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Women’s Football Cup   Guyana Defence Force (GDF) A and Guyana Police Force (GPF) recorded lopsided wins when the ‘Maid Marian Wheat Up’ Women’s Football Championship commenced today at the Parade Ground.

KEEN 360 50-Over Championship   Goed Fortuin and Windsor Forest recorded upset victories when the West Demerara Cricket Associa-tion sanctioned KEEN 360 50-Over Championship continued.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced it will stage a meeting with its full member shareholders on December 6th to vote on implementing governance reforms recommended by the Wehby Report.

(Global Super League) – The fourth match of the Guyana Global Super League (GSL) took pace under blue skies and bright sunshine in Providence, Guyana, as the Lahore Qalandars take on the Hampshire Hawks and run out eventual winners by four runs. 

(Reuters) – England comfortably chased down their 104 victory target on the fourth day of the first test against New Zealand to claim a convincing eight-wicket victory and take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

– Noel, Springer take junior crowns Overseas-based sprinters and Jasmine Abrams were crowned the 2023 sportsman and sportswoman of the year as the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) dominated the honours when the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport/National Sports Commission held its annual awards ceremony on Thursday night at Castellani House.

(Global Super League) The third match of the Global Super League saw another close encounter between home favourites Guyana Amazon Warriors and Victoria with the Australian side coming out on top by four wickets and with four balls remaining.

(Reuters) – Harry Brook scored a brilliant century to drag England right back into the first test in Christchurch yesterday, driving the tourists to within 29 runs of New Zealand’s tally of 348 on 319 for five at the end of day two.

(Field Level Media) Jalen Brunson scored 11 of his game-high 31 points over the final five minutes yesterday afternoon for the visiting New York Knicks, who came back to edge the Charlotte Hornets 99-98 in NBA Cup Group A action.

MVP Sports U11 Girls Pee Wee As the MVP Sports U11 Girls Pee Wee football competition heads to a climax, defending champions Marian Academy will be looking to book a spot in the final when they face Potaro Primary (Region 7) today.

DURBAN, South Africa,  (Reuters) – South Africa were five wickets from victory as Sri Lanka finished the third day of the first test on 103-5 in their second innings after being set a 516-run target yesterday.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – McLaren’s Lando Norris took pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix sprint yesterday with Mercedes’ George Russell denying the Formula One leaders a front row lockout by pushing Oscar Piastri down to third.

Sprinters Emmanuel Archibald and Jasmine Abrams were crowned the 2023 sportsman and sportswoman of the year as the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) dominated the honours when the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport/National Sports Commission held its annual awards ceremony last night at Castellani House.

Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Old Fort, Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), and Queen’s Park registered contrasting divisional victories when the Diamond Mineral Water International Hockey Festival continued last evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

– event concluded in June The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is once again indebted to its clubs as it’s yet to remunerate the prizes to the top four finishers in the Women’s Division One League, which concluded in June.

(Reuters) – World number two and five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for banned substance trimetazidine (TMZ), the International Tennis Integrity Agency said yesterday.

In an effort to aid in the staging of the Maid Marian Wheat Up Women’s Cup, Guyana Beverages Incorporated (GBI) has partnered with the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) to serve as the hydration partner via its Fruta and Oasis Water brands.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka were dismissed for their lowest test total of 42 after South Africa’s Marco Jansen produced bowling heroics to help the hosts take a firm grip on the first test by opening a 281-run lead by the close of play on the second day.

Three Guyanese in the form of Vice-Captain Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, and Ashmini Munisar have been elected for the West Indies women’s impending tour of India, according to a press statement from Cricket West Indies.

Agatash squeaked past AK Galaxy 2-1 when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued at the community centre ground on Wednesday evening.