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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.

Monedderlust and Cougars secured their semi-final berths in the East Coast Mash Football Cup following quarter-final victories on Saturday evening at the No.

Colts squeaked past Kobras in game three of the Jaguars conference semi-final, while the Ravens downed Kwakwani in game one of the Harpy Eagles conference final when the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball League continued on Saturday evening.

Carlos Petterson-Griffith finished in a commendable seventh of 12 at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championship in England, with his foremost achievement of the event being the brief holder of the 93kg class squat world record.