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St. John the Baptist won the Bartica Primary Schools Football Championship, defeating Potaro Strikers on Friday at the Community Centre ground.

Team Hard-ball was crowned the Mocha Village Cup Football Champions, defeating Ballers Empire on penalty kicks on Saturday evening at the Community Centre Tarmac.

Mighty Ruler was crowned the ‘Five Star General’ Futsal Champions, defeating Wonder Kids 1-0 on Saturday evening in the final at the Bartica Community Centre tarmac.

(Reuters) – Dhananjaya de Silva and Angelo Mathews helped Sri Lanka to overcome a top-order collapse and reach 242-6 on day one of the opening test against Pakistan in Galle yesterday.

Guyana trails Barbados by 131 runs with one wicket in hand heading into the final day of their three-day match in the Cricket West Indies Under-19 Regional tournament.

The recently named Guyana Under-17 squad will be housed at the Guyana Cricket Board’s La Bonne Intention facility where they will undergo a series of training in preparation for the upcoming Regional Under-17 two-day and 50-over tournaments.

Santos and Fruta Conquerors recorded contrasting wins, when the KFC Elite League continued on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

LONDON,  (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 today.

Excelsior and Dolphin will contest the Region #4 Georgetown divisional final, following semifinal wins yesterday in the 8th edition of the Digicel Schools Football Championship Staged at Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Excelsior bested Charlestown 4-2 on penalty kicks after regulation time ended 1-1. 

The national team’s forgettable campaign at the Rugby America’s North (RAN)  Men’s U19 XVs tournament ended yesterday without them scoring a single point at the Mona Campus in Jamaica. 

Standout athlete, Quamel Prince once again rewrote the record books, lowering the national 800m record on Friday at the 40th Harry Jerome Classic staged at the McLeod Athletic Park in Langley, British Colombia, Canada. 

Local golfers are for the first time competing in this weekend’s Tobago Open being hosted at the Tobago Plantations Magdalena Golf Resort. 

Star cyclist, Briton John made hay in the brilliant sunshine yesterday in the National Park, winning the feature 40-lap race of the Team Alanis-organized event. 

Vengy and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) played to a 1-1 stalemate when the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Friday evening.

DALLAS, Texas, CMC – There were a series of tidy performances from all the players with ties to Caribbean that appeared for teams in Major League Cricket on Friday in the United States.

(Reuters) – From selling street food in Mumbai to winning the player-of-the-match award in his test debut in Roseau, India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is international cricket’s latest rags-to-riches story.

(Reuters) – Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been moved to a hospital in the Netherlands but remains in intensive care after a brain bleed last week, his wife Annemarie said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Former Australian coach Justin Langer will replace Andy Flower as head coach of the Lucknow Super Giants, the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket franchise said.

MORZINE, France, (Reuters) – In 1989, Greg LeMond won the Tour de France by a mere eight seconds over Laurent Fignon in a nail-biting finale but this year’s edition might well provide an even closer ending as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are locked in a classic battle.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Hosts Trinidad & Tobago are the champions of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 Women’s Championship again.