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The culmination of the Digicel Schools Football Championship will occur in the evening at 19:00hrs, pitting first time finalists St Ignatius and Carmel in battle at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue and Petra’s Director Troy Mendonca says he is anticipating a wonderful final.

A partnership between Republic Bank Guyana Ltd., and the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) promises a bright future for kids who aspire the play the sport.

LAUDERHILL, Florida, CMC – West Indies hopes of closing out their Twenty20 International series against India hit a snag when openers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill cracked half-centuries and shared a record-equalling opening stand to give the visitors a record-breaking nine-wicket win yesterday in Fort Lauderdale,  United States of America.

Defending champion Slingerz and Wales recorded dissimilar wins when the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Tuschen Community ground.

Potaro Strikers and AK Galaxy recorded victories when the Bartica Football Association senior men’s league continued on Friday evening at the Community Centre ground.

Bent Street will oppose arch-rival and defending champion Sparta Boss in the final of the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship following contrasting semi-final wins on Friday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Organisers of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 tournament have introduced severe in-play penalties for teams guilty of maintaining a slow over rate.

A hero’s welcome is planned today for the return of Guyana’s record-breaking athletes from the just-concluded Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. 

Captains of Carmel and St Ignatius Secondary Schools have expressed confidence of winning the final of the Digicel Schools Football Championships scheduled to conclude tomorrow at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground.

A confident Guyana national U17 cricket team led by Jonathan Van Lange will oppose Barbados in a 50-overs-a-side match today at Gilbert Park Cricket Ground Trinidad and Tobago in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars tournament.

After two weeks of play on the artificial turf at the National Training Facility in Providence, the Georgetown Football Association’s senior men’s league will resume at City Headquarters, the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground with a triple-header tomorrow.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – West Indies will take another crack at closing out their Twenty20 International series against India, when they face the Asian powerhouses in the first game of a weekend double-header here today.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – American 400 metres hurdles Olympic champion and world record holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone said yesterday that she will miss the World Championships due to a “minor knee issue”, with the global showcase set to begin in Budapest next week.

Amanda Ilestedt scored in the 32nd minute and Filippa Angeldal converted a penalty in the 51st to send Sweden into the semifinals of the Women’s World Cup with a 2-1 victory over Japan yesterday in Auckland, New Zealand.

LEEDS, England, CMC – Sunil Narine’s impact was minimal but his Oval Invincibles still eased to a nine-run victory over Northern Superchargers to remain unbeaten in the men’s Hundred.

(Reuters) – Alex de Minaur pulled off a gritty 7-6(7) 7-5 upset of second seed Daniil Medvedev at the Canadian Open yesterday to reach his first semi-final at a Masters 1000 event where he will face Spaniard Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Rory McIlroy had a quick response when asked about claims that Phil Mickelson tried to place a $400,000 wager on the United States to win the 2012 Ryder Cup.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots have signed experienced Indian Premier League (IPL) star Ambati Rayudu for their upcoming campaign in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

(Reuters) – Surinamese sprinter Issam Asinga said he would respect the Athletics Integrity Unit’s (AIU) processes after the organisation handed him a provisional suspension for doping days ahead of the World Championships.

Team Guyana’s athletes punctuated this year’s Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad last night with a bang, rocketing to a gold medal and the meet record in the mixed 4x400m relay event.