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The quality of competition on the local horse racing scene is expected to improve drastically following the addition of Trinidad Derby Stakes winner Soca Harmony.

Eastveldt edged Vengy by a 1-0 score-line when the Georgetown Football Association Pre-Season Championship continued at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

Shiloh Asregado, Ryan Rahaman, Safirah Sumner, and Demetri Lowe tallied victories when the 2024 Bounty Farm Mash Handicap Squash Championship commenced on Monday evening at the Georgetown Club facility on Camp Street.

For the second time in less than a year, Ronsford Beaton, the Guyana Harpy Eagles fast bowler has been reported for a ‘suspect’ bowling action.

 Deputy Commissioner ‘Operation’ Ravindradat Budhram; Deputy Superintendent Ronald Ali; Sports Development Officer Colin Boyce along with stakeholders visited the Police Sports Club Ground yesterday morning to inspect the cricket pitch ahead of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, which will be hosted in the West Indies and USA during the period June 1-29th, 2024.

(ICC) After 23 days and 41 matches, it was Hugh Weibgen’s Australia who got their hands on the coveted ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup 2024 trophy, beating five-time champions India in the final in Benoni.

PERTH, Australia, , CMC – West Indies could again have their hands full with Jake Fraser-McGurk, after the 21-year-old was included for his Twenty20 International debut in today’s final game here.

QUEENS, New York,  CMC – Guyanese trainer Naipaul Chatterpaul notched a single winner on Sunday’s nine-race card at Aqueduct when his six-year-old chestnut gelding Centavo produced a solid score in the US$55 000 race four.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – Patrick Mahomes threw a touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman in overtime to give the Kansas City Chiefs a 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers in a ‘Sin City’ Super Bowl thriller on Sunday, cementing their status as an NFL dynasty.

(Reuters) – The San Francisco 49ers woke up yesterday still stinging from a Super Bowl loss and facing criticism given that some of their players admitted they were not aware of playoff overtime rules that allowed for both teams to possess the ball.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Nathan Edward has been named in the International Cricket Council’s team-of-the-tournament for the just concluded Under-19 World Cup here.

All-rounder Omesh Danram wreaked havoc on Sunday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground with his medium-pace bowling, grabbing 5/22 and snaring a hat-trick in the process as the Muslim Youth Organization (MYO) bundled out GNIC for a paltry 62 in 16.1 overs before chasing the total down with 9 wickets to spare to win in dominant fashion.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – Patrick Mahomes threw a touchdown pass to Mecole Hardman in overtime to give the Kansas City Chiefs a 25-22 win over the San Francisco 49ers in a ‘Sin City’ Super Bowl thriller yesterday, cementing their status as an NFL dynasty.

(CMC) – West Indies suffered a battering from Glenn Maxwell’s sublime record-equalling hundred to plummet to a 34-run defeat in the second Twenty20 International and hand Australia a winning 2-0 lead in the three-match series yesterday.

(ESPN Cricinfo) A fearsome four-pronged pace attack, spearheaded by the thunderous Callum Vidler and Mahli Beardman, who had Anrich Nortje transfixed to the action, led Australia to Under-19 World Cup glory in Benoni.

(Reuters) – Sebastien Haller scored the winning goal nine minutes from the end as hosts Ivory Coast claimed a third Africa Cup of Nations title with a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in the final at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Abidjan yesterday.

Windsor Forest, McGill, and Cornelia Ida (CI) recorded lopsided wins when the ‘Jits and Neelam’ 40-over Cricket Championship continued on Sunday.

United We Stand cyclist Briton John, coincidentally defending champion of the Beacon 40-Mile Road Race, stormed to victory yesterday morning to retain his title, as he was followed in a 2-6 formation by teammates Aaron Newton, youngster Alexander Leung, Evolution’s Christopher Griffith, Segun Hubbard, and Andre ‘Padlock’ Green.

Berbice defeated Essequibo by four wickets in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Senior Women’s Super50 Inter-County Championship at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Ground yesterday.

(Reuters) – Kenya’s marathon world record holder Kelvin Kiptum and his coach were killed in a traffic accident in the Rift Valley yesterday, cutting short the promising career of the only man to have run the endurance classic in less than two hours and one minute.