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(CMC) – Hundreds from current captain Shai Hope and past captain Nicholas Pooran set up West Indies for a convincing, 101-run win against Nepal in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier yesterday in Zimbabwe.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) continues to garner support from the corporate community ahead of the U-19 Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s Championship.

(Reuters) – Victor Wembanyama was selected first overall by the San Antonio Spurs at the NBA Draft in New York yesterday, making the highly touted phenom the highest drafted French player in league history.

Reigning Sportsman-of-the-Year, boxer Desmond Amsterdam and standout table tennis player, Natalie Cummings will be Guyana’s flag bearers when the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games opens today at the Estadio Jorge ‘El Mágico’ González in San Salvador.

Legendary American football coach, Vince Lombardi, famously uttered, “Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing – the result.”

(CMC) – Former Jamaica men’s captain and West Indies men’s left-handed opener Robert Samuels has been appointed interim head coach for the West Indies Women’s team for their only international home series for the year against Ireland in St Lucia.

Randy Bourne, the owner of Exclusive Egg-Ball, donated several pairs of football cleats to two-time defending Digicel Schools Football champion Chase Academy ahead of the event’s official resumption tomorrow.

The Petra Organization, the coordinators of the 8th edition of the Digicel Schools Football Championship, will officially unveil the lien championship trophy and tournament fixtures today at a ceremony penciled for 1:00pm at the Brandsville Hotel, Prashad Nagar.

(Reuters) – The International Boxing Association’s (IBA) recognition as the global body for the sport was stripped yesterday by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) due to its failure to complete reforms on governance, finance and ethical issues.

The Georgetown Office Assistants Promotional Committee will conduct an 8-a-side Inter-Secondary School Tape-ball Cricket Competition tomorrow at the Durban Park Tarmac, Homestretch Avenue from 9:00am.

As team takes  on Nepal HARARE, Zimbabwe, CMC- Captain Shai Hope minced no words ahead of West Indies’ second game of the ICC World Cup qualifiers against Nepal today, calling on his side to be more convincing in their execution.

Undefeated outfit the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and Santos secured wins on Tuesday evening in the KFC Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) has been granted full membership and affiliation to the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA).

Paul Mahaica, lead coordinator of the inaugural adult ‘Learn to Swim’ programme, says the initiative has exceeded expectations and the next logical step should be its expansion into other regions.

The numbers are in, 19 athletes will compete at this year’s Intermediate Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships scheduled for Saturday in Berbice.

The local powerlifting fraternity has lost another competitor and national record-holder, Rawndel Clementson.

Guyana’s men and women’s table tennis teams went under to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico respectively when the table tennis aspect of the Central American and Caribbean Games got underway yesterday in El Salvador.

(ICC) Michael Leask held his nerve to complete an unlikely comeback for Scotland as they kicked off their ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2023 campaign with a bang yesterday while Oman made it two from two.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Tickets will go on sale next week for the hotly anticipated white-ball series between West Indies and England at year-end.

The Golden Jaguars were eliminated from the CONCACAF Gold Cup Prelims yesterday, losing their final playoff match against Guadeloupe 0-2 at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.