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(Reuters) – A series sweep against Bangladesh will cement India’s place atop the World Test Championship (WTC) standings but the team under Rohit Sharma are guarding against any complacency in the two-match home series beginning in Chennai today.

45th Chess Olympiad Guyana recorded positive results in the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad continued in Budapest, Hungary, as the men’s team defeated Ivory Coast while the women drew with Equatorial Guinea yesterday.

GH Renovations T20 Cricket Belle Vue and West Coast Warriors recorded contrasting victories when the West Demerara Cricket Association sanctioned GH Renovations T20 Championship continued.

One Communications, formerly the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph (GTT) company, will serve as the official sponsor for the women’s national team who will compete at the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation Challenge from September 20-28 in Hamilton, Bermuda.

(Reuters) – Kamindu Mendis maintained his red-hot form and struck a majestic 114 to power hosts Sri Lanka to 302-7 on the opening day of the first test in Galle yesterday.

(CPL) – Recalled Rahkeem Cornwall starred with a five-wicket haul as the Barbados Royals crushed the St.

The revamping of the National Schools Athletics Championships, better known as ‘Nationals’, has been made official as the Ministry of Education (MOE), through its Allied Arts Unit, sent out a memorandum to all schools yesterday.

Pele further extended their lead atop the standings in the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League, dismantling Black Pearl by a 4-1 score at the Guyana Football Federation National Training Centre in Providence.

(CMC) – The 10 countries participating in the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup will receive a substantial boost in prize money, with more than US$5 million being dished out when compared to the 2023 tournament.

The Petra Organisation, the coordinators of the Pee Wee Boy’s U-11 Football Championship, conducted a team briefing and ball distribution exercise yesterday for the competing teams at the National Library ahead of the event’s kickoff on Saturday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Ashton Chang, Wyatt Fraser, and Josiah Clinken were among the standout performers when the Association do Shotokan Karate of Guyana staged its grading examinations on Sunday at the YMCA Dojo, Thomas Lands.

Golden Stars and Victoria Kings battled to a 1-1 draw when the East Coast Demerara Senior Men’s League continued at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

(CMC) – Barbados-born England international Chris Jordan has been signed by the Trinbago Knight Riders for the remainder of the 2024 Caribbean Premier League.

(Reuters) – India are focused on making a strong start to their home test season and will not view their two-match series with Bangladesh merely as preparation for their tour of Australia later this year, skipper Rohit Sharma said yesterday.

Guyana will be represented by a three-member roster at the South American Women’s and Men’s Classic Powerlifting Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

(CPL) The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will be making a US$50,000 contribution to support tertiary level students who have had their last year of education significantly disrupted, following the horrendous impact of Hurricane Beryl in July 2024.

(Trinidad Express) Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) skipper Kieron Pollard is urging his players to continue putting in the hard work as they gear up for their home leg of matches in the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League T20.

MIAMI, Florida,  CMC – Over the course of the next four years, CONCACAF is set to introduce additional women’s competitions as part of its efforts to assist in the growth and development of the sport in the region.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Lando Norris pointed to Ferrari as a bigger threat than Red Bull after his McLaren team roared to the top of the Formula One constructors’ standings for the first time in more than a decade.