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Buxton Stars and Mahaica Determinators stormed into the quarterfinal round when the East Coast Demerara Sweet 16 Football Championship continued at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

Guyana won a total of eight medals at the recently concluded Caribbean Easter Badminton Championship in Suriname.

GCB T10 Blast As the GCB T10 Blast continued yesterday at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground, the Essequibo Anacondas wrapped up the Demerara Hawks while the Berbice Caimans snapped up victory over their county brethren, the Berbice Piranhas.

(Reuters) – England fast bowler Jofra Archer has been named in a 15-man provisional squad for the ICC T20 World Cup after recovering from a long-standing elbow injury.

(Reuters) – India have included wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant in their 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States in June, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) announced yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies Women grabbed an unbeatable 3-0 lead in their Twenty20 Internationals series against hosts Pakistan Women after another Player-of-the-Match performance from their captain Hayley Matthews spurred them to a dramatic two-run win yesterday.

GCB T10 Blast tournament… -Demerara Pitbulls crush Berbice Caimans  By Michaelangelo Jacobus Action in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast continued yesterday with a double-header at the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) ground, Thomas Lands.

After winning the Guyana edition of the inaugural Caribbean Airlines T10 Village Cricket on Sunday, Demerara will jet out to the twin island republic of Trinidad and Tobago to represent the country at the final of the competition.

In continuing its drive to bring chess to persons with disabilities, the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Special Needs Committee in an unprecedented initiative, hosted a training session catering to teachers and students from eight Special Education Needs schools. 

It shouldn’t be a herculean task to select the West  Indies   T20 World Cup  cricket squad given it’s encouraging performances against top level competition in recent times.

As Guyana’s senior National Men’s Team, the Golden Jaguars, prepare to embark on their FIFA Men’s World Cup Qualifying campaign in June, it has been revealed that Guyana’s home fixture against Belize, slated for June 11, will in fact be played in Barbados.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica and West Indies batsman John Campbell is set to make a return to competitive action in August this year after a reduction in his suspension for a world anti-doping code violation.

(Field Level Media) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams scored 24 points each, Gilgeous-Alexander added 10 rebounds and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder completed first-round playoff sweep of the New Orleans Pelicans with a 97-89 victory yesterday.

KIRTIPUR, Nepal,  CMC – Gudakesh Motie’s brilliant all-round effort fired West Indies-A to a ten-run victory over Nepal in the second Twenty20 of the five-match series here Sunday.

(Field Level Media) Derrick White scored 38 points on 15-for-26 shooting, including 8-for-15 success from 3-point range, and the Boston Celtics cruised to a 102-88 win over the host Miami Heat last night.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews snatched three wickets and smashed her 11th Twenty20 International as West Indies Women stormed to a seven-wicket win over Pakistan Women in the second T20I here Sunday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Organisers of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup announced yesterday that match tickets can be bought from box offices this week in the host territories in the Caribbean.

(Reuters) – Boxing great Mike Tyson and YouTuber-turned-prizefighter Jake Paul’s July 20 bout in Arlington will be a sanctioned, professional fight that will count on both men’s records, the fight promoter said on Monday.

(Reuters) – Virat Kohli brushed aside criticism of his strike rate with a sublime half-century in the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Sunday as the former Indian captain continued his good form ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup in June.

Milo Secondary Schools Football Chase Academy was crowned the Milo Secondary Schools football champion for a record-extending fourth time as they defeated Waramuri of Region #1 by a 3-1 score in the final yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.