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\Former Champions Beacons FC won for a sixth time while defending champions Rivers View suffered a second defeat when the Senior Men’s League of the Bartica FA continued last Wednesday night at the Bartica Community Centre ground.

Some 17 local boxers will compete in the renowned Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship for the first time Friday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, with 16 of the aforementioned, set to make their international debuts.

Junior Guyanese players will be heating up the badminton courts in Trinidad and Tobago from tomorrow as they compete in CAREBACO junior tournament.

Imran Tahir has been named captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise while Romario Shepherd will serve as his deputy for the upcoming Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2023 season, a  release from the franchise stated.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – White-ball head coach, Darren Sammy, has promised to help effect change in West Indies cricket, after overseeing a consequential Twenty20 series win over powerhouses India last weekend.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Reigning champions Jamaica Tallawahs will launch the defence of their Caribbean Premier League title when they take on St Lucia Kings in the tournament opener here tonight.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors franchise has appointed Courtney Walsh as the Head Coach of the women’s team for the upcoming Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) 2023 season. 

The Guyana male and female dominoes teams were in the lead up to press time last night as the World Council of Dominoes Federations (WCDF), 19th World Domino Championships continued at the Providence National Stadium.

Former Guyana and West Indies cricketer Leon Johnson has been appointed the manager of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

AUCKLAND, (Reuters) – Sweden playmaker Kosovare Asllani said she was sick of crying tears of championship failure after her side were knocked out of the Women’s World Cup semi-finals by Spain yesterday.

Giant Killers Eccles All-Stars turned in a fine all round display to defeat V-Net Vipers by 32 runs and win the inaugural Kares T10 final Saturday under lights at the National Stadium, Providence.

The Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast Cricket for Charity match led by President Dr.

Guyana’s premier thoroughbred Alado was poised to repeat as Guyana Cup champion on Sunday at the overflowing Rising Sun Turf Club,  but ‘Easy Time’ did not get the memo.

James Beckles, Trinidad and Tobago’s Three Star Referees/Judges Assessor is scheduled to arrive today to administer two significant training conferences during the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys/Juniors Championship.

The first ever national junior golf championships in Guyana’s history will be held on Saturday at the Nexgen Golf Academy on Woolford Avenue from 13:00hrs.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The penultimate stage of a major tournament is familiar territory for Sweden and although they have failed to clear that hurdle several times recently, that strong pedigree could serve them well against Spain in their Women’s World Cup semi-final.

Guyana’s U17 skipper Jonathan Van Lange top scored with a pugnacious innings of 41 as Guyana rebounded from their first round defeat to Barbados to defeat Jamaica by 29 runs in their second game of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars U17 Super50 competition.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – Head coach Darren Sammy said West Indies were still lacking a genuine strike bowler, even in the wake of their triumph in the five-match Twenty20 International series against India.

Eagles and Mambas recorded easy wins when the inaugural edition of the ‘One Guyana’ Basketball Premier League commenced on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa have included precocious batting talent Dewald Brevis in their One-Day and Twenty20 International squads for their eight-match limited-overs home series against Australia starting later this month.