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(Reuters) – Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) membership of the International Cricket Council (ICC) has been suspended with immediate effect for government interference, the sport’s governing body said yesterday.

AHMEDABAD, (Reuters) – South Africa saw off a spirited fightback from Afghanistan to win by five wickets with 15 balls to spare in their final World Cup group game and consolidate second place in the standings.

Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) tournaments will be in full flow today with action continuing in the GCA Pepsi First Division 50-Overs tournament as well as the GCA NBS Second Division 40-Overs competition.

BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Paceman Lockie Ferguson said New Zealand would head into a likely World Cup semi-final against India charged with confidence after snapping a four-match losing streak against Sri Lanka in their last round-robin clash.

(Field Level Media) Joel Embiid had 33 points and 16 rebounds and the streaking Philadelphia 76ers won their opener in the NBA’s in-season tournament by powering past the slumping Detroit Pistons 114-106 on Friday night.

KOLKATA, (Reuters) – Dawid Malan will not be surprised if today’s match against Pakistan proves to be his last for England, who might opt for a 50-overs reset following their dismal World Cup title defence in India, the opening batter said on Friday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Cricket’s world organising body, the ICC announced yesterday that West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews was its Women’s Player-of-the-Month for October.

The annual Limacol Secondary Schools U18 Football League will resume tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, with four matches.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – On a rare rainy spring day in Santiago, a group of Cuban athletes toured a gym, one of their first public activities since they represented their country at the Panamerican Games – and then asked to stay in Chile.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s inconsistency cost them dear at the World Cup, coach Chris Silverwood said after his team suffered a seventh defeat in nine matches at the 50-overs tournament in India.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Australia will take a late call on Glenn Maxwell’s participation in their World Cup game against Bangladesh after the all-rounder batted through severe cramps to script an improbable win over Afghanistan, bowling coach Daniel Vettori said yesterday.

(Reuters) – New Zealand returned to winning ways at the World Cup following a four-match slump as they defeated Sri Lanka by five wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium yesterday, and all but secured their place in the semi-finals.

By Michelangelo Jacobus The highly decorated youth sprinter Tiana Springer, along with rising star Ezekiel Newton, will headline the Guyana athletics contingent to Paramaribo, Suriname, for the Inter-Guiana Games (IGG) from November 17–19.

The official launch of the MVP Sports Girls Pee Wee U11 Football Championship was officially launched yesterday at the entity’s Giftland Mall location in Turkey.

Eleven football players who were recipients of Guyana Football Federation (GFF) scholarships, are now certified excavator operators following the successful completion of a three week Machinery Corporation of Guyana (MACORP) training course.

Fresh off an unbeaten campaign in the recently concluded West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League, Slingerz FC coach Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard stated that the primary objective is to secure a berth in the Guyana Football Federation Elite League.

(CMC) – The irrepressible Leeward Islands Hurricanes made light work of Barbados Pride, crushing them by 155 runs in a lopsided semi-final yesterday to book their spot in tomorrow’s final of the Super50 Cup.

With the deadline for the submission of presidential candidates and their executive lists expiring at midnight last night, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary Ian Alves remained tight-lipped as to whether incumbent Wayne Forde or any other persons submitted their respective slates.

ExxonMobil Guyana is fueling New Era Entertainment’s 2023 futsal tournament, which will commence this evening at the Retrieve Hard Court in the mining town of Linden and last for the duration of two weeks.

The 2024 Physical Education (PE) class from Rosignol Secondary was hard at work yesterday at the Nexgen Golf Academy, Woolford Avenue, with teacher Kevon Jawahir, Master Coach Aleem Hussain, and Senior Coach Vishal Dhanai in an effort to maintain their dominant performance in the CSEC elective.