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The Demerara Cricket Club and the Albion Community Development Centre cricket team will clash today in the national playoffs at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground.

The Guyana Police Force has issued a traffic advisory on the East Bank Demerara as the country prepares to host 10 matches in this year’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) including the final.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka,  CMC – West Indies Under-19s were left facing a tall order after Dinura Kalupahana struck a composed hundred to put them under pressure on the second day of the opening Youth “Test” here yesterday.

BLOEMFONTEIN, (Reuters) – South Africa are looking to balance giving returning players a chance to find their form with trying to gain some team momentum as they begin a five match One Day International series at home against Australia today.

(Reuters) – Argentina forward Lionel Messi was among the nominees for the men’s Ballon d’Or trophy announced by organisers France Football magazine yesterday.

Cricket enthusiast and popular juice man, Norman Welch received a new bicycle from a local powerhouse in the medical field, The New Doctor’s Clinic recently.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Leaders Barbados Royals suffered a middle order collapse to taste their first defeat of the Women’s Caribbean Premier League, with a 13-run loss to Trinbago Knight Riders here yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Seventeenth seed Madison Keys confidently swatted aside Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova 6-1 6-4 to reach the U.S.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Second seed Aryna Sabalenka crushed Zheng Qinwen 6-1 6-4 yesterday to reach her fifth straight Grand Slam semi-final and end the Chinese 23rd seed’s charmed run at the U.S.

Guyana Amazon Warriors 175/4 (Ayub 62, Hope 51; Russell 2/29, Khan 2/30) beat Trinbago Knight Riders 172/8 (Hosein 44*, Tucker 38; Smith 3/31, Paul 1/17) by six wickets  Guyana Amazon Warriors maintained their unbeaten start to the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) campaign with a dominant six wicket victory over the Trinbago Knight Riders. 

AK Galaxy downed Wolves United 5-2 when the Bartica Football Association Senior Men’s League resumed on Monday evening at the Community Centre ground.

(Cricinfo) Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott has confirmed that his team was unaware of the calculations that meant they were in with a chance of qualifying for the Asia Cup Super Four even after they had failed to reach their target of 292 in the stipulated 37.1 overs against Sri Lanka.

(Reuters) – South Africa have included spinner Keshav Maharaj and seamer Sisanda Magala in their World Cup squad after the pair overcame fitness concerns, while wicketkeeper-batter Quinton de Kock announced he would retire from the format after the tournament.

Former national men’s singles champion Mike Christophe yesterday paid a tribute to the late Godfrey Wray who passed away last week in the United States of America.

A confident Guyana powerlifting team headed by Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) president and coached by Kerma Singh is confident of doing well as the championships kick off this morning in Lima, Peru.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Guyana Amazon Warriors opened their account in the Women’s Caribbean Premier League with a comfortable 21-run victory over Trinbago Knight Riders yesterday.

Airy Hall ascended to the top of the standings, whilst fellow undefeated outfit Buxton Stars was held to a stalemate when the East Coast Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand beat England by a comfortable six wickets at Trent Bridge yesterday with Tim Seifert hitting 48 and Glenn Phillips adding 42, to level the four-match Twenty20 International series 2-2.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former West Indies batsman Peter Lashley died here yesterday following a long illness.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic shrugged off stifling heat and Taylor Fritz 6-1 6-4 6-4 to breeze into the U.S.