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The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Santos recorded lopsided victories when the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Elite League Football Championship continued Tuesday evening at the Eve Leary ground.

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Guyana has thrown its financial muscle behind the ‘One Guyana’ Futsal Championship, donating the first prize of $1M to the competition which is set to conclude Saturday at the National Park Tarmac, Thomas Lands.

Like a good neighbor, Digicel is there.  Yesterday, the communications giant continued its support of Guyana’s Special Olympics Team which will compete at the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany from June 17 – 25.

Golden Jaguars International Jeremy Garrett donated several pieces of football equipment yesterday to his former alma maters Chase Academy and North Ruimveldt Multilateral schools.

FIFA, the world’s governing body for football is to fund the installation of floodlights at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre at Providence at the East Bank of Demerara.

“Everything is in place and all systems are a go.” So said promoter of the eagerly awaited ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card, Seon Bristol yesterday. 

Guyana’s senior men’s football team, the  Golden Jaguars, have been drawn in group D of League B for the upcoming  2023/2024 Concacaf Nations League.

Former West Indies test players Rajendra Chandrika and Ravi Rampaul are among the participants scheduled to participate in Cricket West Indies (CWI) Level Two Coaching Certification programme which gets underway this morning at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – Captain Joshua Da Silva and Alick Athanaze added half-centuries while Tagenarine Chanderpaul missed out on a hundred, as West Indies A batsmen dominated day two of the opening four-day “Test” against Bangladesh “A” here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo is heading back to his native Trinabago Knight Riders after spending the last two Caribbean Premier League campaigns with the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Champions Barbados made light work of the Leeward Islands to finish unbeaten in their Women’s Super50 Cup campaign while spinners Afy Fletcher and Steffie Soogrim snatched six-wicket hauls though with contrasting fates in the final round of matches here yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – Veteran West Indies seamer Kemar Roach will miss the final game of his stint with English County Surrey, after returning home to Barbados to deal with a “family matter.”

Acknowledging her responsibility as a role model for young girls, emerging pugilist Abiola Jackman, who is set to make her Pro/Am debut at the ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Card on Sunday, says that her success in the discipline which has seen her achieve a historic feat of an IBA ranking, was only possible due to her unwavering commitment.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Level One Coaches Certification training programme organized by the Guyana Table Tennis Association got underway yesterday morning at the National Gymnasium.

St. Joseph’s High School auditorium will play host to the second round of matches in the Oceaneering Under-14 Indoor Hockey league organised by the Guyana Hockey Board on Friday starting at 16:00 hours.

Sherwin Forde, President of the Berbice Football Association (BFA), has confirmed his resignation from January 1st and first Vice-President Randy Sears has been serving at the helm of the organization since his departure.

By Troy Peters Guyanese darts players Sudesh Fitzgerald and Norman Madhoo have qualified for the World Cup of Darts scheduled for next month in Frankfurt, Germany following their successful participation at the nine-nation qualification played recently in Costa Rica.

Rosignol United brushed aside Corriverton Links 4-1 when the Berbice leg of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football Championship continued on Saturday at the Scot’s School ground, New Amsterdam (NA).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Jamaican career diplomat Gail Mathurin and Barbadian business executive Hallam Nicholls said they were honoured to be appointed directors of Cricket West Indies.

PORT OF SPAIN, CMC – Compliance with the world anti-doping code will be high on the agenda of the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO) with education, testing, and training a critical part of the focus.