shiroma Though some teams did not have enough players, the show still must go on. A month into...

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• Football

  / 12 years ago

  EATON: GUAM TO MISSISSIPPI

  [sixcol_five_last] By Michael Cruz Former Guam youth and high football standout Matthew Eaton has picked up his first offer from the...

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• Baseball

  / 12 years ago

  RAIN DELAY CALLS OFF GAME

  [sixcol_five_last] By Robert Balajadia For the sixth time this season a Budweiser Baseball League game has been postponed. It rained heavy...

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• GSPN

  / 12 years ago

  THREE OFFICIALS NAMED TO FIFA COMMITTEES

  [sixcol_five_last] PRESS RELEASE – Guam continues to increase its presence with key posts in new FIFA committees as confirmed during the 2013 FIFA Congress held earlier this month in Mauritius. Richard Lai, president of Guam Football Association, was voted as the Asian Football Confederation representative in FIFA’s Audit and Compliance committee, which “has been established with the typical supervisory role of an audit committee and the additional responsibilities of a compliance program, as well as compensation and benefits,” the FIFA Web site states. The Audit and Compliance Committee is chaired by Italy’s Domenico Scala. South Africa’s Sindi Mabaso-Koyana is the committee’s deputy chairwoman. Lai joins CONMEBOL’s Romer Osuna from Bolivia, CAF’s Suketu Patel of Seychelles, OFC’s Rajesh Patel of Fiji, CONCACAF’s Canover Watson of the Cayman Islands and UEFA’s Allan Hansen of Denmark. In the AFC, Lai also is part of the Executive Committee and is the AFC Chairman of both the Finance and Futsal & Beach Soccer committees. Lai is part of the AFC Financial Assistance Program Committee and the 2015 Asian Cup Organizing Committee. In EAFF, Lai is part of the Executive Committee and is the Finance Committee Chairman. Locally, Lai is the GFA President and Chairman of the Men’s Committee. Also confirmed during the FIFA Congress was the division of the Ethics Committee into two chambers – the investigatory and adjudicatory chambers. Guam’s Chief Justice Robert Torres has been confirmed as a member of FIFA’s Ethics Committee’s investigatory chamber. The investigatory chamber is chaired by the United States’ Michael Garcia, with Switzerland’s Cornel Borbely as deputy chairman. Torres joins CONMEBOL’s Jorge Ivan Palacio of Colombia, CAF’s Ahmed Ould Abderrahmane of Mauritania, OFC’s Nik Davidson of New Zealand, CONCACAF’s Vanessa Allard of Trinidad and Tobago and UEFA’s Noel Le Graet of France. Torres also is part of the AFC Legal Committee. Guam Atty. F. Randall Cunliffe was confirmed as one of two AFC representatives in FIFA’s Appeal Committee, joining the United Arab Emirates’ Abdul Rahman Lootah. Other members include CAF’s Ahmad of Madagascar and Tourqui Salim of Comoros, CONCACAF’s Victor Garza of Mexico and Oliver Smith of Turks and Caicos Islands, CONMEBOL’s Laureano Gonzalez of Venezuela and Bolivia’s Edgar Pena, OFC’s Dan Kakaraya of Papua New Guinea and Samuel Ram of Fiji, and UEFA’s Leo Windtner of Austria and Faroe Islands’ Christian Andreasen. The committee is chaired by Larry Mussenden of Bermuda, with Argentina’s Fernando Mitjans as deputy chairman. Cunliffe also is the chairman of the AFC Appeals Committee.   [/sixcol_five_last]  

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• GSPN

  / 12 years ago

  OUTSIDE SPORTS: ‘THE CRANK’

  [sixcol_five_last] Saipan’s Frank ‘The Crank’ Camacho will be making his return to the PXC on Aug. 9 against Japan’s Koshi Matsumoto at...

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• GSPN

  / 12 years ago

  28TH MOST BEAUTIFUL RUN RESULTS

  [sixcol_five_last] Saturday, June 8, 2013 1 Epperson Charlie MSM 31.36 2 Blas Richard MO 33.56 3 Atkinson Amy FO 34.45 4...

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• Baseball

  / 12 years ago

  RANGERS MOVE TO FINALS SERIES

  [sixcol_five_last] By Patrick Lujan Undefeated teams either rise to the occasion or falter in the playoffs. The Talofofo Rangers stepped up...

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• GSPN

  / 12 years ago

  ATKINSON’S LEAVING THE ISLAND

  [sixcol_five_last] By Patrick Lujan The power of prayer is what brought the Atkinson Family to Guam in August 2002. Extended family...

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• Bowling

  / 12 years ago

  THE DUENAS AND MANIBUSAN SHOW

  [sixcol_five_last] PRESS RELEASE – It was the uncle and nephew show as Ricky Duenas and Brandon Manibusan shared the limelight for...

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• GSPN

  / 12 years ago

  HILAL HOST BEACH SOCCER COURSE

  [sixcol_five_last] PRESS RELEASE – One day, FIFA Beach Soccer Coaching instructor Talib Hilal would like to see Guam improve its beach soccer...

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