Officials at the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) were forced to call off the first scheduled practice match between Matthew Nandu’s XI and Antony Adams’ XI after torrential rainfall on Tuesday night left the venue, the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) Ground at Bourda under water.
(Reuters) – Dorival Junior, a Copa Libertadores and Brazilian Cup winner as manager of Flamengo, has been named as Brazil coach, the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) said yesterday.
ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – All-rounder Justin Greaves says being positive was the key to his crucial century stand with Kavem Hodge on the opening day of West Indies’ three-day game against Cricket Australia.
(Field Level Media) The Memphis Grizzlies signed two-way player Vince Williams Jr.
(Reuters) – This year’s Kentucky Derby will be the richest in history as the purse for the first jewel of U.S.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo will swim in the River Seine ahead of this year’s Summer Olympics, she said yesterday.
(Field Level Media) Victor Wembanyama recorded the second-fastest triple-double in NBA history and the San Antonio Spurs rolled past the host Detroit Pistons 130-108 on Wednesday night.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – One of Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff look most likely to add to their Grand Slam collection at this year’s Australian Open but a clutch of returning champion mums spearheaded by Naomi Osaka could make things interesting.
KATHMANDU, (Reuters) – A court in Nepal sentenced the country’s highest-profile cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane to eight years in jail yesterday after he was convicted of raping an 18-year-old woman.
(ESPN) West Indies’ batting frailties were exposed after stumbling against an inexperienced Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will bring his simmering rivalry with two young guns of the men’s game to the Australian Open where his hunt for a record-extending 11th title and 25th Grand Slam crown overall carries an air of inevitability despite an early loss in 2024.
(Reuters) – Steve Smith will take over from David Warner and open the batting alongside Usman Khawaja for Australia’s test team, selector George Bailey said yesterday ahead of a two-match series against West Indies later this month.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Following are the One-Day International and Twenty20 International squads announced yesterday for next month’s tour of Australia.
The first day of the Guyana Harpy Eagles practice match one was rained out yesterday without the toss being called or a single ball bowled as the heavens opened up to leave the players and fans in an anti-climax.
Action continued over the last weekend in the West Demerara Cricket Association’s (WDCA) Jits & Neelam 40-Over competition and saw Zeelugt, Zeeburg and Bellevue all racking up wins.
One of Guyana’s youngest hockey clubs, the Saints Hockey Club has been on a road of development mostly centred on teenagers and young adults since their launch in 2012.
Young athletes from the Upper Demerara and Wismar/Christianburg Secondary School athletics clubs will benefit from the donation of gear from a former athlete of the MacKenzie High School.
(Field Level Media) OG Anunoby scored 23 points as the New York Knicks took control early and extended their winning streak to a season-high five games with a wire-to-wire, 112-84 rout of the visiting Portland Trail Blazers last night.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Former Netherlands international Marc Overmars will not be allowed to hold any position in professional football for at least a year, due to his inappropriate behaviour towards women at Ajax Amsterdam, Dutch newspaper NRC reported yesterday.
DUBAI, (Reuters) – The pitch in Cape Town, where India beat South Africa inside five sessions of a test match last week, has incurred one demerit point after being rated “unsatisfactory”, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.
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