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(Reuters) – The Canadian federal government announced yesterday the formation of an independent commission that will look into abuses within the national sport system but stopped short of the public inquiry many groups have demanded.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – West Indies and England will be the first two teams that will trial new regulations to increase the pace of play in their Twenty20 International series that opens tomorrow at Kensington Oval in Barbados.

(Reuters) – Three uncapped players have been included in England’s squad for the five-test series against India, which begins in January.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – England fast bowler Jofra Archer made a surprise appearance for his relegation-threatened alma mater, Foundation School in the Barbados Cricket Association’s Division 1 championship on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic turns 37 next year but the Serbian says his appetite for success will only increase with young challengers awakening the “beast” in him.

The defending champion, the University of Guyana (UG), trounced Mahaicony Technical Institute 77-35 when the Youth Basketball Guyana’s Tertiary Knockout Championship bounced off yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Cropper Primary was crowned the Future Warriors Tapeball Berbice Champions following an unbeaten campaign yesterday at the Port Mourant Community Centre ground.

Stabroek Ballers, Sparta Boss, Family, and Five O advanced to the elimination round when the ‘East Bank versus the Rest’ street-ball championship resumed on Saturday evening at the Mocha Arcadia tarmac.

St. Stanislaus College and St. Roses were among the teams to secure quarterfinal berths when the 2023 edition of the Titan Bowl Basketball Championship commenced yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

(CMC) – Former West Indies Test captain Jason Holder has raised doubt over his future in the longest format after declining a central contract from Cricket West Indies for the upcoming year.

(Reuters) – The first Twenty20 International between hosts South Africa and India has been washed out by rain in Durban, with no play possible yesterday in the first game of the three-match series.

Kenyan Alex Ekesa brought his talents back to the ‘Land of the Flying Fish’ and ran off with his third consecutive Run Barbados Marathon title yesterday.

Chinaman spinner Joshua Charles, along with pacers Emmanuel Lewis and Samuel Barkoye, contrived to bowl out West Demerara U-15 for 52 inside 17 overs to engineer a commanding win for the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), when the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Inter-Association U-15 Championship commenced yesterday.

(Reuters) – Cricket Australia will conduct a “thorough review” into yesterday’s abandoned Big Bash League (BBL) match in Geelong after the Melbourne Renegades-Perth Scorchers clash was called off with 6.5 overs bowled due to safety concerns about the pitch.

(Reuters) – Keacy Carty hit a half-century and Matthew Forde took three wickets as West Indies claimed a four-wicket win in the rain-affected third one-day international yesterday to clinch their first home ODI series victory over England since 1998.

For the first time in the tournament’s seven-year history, Marian Academy won the coveted MVP Sports Girls U11 Pee Wee Schools Football tournament, defeating St.

Incumbent Wayne Forde was re-elected to the helm of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF), defeating challenger and former federation boss Franklin Wilson 14-8 yesterday at the entity’s Extraordinary Congress at the National Training Centre, Providence.

By Michelangelo Jacobus The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Senior T20 Blast got underway yesterday at the revered GCC ground at Bourda as the East Coast Canje Pheasants and Georgetown Panthers recorded dissimilar victories.

Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) President Hilbert Foster has bemoaned the passing of West Indian great Joe Solomon, stating that the Berbice native served as an inspiration for generations of emerging cricketers, especially individuals emanating from the Ancient County.

LA Ballers, High Flyers, and MS Ballers recorded contrasting wins when the inaugural ‘One Guyana’ King and Queen Beach Football Championship commenced on Friday evening at the PPP office compound, Mackenzie, Linden.