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Team Guyana made a perfect 3-0 start in the doubles division when the 39th edition of the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships continued yesterday in St.

(Reuters) – Saud Shakeel’s career-best 208 not out fetched Pakistan a significant first-innings lead of 149 in the opening test against Sri Lanka at Galle yesterday.

Kwakwani Secondary clinched the Boy’s and Girl’s National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) U18 Championships, following hard-fought victories on Sunday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Boxing starved fans will have to wait a bit longer to have their hunger satiated by prized pugilist, Elton Dharry.

The skills of Guyanese golfers were put to the test over the weekend at the Tobago Plantations Magdalena Golf in Tobago as 94 players from around the Caribbean took on the challenging course to prove their dominance.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) kept their hopes alive in the KFC Elite League, crushing Milerock of Linden 8-0 on Sunday night at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre, Providence.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially appointed Troy Peters as its Director of Competitions effective from yesterday.

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

Nicholas Verwey, Avery Arjoon, and Louis Da Silva were crowned divisional champions when the 39th edition of the Junior Caribbean Squash Championships continued in St.

(Reuters) – Saud Shakeel and Agha Salman struck defiant half-centuries to help Pakistan overcome Prabath Jayasuriya’s onslaught and just about keep the tourists on course to match Sri Lanka’s first-innings 312 on day two of the opening test in Galle yesterday.

(Reuters) – England have made one change to their team for the fourth Ashes test against Australia, with fast bowler James Anderson replacing Ollie Robinson in the side that won at Headingley, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies selectors have turned to uncapped off-spinner Kevin Sinclair in the wake of the shambolic first Test defeat, naming the Guyanese in a 13-man squad for the final Test against India bowling off Thursday in Trinidad.

(Reuters) – Australia’s state of Victoria will not host the 2026 Commonwealth Games due to projected cost overruns, placing the future of the quadrennial multi-sport gathering in doubt.

(CMC) – Nicholas Pooran played a key role but all-rounder Sunil Narine and Andre Russell both failed as MI New York crushed Los Angeles Knight Riders by 105 runs in the Major League Cricket on Sunday.

(CMC) – Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago were convincing but Windward Islands needed a nail-biter, as all three teams registered victories on the final day of the opening round of the Rising Stars Under-19 three-day championship.

Prospect, Keyon Britton and the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) Gym earned the marquee trophies when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) staged its Pepsi/Mike Parris U16 tournament yesterday at the Andrew ‘Sixhead’ Lewis Gym.

(Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz heralded the changing of the guard in men’s tennis as he ended Novak Djokovic’s long reign at Wimbledon with a rip-roaring 1-6 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 victory to win the All England Club title for the first time yesterday.

President Dr. Irfaan Ali, on Friday, met with organisers of the Kares One Guyana T10 Tape-ball Blast which will be played in Georgetown on July 29 and 30.

Soesdyke Falcons crushed Swan by a 4-0 score-line when the East Bank Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Timehri Red Ground.

League leader and undefeated outfit Beacons continued their perfect record in the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League, defeating Eastveldt 2-0 yesterday at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.