DEVELOPING infrastructure and more human resource development are just two of the key pillars of the 2025 allocation to the sport sector.
Senior Minister within the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance and Public Service Dr. Ashni Singh, in his budget presentation, announced an $8 Billion budget for the sector, the largest to date.
The minister continued by adding that the government seeks to develop more elite-level athletes and coaches, locally, with a view to getting to a greater level of efficiency and success globally.

“In 2025, we will develop an elite training programme for athletes and coaches, to improve the prospects for them, and to create a world-class team to participate at the Olympics 2028. We are working with several other sporting disciplines, basketball, football, table tennis, chess, working with

administrators in many of these sports. In basketball, for instance, we will be building tarmacs, and we will be working with coaches to roll out broad-based involvement in sports at the community and school levels,” he said.
The Government of Guyana, under the One Guyana banner, will continue to prioritise sport and youth development in the 2025 budget.

According to Dr. Singh, the budget will rapidly transform the sporting landscape through significant investment in sports infrastructure.

Last year, the government, through the Ministry of Sports, invited four track-and-field experts to identify talent for specialised training, which saw 23 athletes being named for further training.
Dr. Singh also articulated that they are set to complete or begin construction on several major infrastructural works in 2025.

“The brand new major international stadium at Palmyra is slated for completion in 2025, a new international stadium at Crane will commence construction, multi-sports stadium at Anna Regina Bayroc, Mackenzie, New Amsterdam and multi-purpose sports halls in Leonora, Lethem, Mabaruma, Mahdia and Mongrippa Hill, commencement of works on the construction of a Cricket Academy in Good Hope, upgrading of community grounds in the length and breadth of the country over 450 grounds,” Dr. Singh said.
He said that to further boost their efforts to encourage growth in sport, a sizable amount has been set aside for the installation of premium lights to allow after-hours usage of the renovated community grounds around the country.

“We have allocated $2 billion for community grounds, including $1 billion for the procurement and installation of lights, so that these grounds can be used after the sun has set, because, in many of these communities, there is tremendous demand for night cricket, night football, and night sports,” he added.

In 2024, $4.6 billion was allocated for the advancement of sports in Guyana, including $1 billion to continue upgrading grounds throughout the country.

$957 million has been allocated to continue construction of multi-purpose sports halls in Regions One (Barima-Waini), Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Potaro-Siparuni), and Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) as well as multi-purpose sports facilities in Regions Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), and Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice).