President Ali commits to support for Golden Jaguars

The local arm of Guyana’s senior men’s national football team, the Golden Jaguars, on Tuesday interacted with President Dr Irfaan Ali during a breakfast, hosted at State House, Main Street.
It was reported that during the event, the Head of State articulated his Government’s intention “to help develop the sport in Guyana and promised to work with the national side to enhance their abilities”.
President Ali highlighted his willingness to support training camps and pledged to make other resources available.
“We will be building a new wave of energy and support around you,” President Ali stated.

Executives of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), players and technical staff of the team attended the breakfast, including Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz and Assistant Wayne Dover. In addition, Sport Minister Charles Ramson Jr; Director of Sport (DoS) Steve Ninvalle, Assistant DoS Franklin Wilson and National Sports Commission (NSC) Chair Kashif Muhammad were also in attendance.
The Golden Jaguars have a packed and challenging international schedule ahead of them, having been promoted to League A of the CONCACAF Nations League and with FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifying for the CONCACAF region scheduled to commence in June 2024.
For the World Cup qualifiers, the Senior Men’s team were recently drawn in Group D, which also features Panama, Nicaragua, Monserrat, and Belize.
The national team recently tasted success in the CONCACAF Nations League, playing five games unbeaten against the likes of Puerto Rico, Antigua and Barbuda, and The Bahamas.