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(Cricinfo) West Indies will use the next year to map out a management plan for their red and white-ball players to ensure they enjoy a balance between international and franchise cricket.

Georgetown, East Bank Demerara and East Coast Demerara recorded contrasting wins when the Tiger Rentals U13 boys football league continued yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has questioned his side’s mentality after they crashed to a heavy 284-run defeat inside four days of the decisive second Test against South Africa.

Presidential nominee of the Guyana Olympic Association, Electoral General Meeting, Robin Singh is urging the body to ‘abort the current iteration’ scheduled in the next two days.

It is game day for in excess of 200 athletes who have registered to compete in the inaugural Jefford Classic Mile, set for a 13:00hrs start in the National Park. 

East Ruimveldt crushed Chase Academy 4-0, when the Georgetown leg of the Blue Waters Girls U15 Developmental Football League continued on Friday at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda.

“In my opinion, I am a suitable candidate and I tick all the boxes.” 

The validity of the correspondence ahead of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) all important Electoral General Meeting (EGM) is now under the microscope after Secretary General of the body, Hector Edwards, denied any knowledge of being its author.

Essequibo made light work of Berbice after securing an eight-wicket win on the second day of their second round clash in the Guyana Cricket Board senior inter-county four-day tournament yesterday.

Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) recently recorded a four-wicket win over 4R Lions in a high-scoring contest in the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Atlantic Marine Supplies Suzuki Motorcycles second-division, T20 tournament.

The ninth Milo Secondary Schools U18 football competition will resume today at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) has named its male and female teams that will be representing Guyana at the CAC games Qualifier and Senior Caribbean Championships later this month.

JOHANNESBURG,  CMC – A day that started brightly for West Indies ended with them facing long-odds to avoid defeat after South Africa captain Temba Bavuma coolly and calmly collected a career-best, second Test hundred to give his side a commanding lead in the second Test on yesterday.

Bobby Portis led all players with 28 points and 13 rebounds, and Brook Lopez added 24 and 10 as the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks took down the visiting — and likewise short-handed — Brooklyn Nets 118-113 on Thursday.

(Reuters) – World Athletics’ anti-doping watchdog has written to New Zealand’s athletics federation seeking an explanation for insufficient drug testing on its athletes last year.

AHMEDABAD, India, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja struck a majestic 180 and Cameron Green smashed his maiden test hundred to power Australia to a series-high 480 all out on day two of the fourth and final test against India yesterday.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, CMC – Kieron Pollard became the latest West Indies batsman involved in a record run chase and helped Multan Sultans to a four-wicket win against Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League yesterday, to earn a spot in the playoffs.

(CMC) – Jason Holder cracked his first half-century in more than a year-and-a-half, and bailed West Indies out of another batting crisis to reduce South Africa’s first innings lead to 69 in the second Test yesterday.

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) and Belle West secured their berths to the main draw in the inaugural West Demerara Football Association ‘Commander Cup’, following playoff wins on Wednesday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Eagles defeated the Guyana Defence Force to clinch the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s League championship, prevailing 3-1 yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.