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The Golden Jags U17 outfit went down to hosts Suriname yesterday in the final match of their two-game international series at the Dr.

(Reuters) – Spinner Nathan Lyon joined the illustrious 500-wicket club yesterday, picking up 2-14 on a seam-friendly Perth Stadium surface to help Australia bowl Pakistan out for a paltry 89 and cruise to a 360-run victory on day four of the first Test.

(Reuters) – India’s seamers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan helped skittle South Africa out for 116 before Sai Sudharsan scored an unbeaten 55 on debut as India romped to an eight-wicket victory in the first One-Day International at The Wanderers yesterday.

Clarendon College of Jamaica and VM04 of Suriname sealed their respective semi-final berths when the KFC Goodwill U18 Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – England kept their five-match Twenty20 series in the West Indies alive after winning the third game by seven wickets with a ball to spare thanks to Phil Salt’s unbeaten 109 in a mammoth run chase in St George’s, Grenada, yesterday.

The National Open Chess Championship playoff between Candidate Master (CM) Taffin Khan (2005) and Loris Nathoo (1703) will be staged on Wednesday at the Ocean Spray International Hotel, Kitty, from 17:30 hrs.

The Lady Jaguars U17 outfit got off to the worst possible start in the return leg of their four-game U17 international series, losing to hosts Suriname 0-1 yesterday at the Dr.

St. Benedict College and St. Ignatius recorded comfortable wins as the group campaign in the KFC Goodwill U18 Football Championship concluded yesterday at the Queen’s College ground, Thomas Lands.

The Golden Jags U17 unit suffered a crushing defeat to Suriname yesterday in the opening match of their two-game international series at the Dr.

DC Ballers, Minerals, and Goal is Money secured berths to the knockout round when the ‘One Guyana’ King and Queen Beach Championship continued on Friday evening at the PPP office compound in Mackenzie, Linden.

(Reuters) – Australia’s bowlers shared the wickets around yesterday with Nathan Lyon having to wait a bit longer for his 500th after Pakistan folded for 271 in their first innings as the hosts took a 300-run lead on day three of the first test.

By Michaelangelo Jacobus The University of Guyana (UG) Trojans clinched their second Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary Knockout title when they defeated the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) last night at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

The third and final set of round robin matches of the KFC Goodwill Schools Football tournament kicks off today and will see perennial title challengers Chase’s Academic Foundation take on visitors and Jamaican powerhouse Clarendon College in the feature match of the day.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) will bring the curtains down on a banner year with its flagship National Senior Championships tomorrow at the Saint Stanislaus College auditorium.

Action in the Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) Inter-Association continued yesterday  with the Upper Demerara/Select XI team inflicting another heavy defeat on a hapless East Bank Demerara team courtesy of 4-fer from spinner Anek Haimnarine..

(Reuters) – Women’s World Cup winners Spain have moved to the top of the FIFA rankings for the first time, displacing Sweden from the number one spot, world soccer’s governing body said on Friday.

(Reuters) – New Zealand have added Ben Sears to their one-day international squad as cover for fellow pace bowler Kyle Jamieson ahead of the three-match series against Bangladesh, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The International Tennis Federation (ITF) named Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka as its ‘world champions’ of 2023 after their performances at this year’s Grand Slams.

(Reuters) – Hardik Pandya will replace Rohit Sharma as the captain of the Mumbai Indians in 2024, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise said on Friday after re-signing the all-rounder only last month.

(Reuters) – India’s Deepti Sharma was the thorn in England’s flesh yet again after the feisty spinner captured five wickets for seven runs in an extraordinary spell to bundle out the tourists for 136 in their one-off test match in Navi Mumbai yesterday.