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A malfunction of the timing equipment was a major snag in the otherwise successful staging of Drag Wars 2.0 over the weekend at the South Dakota Circuit, a release disseminated to the media by the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club stated yesterday. 

St Ignatius, Santa Rosa, Tucville and Waramuri earned berths to the quarterfinals following lopsided wins yesterday in the round of 16 section in the 8th iteration of the Digicel Schools Football Championship.

KINGSTOWN, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica manager, Gibbs Williams, says their conquest in the one-day version of the Rising Stars Under-19 Championship, gave them the confidence they could make a clean sweep of titles.

A podium chasing outfit of track and field athletes and swimmers arrived in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday on a quest to return with hardware from the Commonwealth Youth Games which gets underway tomorrow.

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Colombia have the opportunity to finish their Women’s World Cup group campaign on a perfect note today as they look to keep the South American party going at the showpiece event for as long as possible.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain Shai Hope has rued Tuesday’s missed opportunity to end West Indies’ protracted losing slump against India and has warned his side they need to learn quicker in order to establish themselves at the highest level.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Newly elected Cricket West Indies president, Dr Kishore Shallow, said he remained “resolute” in his desire to oversee governance reform in the regional body during his tenure.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Girls continued their history-making run at the FIFA Women’s World Cup here Wednesday, frustrating giants Brazil in a nil-all draw to become the first-ever Caribbean side to reach the second round of the showpiece.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Dominant Jamaica crushed Caribbean neighbours Trinidad and Tobago while Barbados suffered a setback with their first defeat of the second round, on day six of the Netball World Cup.

(Reuters) – England and Australia have been penalised 19 and 10 World Test Championship (WTC) points, respectively and fined a percent of their match fees after they were found guilty of maintaining slow over-rate during the Ashes, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies’ hopes of a long-awaited series win over India were ruthlessly shattered here yesterday, when they suffered a 200-run annihilation in the decisive third One-Day International at Brian Lara Stadium.

With only three rounds remaining in the Diamond Insurance Women’s Chess Championship Qualifiers, former women’s champion Sasha Shariff is in sole possession of the lead as she attempts to reclaim the coveted title held by Pooja Lam who will not be defending her crown this year.

Beginning today, a Guyana U13 cricket team will oppose their Trinidad counterparts in a bilateral series of four matches in the Twin Island Republic.

Guyana Under-19 cricketers completed the Cricket West Indies’ Regional three-day tournament with a draw against Windward Islands yesterday.

The final three semi-finalists will be decided when the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball tournament’s Super 8 stage bowls off at the Enmore Community Centre August 5.

The Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) is currently hosting its 2023 Summer Camp.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Clinical Jamaica defeated Barbados by 56 runs to complete the double in the Rising Stars Under-19 Championship.

Heavyweights and undefeated sides Rosignol United and Paradise Invaders played to a 1-1 stalemate when the Berbice Football Association (BFA) Senior Men’s League continued Sunday evening.

(Reuters) – Recovering New Zealand captain Kane Williamson returned to the net yesterday to face throwdowns keeping alive his faint hopes of playing the 50-overs World Cup in India later this year.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Left-hander Nicholas Pooran has returned for the Twenty20 International series against India starting here Thursday, after being named in a 15-man provisional squad announced by Cricket West Indies yesterday.