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Buxton United defeated Santos by a 2-1 score line when the KFC Elite League Cup continued on Friday evening at the Eve Leary Sports Ground, Kingston, Georgetown.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Heinrich Klaasen scored a 61-ball century as South Africa posted 399 and then bowled England out for 170 in 22 overs to claim a massive 229-run victory in their Cricket World Cup pool stage clash at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday.

LUCKNOW,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by five wickets with 10 balls to spare yesterday to become the final team to claim a hard-fought victory at the World Cup after Sadeera Samarawickrama anchored the chase.

(Reuters) – India may not have the same balance they had in their first four World Cup games due to Hardik Pandya’s injury but it gives the hosts a chance to experiment with a different combination against New Zealand, coach Rahul Dravid said yesterday.

Guyana’s Harpy Eagles and Trinidad and Tobago’s Red Force will slug it out at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy ground, Trinidad in a heavyweight clash of the Cricket West Indies CG United Regional Super50 competition.

Guyana’s Emmanuel Pompey lost his debut bout at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile yesterday as the Guyana five member boxing suffered another L.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) is all set to deliver an exciting weekend of cricket as teams battle it out in a series of fixtures including the first set of matches in the Demerara Distillers Limited Pepsi first-division 50-overs tournament.

All systems and structures are in place for today’s quarter-final segment of the 10th Courts Pee Wee football competition, according to the organizer of the tournament, Troy Mendonca of the Petra Organisation.

By Charwayne Walker Since sponsored Regional One-Day Cricket started in 1976 with the Gillette Cup only three bowlers have ever captured seven wickets in an innings.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Brisbane Heat defied a tidy all-round performance from West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews and clinched a six-run win against Melbourne Renegades in the Women’s Big Bash Twenty20 League yesterday in Australia.

ST AUGUSTINE, Trinidad, CMC – A career-best spell from leg-spinner Javed Leacock topped a blistering 94 from Chadwick Walton, and Barbados Pride beat defending champions Jamaica Scorpions by 47 runs in the West Indies Super50 Cup yesterday in Trinidad.

BENGALURU, (Reuters) – Australia beat Pakistan by 62 runs in a high-scoring World Cup group game yesterday to get their campaign back on track with a second straight win thanks to brilliant centuries by openers David Warner and Mitchell Marsh.

Boxing standouts Keevin Allicock and Alesha Jackman experienced mixed fortunes inside the ring on the opening day of the Pan American Games yesterday in Santiago, Chile.

The Guyana Cricket Board has officially announced the signing of Isai Thorne and Quentin Sampson as the newest contracted members of the Guyana Harpy Eagles (GHE) franchise.

Following the conclusion of their senior men’s league, the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) presented the top four finishers with their respective prizes at the boardroom of Insurance Brokers Guyana Limited, Carmichael Street.

In an effort to acquire funds for their impending Aquatics Sports Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) swim meet, Dolphin Club conducted a fundraising fitness walk on Saturday, October 14th, which commenced at the Colgrain Pool on Camp Street and concluded at the National Aquatic Centre, Liliendaal.

The 14th season of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Streetball Championship is set to commence next month, according to Guinness Brand Executive Lee Baptiste, with the county of Essequibo set to make its long-awaited debut in the storied franchise.

(Reuters) – Virat Kohli smashed a century as India maintained their perfect record in their 50-overs home World Cup and cruised to their fourth consecutive victory with a clinical seven-wicket win against Bangladesh yesterday.

(Reuters) – Australia’s top order are working hard to set things right at the World Cup and a batting-friendly wicket like Bengaluru should provide the right platform to score plenty of runs when they play Pakistan, skipper Pat Cummins said yesterday.

(CMC) – Kjorn Ottley struck a superb unbeaten hundred to propel a confident Trinidad and Tobago Red Force run chase, as the hosts brushed aside Windward Islands Volcanoes by six wickets to pick up their first win of the Super50 Cup.