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DCB/SVC/Precision Inc Inter-Association T/20 By Michaelangelo Jacobus The round-robin phase of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/SVS/Precision Inc.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr. says  that the disciplines of boxing and cycling are to be added to the National Sports Academy over the course of the next 12-24 months.

(ESPN) West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite is “quite clear” on the XI he will take into the first Test against Australia next week, which will include at least three debutants, and praised his largely inexperienced team with making good use of their warm-up match in Adelaide.

Kyle Kuzma poured in a game-high 29 points to help lead the visiting Washington Wizards to a 127-99 win over the Atlanta Hawks yesteday.

GQEBERHA, South Africa, CMC – Former West Indies captain Nicholas Pooran blasted a breathtaking half-century as Durban Super Giants beat Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 35 runs in the SA20 here yesterday.

The Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) season is underway and the second of many scheduled developmental meets will run off today at the National Track and Field Centre (NTFC) at Edinburgh on the West Coast of Demerara.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein made an instant impact, snatching two wickets in a stingy spell as Melbourne Renegades won only their second game in nine outings with a six-wicket victory over local rivals Melbourne Stars here yesterday.

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa,  CMC – West Indian umpires Nigel Duguid and Patrick Gustard have been named to stand in the opening round of the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup which gets underway here next Friday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) announced on Thursday  that they have hired Deanna Weekes as the league’s new tourism partner manager to strengthen their drive to develop sports tourism across the Caribbean.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Olympic 100 and 200 metres gold medallist Usain Bolt enjoyed an uncanny level of speed behind the wheel of the world record-breaking Genbeta electric race car ahead of the first race of the Formula E season in Mexico City.

(ESPN) Rohit Sharma’s T20I return with the bat was unspectacular; both Virat Kohli (personal reasons) and Yashasvi Jaiswal (groin injury) were unavailable for the Mohali T20I, but India still eased past Afghanistan.

(Field Level Media) Jaylen Brown scored a game-high 32 points and Jayson Tatum finished with 27 to help the Boston Celtics defeat the visiting Houston Rockets 145-113 last night.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus With a place in the upcoming season of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Elite League (Season Six) at stake, 9th place finishers in the last season, Victoria Kings Football Club will be fighting tooth and nail to stay up in the top tier of Guyana’s club football. 

As Guyana gears up to host five group stage matches and semi-final one of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup in June, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB)/SVC/Precision Service Centre Inc. T20 Tournament will dive into the business end of things this weekend with the final set of round-robin matches scheduled for today while the semi-finals will be played tomorrow.

Action in the West Demerara Cricket Association’s (WDCA) Jits & Neelam 40-over competition will continue tomorrow  with three scheduled matches.

(ESPN) In a frenzied, fun game at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a raucous weekend crowd, New Zealand beat Pakistan by 46 runs to pour cold water over Shaheen Afridi’s coronation as T20I captain.

(Reuters) – Hosts South Africa have stripped skipper David Teeger of the captaincy for the Under-19 Cricket World Cup amid fears he could be a target for anti-war protesters, but he will remain part of the squad, officials confirmed yesterday.

(Reuters) – Ishan Kishan and Mohammed Shami have been left out of India’s squad for the first two tests against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said yesterday.

(CMC) ADELAIDE, Australia—Makeshift opener Joshua Da Silva hit a half-century and shared an unbroken, half-century stand with Kavem Hodge to steady West Indies after the bowlers gave them a tidy lead against the Cricket Australia XI in their three-day practice match on Thursday.