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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) successfully completed a two-day outreach in the Bartica Football Association (BFA) jurisdiction where the importance of grassroots and female football were identified as strategic priorities for the current administration.

(Reuters) – India seamer Mohammed Shami says the team’s rotation policy is working well and will prevent players from being overloaded as they prepare for the World Cup on home soil next month.

Eagles soared past Crane Rovers by a 7-3 score-line when the West Demerara Football Association senior men’s league continued yesterday at the Tuschen ground.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – A first-half hat-trick from midfielder Rianna Cyrus enabled hosts Barbados to start the Concacaf Road to W Gold Cup with a convincing 5-0 win against St Vincent & the Grenadines in Group C of League B on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Women endured a setback to their quest for a place in the 2024 Olympic Games when reigning champions Canada Women inflicted a heart-breaking 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Concacaf playoff.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  (Reuters) – A second-string England cruised to a 48-run victory over Ireland in the second ODI at Trent Bridge yesterday, bowling out the visitors for 286 after racking up 334-8.

NASSAU, Bahamas, Sep 23, CMC – Prominent track & field administrator, Alpheus Finlayson died on Friday, a few weeks after the death of his wife, Dawn.

(Reuters) – Manchester City maintained their perfect start to the season with a sixth successive Premier League win but it was not as serene as it might have been in a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest as they played the second half with 10 men.

Guyana Amazon Warriors marched into yet another final of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) after thrashing defending champions, Jamaica Tallawahs by 81 runs last night.

MOHALI, India, (Reuters) – Seamer Mohammed Shami claimed career-best figures of 5-51 and India’s frontline batters gave a good account themselves to secure their five-wicket victory against Australia in the opening one-day international yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies will open their campaign in the men’s ICC Under-19 World Cup against South Africa, when the tournament bowls off in Sri Lanka next January.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies is confident the region will lean on its “huge experience” and deliver a successful event when it plays host to next year’s men’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana are among seven nations selected to host matches in next year’s men’s Twenty20 World Cup.

(Reuters) – Sue Redfern will become the first female umpire to stand in a men’s first class match in England next week after being appointed for the County Championship game between Glamorgan and Derbyshire, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, (Reuters) – World champions Spain battled to a 3-2 win over the world’s number one-ranked team Sweden in their Nations League Group A game yesterday after a week blighted by uncertainty caused by the continued fall-out from their World Cup win.

The 10th edition of the Courts Pee Wee Football Championship will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) will face more sanctions for failing to address non-compliance issues, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Coach Xavi Hernandez has extended his contract with Barcelona until 2025 with an option for a further year, the LaLiga club said yesterday.

As the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) enters its thrilling final stages, cricket fans around the Caribbean are gearing up for an electrifying showdown as the hosts, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, square off against the defending champions, the Jamaica Tallawahs, in the second eliminator.

Sterling Products Limited (SPL) has officially partnered with the Petra Organization for the second consecutive year as a sponsor to aid in the successful staging of the 10th Courts Optical Pee Wee Boys U11 Football Championship.