Sports

The Olympic Solidarity Archery Coaching Course, which falls under the auspice of the Guyana Olympic Association and Olympic Solidarity, officially commenced on Tuesday at the National Racquet Centre in Woolford Avenue.

The inaugural ‘Georgetown versus the Rest’ Street-ball championship will kick off on January 23rd at the Back Circle Tarmac in East Ruimveldt.

The Guyana Harpy Eagles four-day trial match faced yet another day of abandonment as heavy rainfall on Wednesday night and yesterday morning saw the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Ground inundated.

The 2024 edition of the East Coast Mash Cup Football Championship will commence on February 2nd at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

(Reuters) – Travis Head smashed a rapid 119 and Josh Hazlewood blew away the West Indies top order to put Australia on course for a comprehensive victory on day two of the opening test at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.

(ESPN) At press time Australia were 254 for 7, a lead of 66 over the West Indies with Travis Head unbeaten on 118 and captain Pat Cummins on 10.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Finn Allen blasted 137 off 62 balls, the highest score by a New Zealand batsman in a T20 International, to secure his team’s series-clinching 45-run victory against Pakistan in the third match in Dunedin yesterday.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled a 34,000-seat modular stadium in New York yesterday to stage eight matches of this year’s T20 World Cup and the sport’s governing body hopes the facility will help it crack the lucrative sports market in the United States.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic fought off another feisty challenge to reach the third round of the Australian Open yesterday after women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka made more serene progress and Ons Jabeur crashed out at the hands of a schoolgirl.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Barbados Pride and West Indies all-rounder Raymon Reifer has been cleared to resume bowling slower balls and cutters after his action was found to be legal following an assessment in England.

(Field Level Media) Jayson Tatum tossed in a team-high 24 points and the short-handed Boston Celtics made 18 of their 38 3-point attempts en route to a 117-98 victory over the visiting San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night.

(Field Level Media) Gary Trent Jr. scored 28 points, including knocking down eight 3-pointers, to lead the Toronto Raptors past the visiting Miami Heat 121-97 last night.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus If you’re Guyanese and you love cricket, chances are four years ago you would not know who Shamar Joseph was, but now, he’s all everyone, seasonal and diehard fans alike are talking about.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – India overcame Afghanistan in a second Super Over in a heart-stopping T20 International to complete a 3-0 series sweep on a night of high drama yesterday.

PAARL, South Africa,  CMC – West Indies left-arm pacer Obed McCoy outperformed West Indies all-rounder Romario Shepherd and helped Paarl Royals to seven-wicket win against Joburg Super Kings in the SA20 yesterday.

Torrential rainfall over the course of Tuesday night and yesterday morning forced officials to abandon the second day of the Guyana Harpy Eagles practice match between Matthew Nandu’s XI and Antony Adams’ XI on Wednesday at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground on the West Coast of Demerara.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Newcomer Shamar Joseph may be forgiven for thinking that the sport’s longest format is easy after he propped up West Indies with bat and ball against hosts and world champions Australia in the first Test on Wednesday.

(Field Level Media) Georges Niang scored a career-high 33 points off the bench and Donovan Mitchell added 31 to fuel the host Cleveland Cavaliers to a 135-95 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Former Spanish tennis star Arantxa Sanchez Vicario has been given a suspended jail term for fraud, a court in Barcelona said yesterday.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – Steve Smith’s first outing as a test opener did not go according to plan but Australia still looked in control of the series opener against West Indies after bowling out the visitors for 188 at Adelaide Oval today.