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LONDON,  (Reuters) – The Olympic door for Russian track and field athletes remains firmly shut, Sebastian Coe said yesterday, but he also offered them a glimmer of hope by acknowledging “the world changes” and highlighting a working group that is monitoring the situation.

Twenty-five, that is the number of national records that were broken when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) staged its National Senior Championships on Sunday at the St Stanislaus College auditorium.

Fazim Abdool, Romeo Hunter, Saif Abdool, and Nangita Seenarine were among the standout performers when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) staged its flagship National Senior Championships yesterday at the St.

DC Ballers, Minerals, and Platinum were among the teams to seal elimination berths when the group stage in the ‘One Guyana’ Beach Football Championship concluded on Saturday evening at the PPP office in Mackenzie, Linden.

As long-standing Berbice Cricket Board stalwart Hilbert Foster officially stepped back from cricket administration duties yesterday after six years, a new leader emerged in Dr.

Guyana defeated Suriname 77-62 in a senior men’s international basketball friendly on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The Lady Jaguars once again incurred defeat to Suriname in the final match of the return leg of their four-game U17 international series, losing 1-2 yesterday at the Dr.

Five-0 and Stabroek Ballers will compete in the final of the ‘East Bank versus the Rest’ street-ball championship following semi-final upset victories on Saturday evening at the Mocha Arcadia tarmac.

Powered by half centuries from openers Raymond Perez and Shemroy Barrington, the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Panthers mauled the Upper Demerara Cricket Association (UDCA) Scorpions to win by 39 runs yesterday at the Lusignan Cricket Ground when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) T20 Blast resumed.

West Demerara powerhouse Slingerz got their Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League Playoff off to a perfect start, crushing Dominators 6-0 at the Anna Regina ground in Essequibo.

The Golden Jags U17 outfit went down to hosts Suriname yesterday in the final match of their two-game international series at the Dr.

(Reuters) – Spinner Nathan Lyon joined the illustrious 500-wicket club yesterday, picking up 2-14 on a seam-friendly Perth Stadium surface to help Australia bowl Pakistan out for a paltry 89 and cruise to a 360-run victory on day four of the first Test.

(Reuters) – India’s seamers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan helped skittle South Africa out for 116 before Sai Sudharsan scored an unbeaten 55 on debut as India romped to an eight-wicket victory in the first One-Day International at The Wanderers yesterday.

Clarendon College of Jamaica and VM04 of Suriname sealed their respective semi-final berths when the KFC Goodwill U18 Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – England kept their five-match Twenty20 series in the West Indies alive after winning the third game by seven wickets with a ball to spare thanks to Phil Salt’s unbeaten 109 in a mammoth run chase in St George’s, Grenada, yesterday.

The National Open Chess Championship playoff between Candidate Master (CM) Taffin Khan (2005) and Loris Nathoo (1703) will be staged on Wednesday at the Ocean Spray International Hotel, Kitty, from 17:30 hrs.

The Lady Jaguars U17 outfit got off to the worst possible start in the return leg of their four-game U17 international series, losing to hosts Suriname 0-1 yesterday at the Dr.

St. Benedict College and St. Ignatius recorded comfortable wins as the group campaign in the KFC Goodwill U18 Football Championship concluded yesterday at the Queen’s College ground, Thomas Lands.

The Golden Jags U17 unit suffered a crushing defeat to Suriname yesterday in the opening match of their two-game international series at the Dr.

DC Ballers, Minerals, and Goal is Money secured berths to the knockout round when the ‘One Guyana’ King and Queen Beach Championship continued on Friday evening at the PPP office compound in Mackenzie, Linden.