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International flavour will be an important element of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA)’s junior programme for the calendar year of 2023 as the entity resumes its monthly U16 championships.

United We Stand Cycle Club riders took their talents to Berbice yesterday and swept the podium in the Cheddi Jagan Memorial road race.

One of the best bowling performances in a Georgetown Cricket Association-organized tournament by Ashmead Nedd catapulted the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to an innings and 193-run win over Everest Cricket Club yesterday.

Christianburg/Wismar, Linden Technical Institute, and President’s College were among the winners when the respective Regional Conferences in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) championship continued on Friday.

The Georgetown Cricket Association hosted an under-17 50-over trial match yesterday at the Queen’s College ground with three batsmen scoring half-centuries.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Their bowlers, led by Preston McSween and Larry Edward, set it up, and their batsmen formalised a six-wicket win for Windward Islands Volcanoes against Leeward Islands Hurricanes in the West Indies Championship on Saturday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Zachary MCaskie hit his second half-century of the match to anchor last year’s champions Barbados Pride to a seven-wicket win against hosts Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in the West Indies Championship on Saturday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Dr. Kishore Shallow and Azim Bassarath have been elected to the posts of President and Vice President respectively, of Cricket West Indies (CWI).

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – Johnson Charles slammed a remarkable second Twenty20 International hundred to propel West Indies to their highest-ever T20I total but South Africa made a mockery of the target by completing the highest-ever successful run chase T20Is, to pull off an astonishing six-wicket win here yesterday.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – All-rounder Hayley Matthews grabbed three wickets to finish with Player-of-the-Series honours as Mumbai Indians brushed aside Delhi Capitals by seven wickets to clinch the inaugural Women’s Premier League title here yesterday.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – South Africa pulled off the highest successful run chase in Twenty20 international cricket on Sunday to beat the West Indies by six wickets at Centurion on an afternoon of blistering assault on the ball as well as the record books.

Slingerz FC was crowned the inaugural West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) ‘Commander Cup’ Champion, edging Pouderoyen 1-0 in the dying embers of a pulsating final Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

PRETORIA, CMC – New West Indies Twenty20 International captain Rovman Powell started his reign with a bang yesterday when he dragged his side to a three-wicket win against South Africa and gave them a 1-0 lead in their three-match series.

With an emphasis on building on the momentum of a successful 2022, the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will institute a weekly training programme which is scheduled to commence on Friday at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym, Albouystown.

As defined by the Oxford Dictionary, a meritocracy is “a society governed by people selected according to merit.”

A century from Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) captain Christopher Barnwell followed up by a seven-wicket haul from Ashmead Nedd left Everest Cricket Club reeling at the end of the opening day of their Georgetown Cricket Association’s GISE/Star Rentals/Trophy Stall first-division two-day contest.

Popular promoter and one of the country’s top dominoes players Lyall Gittens, in association with Next Level and Untouchable Boss, will this afternoon stage a dominoes tournament at the Guyana Legion, Carifesta Avenue.

Guyana Harpy Eagles moved within grasp of regaining the West Indies Championship after beating Jamaica Scorpions by 228 runs before lunch on the final day at the National Stadium, Providence.

Defending champion Christianburg/Wismar, Berbice Educational Trust, President’s College and New Amsterdam Multilateral recorded wins when the 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 football championships resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

A maiden first-class century from Tevin Imlach ensured Guyana Harpy Eagles leave the Jamaican Scorpions an imposing task of scoring 458 runs  but the Scorpions, at close of play were in the strong position of 176-1.