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The Golden Jaguars maintained their perfect record in League B of the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League, laboring to a 3-2 victory over the Bahamas yesterday, with head coach Jamal Shabazz citing the poor state of the National Track and Field Center pitch as the reason for the team’s performance.

Guyana’s Ambassador to Cuba Halim Majeed has been tasked by the Guyana Olympic Association of exploring sports related opportunities with Cuba.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Jordan Johnson carved out a half-century to extend his heavy scoring but off-spinner Vihas Thewmika’s five-wicket haul crippled West Indies Under-19s on yesterday’s opening day of the second Youth “Test”.

Guyana’s star table tennis player Shemar Britton yesterday lost his round of 32 encounter against Jishan Liang of the USA when play resumed at the Pan American Championships in Havana, Cuba.

Potaro Strikers and Lazio recorded contrasting wins when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Monday at the Community Centre ground.

Beacons was crowned the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Senior Men’s League champion, defeating Vengy 3-1 to take an unassailable lead atop the standings following a perfect 7-0 record.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – India sailed into the final of the Asia Cup after beating defending champions Sri Lanka by 41 runs in a low-scoring Super Four stage contest at the R Premadasa Stadium yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa opener Aiden Markram struck a brisk half-century as the hosts levelled the four-game Twenty20 International series against Pakistan with a six-wicket win in the second match at The Wanderers yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Lead selector Ann Browne-John has backed West Indies Women to be competitive Down Under, after keeping faith with the bulk of the squad for the six-match tour against Australia Women next month.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – Barbados suffered a heavy 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Nicaragua to lose their second game of the CONCACAF Nations League on Monday, to remain bottom of their group.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is looking to have its Pan Am games boxing team train in Cuba ahead of the upcoming Pan Am Games in Chile.

In what will be the second competitive meeting of the teams at the senior level, the Golden Jaguars will face off with The Bahamas this evening in their second League B encounter of the 2023/2024 CONCACAF Nations League at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara, from 18:00 hrs.

Guyana’s table tennis star Shemar Britton  will have to wait until possibly today to face off with the United States of America’s Jishan Liang in their round of 32 encounter at the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation’s Pan American Championships in Havana, Cuba.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic has been fortunate to have opponents like Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal to push him during his career, his coach Goran Ivanisevic said on Sunday after the 36-year-old claimed the U.S.

Airy Hall and Mahaica Determinators recorded contrasting wins when the East Coast Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

Kwakwani, Nets and Pacesetters recorded wins when the inaugural edition of the “One Guyana” Basketball Premier League continued on Sunday night at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A resilient Trinidad and Tobago came from a goal down to beat El Salvador 3-2 and win their second game of the CONCACAF Nations League on Sunday.

(Reuters) – The resignation of Spanish football federation chief Luis Rubiales following allegations of giving an unsolicited kiss to Jenni Hermoso should be the start of a movement rather than the end point, England’s Georgia Stanway said yesterday.

GLASGOW, Scotland, (Reuters) – England will not use today’s 150th anniversary friendly against Scotland as a chance to experiment, manager Gareth Southgate said ahead of the Hampden Park clash.

(Reuters) – Juventus’s France midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, Italy’s national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal said yesterday.