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Guyana’s Tianna Springer struck gold in the women’s 400m final as local athletes crowded the podium yesterday at the ongoing Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago. 

India defeated West Indies by seven wickets at the National Stadium, Providence yesterday to keep the five-match series alive with two matches to go.

The top four teams in the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast are set to take the National Stadium, Providence by storm as they battle for supremacy on Saturday.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors camp has begun locally with coaches, Rayon Griffith and Ryan Hercules taking the players through their paces at the Everest Cricket Club ahead of the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

The organizers of the Kares One Guyana T10 Blast revealed that patrons attending the finals will be seated in the Green Stand at the National Stadium, Providence on Saturday.

Carmel will battle DC Caesar Fox from 17:00hrs, and St. Ignatius will engage Waramuri at 19:00hrs in the semi-final round of the Digicel Schools Football Championships this evening at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, The winning teams will clash in the championship match on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Fast bowler Trent Boult is in line to play his first one-day international in almost a year after being included in New Zealand’s 15-man squad for a four-match series against England in September in the leadup to the World Cup.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Jamaica’s quest to create even more history at the FIFA Women’s World Cup ended here yesterday when they bowed out of the tournament with a 1-0 defeat to Colombia in the round-of-16.

Rivers View and Beacons secured contrasting wins when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Monday evening at the Community Centre ground.

Guyana was eliminated from the Concacf U15 Boys Championship, as they lost to Belize yesterday in their final must-win group stage encounter at the Ergilio Hato Stadium in Willemstad, Curacao.

Guyana’s Desmond Amsterdam is into tomorrow’s light heavyweight final after winning his semi final bout via walk over but Keevin Allicock suffered a close semi final defeat last night at the AMBC Boxing Championships in Cali, Colombia.

Kwame Ridley and Romello Crawford placed first and second in the Open category and Paul Chooweenam won the over 50 category last weekend at the KFC/SWU Brokopondo Classic road race in neighbouring Suriname. 

Guyana’s athletes and swimmers experienced mixed fortunes on the track and in the pool yesterday at the ongoing Youth Commonwealth Games in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) is set to take Linden by storm Saturday as it ups the ante in its quest to unearth new talent in Upper Demerara and to start up a new gym.

Siblings Saifullah and Fatima Gani won the men and women’s U18 gold medals when Archery Guyana staged its Inaugural Youth Championship recently at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Sasha Shariff with six-and-one- half points won the Guyana Chess federation (GCF) Diamond Insurance women’s seven round Swiss System Qualifiers.

Monedderlust and Paradise recorded lopsided victories when the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday evening at the Rosignol Community ground.

Guyana’s Mixed Martial Arts fighter Carlston Harris improved his overall record to 19-5 following a victory over American Jeremiah Wells on his return to the Octagon at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Fight Night 226 at the Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee, Saturday.

Trinidad and Tobago three-Star Referees/Judges Assessor James Beckles will arrive on local shores on August 15th to conduct two important training seminars during the prestigious Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship.

Waramuri, Sunday evening, bested Santa Rosa by the odd goal in three to reach the semi-finals of the Digicel Schools Football Championships where nemesis DC Caesar Fox awaits.