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Guyana’s leg of this year’s South American 10km Classic is set to attract international athletes from as far as Kenya.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) commenced a three-day FIFA futsal workshop on Monday, which is being conducted at the Guyana Olympic Association Headquarters in Lilendaal and comprises 13 participants.

Lady Jaguars climbed atop Group ‘A’ in League B in the 2024 Road to Concacaf Gold Cup Qualifiers, defeating hosts Suriname 1-0 in a top-of-the table clash yesterday at the Dr.

Following a fruitful meeting recently with Minister of Sports, Charles Ramson Jr, who verbally pledged the government’s support, “early December” is touted for Elton Dharry to make his ring return. 

The National Milling Company (NAMILCO) Monday renewed for another year, its sponsorship of two Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) cricket teams.

Tevin Imlach produced a mature batting performance for the Guyana Harpy Eagles in the CG United Regional Super50 match yesterday but his remarkable feat of scoring almost half of the team’s score was undone by the fickle Trinidad weather.

Once again, the Guyana Harpy Eagles find themselves grappling with batting inconsistencies, a predicament that has become all too familiar despite the notable names adorning their lineup.

Twenty-year-old Sasha Shariff is currently participating in the Women’s Chess Championship in Puerto Rico.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Glenn Maxwell smashed the fastest hundred in the history of the 50-overs World Cup as Australia thrashed the Netherlands by a record 309 runs in what was their third successive win of the tournament yesterday.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Opener Kyle Mayers yesterday struck a stunning 48-ball hundred as unbeaten Barbados Pride escaped the clutches of the adverse weather to trounce luckless Windward Islands Volcanoes by eight wickets under Duckworth-Lewis-Stern, and storm to the top of the Regional Super50 Cup standings.

(ICC) In a disconcerting turn of events, England, the reigning double white-ball champions, have had a dismal start to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023.

Devin Booker capped a game-high 32-point performance with three key assists down the stretch Tuesday night, allowing the Phoenix Suns to get past the Golden State Warriors for a 108-104 victory in San Francisco on the NBA’s opening night.

Nikola Jokic had 29 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, Jamal Murray scored 21 points and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Lakers 119-107 to begin defense of their title on Tuesday night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Nyeem Young snatched a five-wicket haul and in-form Teddy Bishop struck another half-century, as West Indies Academy shocked title-holders Jamaica Scorpions with a six-wicket victory in a rain-affected contest here yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock led South Africa’s batting carnage with an incendiary 174 as they crushed Bangladesh by 149 runs to stay on course for a place in the semi-finals of the 50-overs World Cup yesterday.

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde is confident that the Lady Jaguars will defeat host Suriname this evening when the two sides clash in a top-of-the-table encounter.

The Limacol Secondary Schools Football League, which is being coordinated by the nation’s leading private football promotional entity, the Petra Organisation, was officially launched yesterday at the National Library, Church Road.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Access Grassroots Programme successfully conducted its inaugural on-field session Sunday at the St.

As has been the norm in recent times, the Bounty GCC men and GBTI/GCC women’s team finished top of their respective divisions in the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) division one leagues.

Team Guyana’s swimmers sojourn in the pool at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile, came to a tame end yesterday with young Olympian Aleka Persaud not making it out of her Women’s 50m Freestyle heat while Raekwon Noel was disqualified in his Men’s 400m Individual Medley heat.