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Former national under-19 opener, Alex Algoo struck two sensational centuries for New York Thunderbolts in the Commonwealth Cricket League Premier in the United States of America.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – West Indies head coach Daren Sammy conceded that the road to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 India became harder for his side after their devastating loss against hosts Zimbabwe in the Qualifier yesterday.

Guyana’s Shemar Britton is through to the round of 16 of the men’s singles event at the ongoing Central American and Caribbean games in El Salvador.

Three Regional Member Associations (RMA’s) of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will kick start their respective Senior Men’s Leagues today.

Matthew Pottaya will lead the Berbice U-17 Inter-County  team the Berbice Cricket Board has announced.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews said she does not expect Ireland Women to be any pushovers when her side comes face-to-face with them in a white-ball international home series over the next fortnight in St Lucia.

Rosignol United maintained their unbeaten run in the Berbice leg of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football Championship, crushing Cougars 7-0 on Tuesday evening at the Scot’s School Ground, New Amsterdam.

The unveiling of the lien trophy yesterday at the Brandsville Hotel in Prashad Nagar signaled the start of the 8th edition of the Digicel Schools Football Championship today at the Ministry of Education and National Insurance Scheme grounds respectively on Carifesta Avenue.

Golden Jaguars international Neil Danns has officially retired from the senior men’s programme, ending his eight year association with the national setup with  24 caps.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – India boldly dropped batting stalwart Cheteshwar Pujara from their Test squad announced yesterday for the Tour of the Caribbean, starting in July.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Thursday presented GY$12.4M worth of funding to the nine regional member associations to aid in the commencement of their 2023 senior men’s leagues.

Guyana’s Shemar Britton and Jonathan Van Lange yesterday advanced to the next round of the singles competition at the Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador but the men and women’s teams were eliminated Thursday night in the team events.

HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC – Injured all-rounder Yannic Cariah could still play a part for West Indies in their remaining ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier matches in Zimbabwe after he had a surgical procedure on his nose.

National under-19 batsmen, Mavindra Dindyal and Rampertab Ramnauth are among six newcomers as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) revealed their contracted players after the 2023/2024 Cricket West Indies Professional Cricketers Draft.

Desmond Amsterdam lost his opening round of 16 bout against Hector Aguirre of Mexico inside the distance at the ongoing Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games on Thursday in El Salvador.

The elite male cyclists will take centre stage this weekend when the Guyana Cycling Federation bring the curtain down on this year’s National Championships.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Top seed Carlos Alcaraz reached the semi-finals at the Queen’s Club Championships with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov yesterday as the Spaniard warms up for Wimbledon.

PARIS, (Reuters) – French sports minister Amelie Oudea Castera says she is not too concerned by the investigations into alleged corruption surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympics, which took a new turn as two top officials were targeted by police searches yesterday.

 (Reuters) – India have dropped top order batter Cheteshwar Pujara for the upcoming two-test tour of West Indies in July while Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal made the cut after stellar campaigns in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

President’s College won the Boy’s and Girl’s East Coast Demerara Conference titles when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Championships’ continued yesterday at the President’s College hard-court.