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Nadina Taharally and Roger Rogers will represent Guyana next week at the World Masters Classic Open Powerlifting Championships.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women’s head coach Shane Deitz was generally satisfied with the way his side played in their opening match on the Tour of Australia.

Christopher Henry of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) last night electrified the crowd at the National Gymnasium when he stopped Shawn Rodney of the Guyana Police Force Gym as the Guyana Boxing Association’s Andrew `Sixhead’ Lewis (GBA) National Novices championships boxed off last night.

The Masters football fraternity under the name Guyana Football Association of Masters (GUYFAM ) held an over 55s one day festival last Sunday at the GFC ground where the Linden Masters triumphed over the two other competing teams.

(Reuters) – Mysterious gnome statues appeared this week in the surroundings of the Pedro Bidegain stadium in the run-up to Saturday’s derby between San Lorenzo and Huracan in the Argentine Professional League Cup.

(Reuters) – Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will fight in Saudi Arabia for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world at a date to be decided, organisers said yesterday after contracts were signed.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former cricket executive Chris Dehring said his native Jamaica missed a huge opportunity to promote itself when the decision was taken to skip bidding to stage matches in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup next year in the Caribbean and the United States.

LONDON, CMC – Long-serving West Indies pacer Kemar Roach heaped praise on the player management system of Surrey after the English county club were confirmed Division 1 first-class champions for the second year running.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson made an encouraging half-century on his return from injury, while Pakistan counterpart Babar Azam provided glimpses of his current form in a warm-up match ahead the 50-overs World Cup in Hyderabad yesterday.

(Reuters) – Jamaican women’s national soccer team coach Lorne Donaldson will not renew his contract with the team, the country’s football federation said yesterday.

GT Kanaimas, Region #10, and Siparuta recorded contrasting wins in the female and male divisions, respectively, when the Amerindian Heritage Games Football Championship continued last evening at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Carifesta Avenue.

All systems are in place for the staging of the 2023 iteration of the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis National Novice Boxing Championship tonight, following the official weigh-in procedures yesterday by the Guyana Boxing Association at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in partnership with the National Milling Company (NAMILCO), officially launched the 2023 edition of the Thunderbolt Flour Power Under-17 League on Wednesday at the latter’s Agricola headquarters.

Rivers View and Mil Ballers recorded hard-fought wins when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the Community Center ground.

(Reuters) – Marnus Labuschagne broke into Australia’s 15-member squad for the 50-over World Cup in India at the last possible moment yesterday on the back of his strong recent form while injured opener Travis Head was also included.

Cougars defeated Hopetown Rangers 3-2 on Wednesday evening in the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League at the Rosignol Community Centre ground.

(Reuters) – Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named in India’s 15-man squad for the World Cup on home soil after initially failing to make the cut, coming in as a replacement for the injured Axar Patel.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has won three out of the four Grand Slams in 2023 and has no plans of slowing down at 36, but the world number one believes the future of tennis is in good hands with young gun Carlos Alcaraz leading the way.

Hard-fought wins highlighted the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League as the Eagles and Crane overcame the challenges of Uprising and Wales, respectively, at the Tuschen ground.

(CMC) –  West Indies Women failed to ease concerns about their batting but still managed to complete a morale-boosting, four-wicket win against New South Wales Women in a Twenty20 practice match on their tour of Australia yesterday.