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PORT OF SPAIN, CMC – Former world lightweight champion Claude Noel of Trinidad & Tobago died on Sunday at the Mount Hope Hospital after a lengthy battle with diabetes.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Windward Islands defied an impactful spell from off-spinner Samara Ramnath to clinch a confidence-boosting seven-wicket win against Trinidad & Tobago in their third-round match of the West Indies Women’s T20 Blaze yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – An unbeaten half-century from opener Aaliyah Alleyne propelled Barbados to a nine-wicket win against defending champions Jamaica in another low-scoring contest in the third round of the West Indies Women’s T20 Blaze yesterday.

(Reuters) – West Indies batter Devon Thomas has been provisionally suspended for alleged match fixing, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said today, charging him with seven counts under its Anti-Corruption code.

It is no coincidence that Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings, teams that have built their campaigns around continuity, consistency in selection and role clarity, have earned the right to a second chance by finishing in the top two.

Sarysha Phillips and Richard Marques scored 16 goals between them as goals rained down on the second weekend of the Oceaneering Under-14 hockey League at the St.

Guyana has been officially identified as a future base for boxing camps and seminars and arrival of contingents from Barbados and Trinidad are imminent.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) will continue its sponsorship of  Willon Cameron, the Physical Education Teacher at President’s College pursuing a Sports Coaching degree at the University of the West Indies Mona Campus.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – A confident West Indies “A” will be looking to build on their impressive showing last week when they face Bangladesh “A” in the second four-day “Test” starting here today.

Rumina Construction Saturday provided a timely boost to the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) in the form of funding for its Under-19 team.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Reigning Women’s T20 Blaze champions Jamaica emerged from the weekend unscathed, after holding off a stubborn Trinidad and Tobago to post a six-run win and their second straight victory of the tournament here Sunday.

TAUNTON, England, CMC – Former West Indies all-rounder, Deadra Dottin, failed as Thunder opened their Charlotte Edwards Cup campaign with a six-wicket defeat to Western Storm here Sunday.

By Charwayne Walker The cricket fraternity in the West Indies and Barbados was saddened recently with the passing of former St.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The International Boxing Association (IBA) has suspended federations from New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden for joining a ‘rogue’ rival organisation, it said yesterday.

The Miami Heat shot the lights out and left the Boston Celtics in the dark on Sunday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals.

One week shy of his 39th birthday, Carmelo Anthony retired from the NBA yesterday.

—Team Guyana finishes with four medals Ezekiel Newton had a performance of a lifetime yesterday in Bogota, Colombia.

Team Heatwave’s Philip Clarke stood atop the podium step when the curtains came down on the 40th edition of the Independence Three-Stage road race yesterday.

Unbeaten Santos dismissed lowly Milerock of Linden 3-0 when the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Elite League continued yesterday at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre, Providence.

A Colin Nelson hat-trick propelled powerhouse Bent Street to the inaugural ‘One Guyana’ National Futsal Championship, defeating arch-nemesis Sparta Boss 6-3 in extra time on Saturday evening at the National Park Tarmac, Thomas Lands.