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(ICC)This column is part of the build-up articles being provided for free editorial use giving credit to the International Cricket Council Our last match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup – the 2020 final at the MCG – was watched by 86,174 spectators!

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially released its 2022 Year in Review catalogue, which summarised the activities and events staged by the association during the period following the lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Wicketkeeper Tevyn Walcott and former West Indies batsman Sunil Ambris both gathered uptempo half-centuries but a late collapse saw Windward Islands Volcanoes squander a great opportunity on the opening day of their first round Regional First Class match against Trinidad and Tobago Red Force.

LONDON, CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews has underscored the importance of consistency if West Indies Women are to make an impact at next month’s ICC Twenty20 World Cup, and said  that she believes the pitches will also be a decisive factor in results.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran coach Roddy Estwick has been snapped up by the Barbados Cricket Association, just over a month after being released by Cricket West Indies.

oung Achievers brushed aside newcomer Alpha by a 3 – 0 score-line when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued on Monday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh have appointed Chandika Hathurusingha for a second spell as head coach, with the former Sri Lanka batsman signing a two-year deal, the country’s cricket board announced yesterday.

Paolo Banchero had 29 points and nine rebounds, Moritz Wagner added 22 points and the Orlando Magic rallied from a 21-point deficit for a 119-109 victory over the host Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

There were no losers Sunday night. All of the Sportsmen and Women of the Year- awardees and their runners-up at the National Sports Commission’s National Sports Awards ceremony for the 2021-2022 period  at the National Cultural Centre, were, in our opinion, winners.

Following his stellar exploits in the ring, standout boxer, Desmond Amsterdam capped his historic season with one of his biggest wins, earning the coveted Sportsman-of-the-Year award on Sunday.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – Injury-riddled West Indies Women slumped to an eight-wicket loss to India Women in their final game of the Twenty20 International Tri-Series, to extend their depressing losing streak to nine games here  yesterday.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie collected two wickets apiece as West Indies’ three-day game against a Zimbabwe XI finished in a draw here yesterday.

A two-day session hosted by the Ministry of Education Unit of Allied Arts for 13 Secondary Schools and 22 Physical Education Teachers concluded with a bang Friday at the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary. 

Incumbent Michael Singh was returned as president of the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) when the entity staged its Electoral Congress Sunday at the Guyana Olympic Association headquarters, Liliendaal.

Monedderlust and Buxton Stars secured victories when the East Coast Mash Cup football championships continued Sunday evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

Georgetown and East Coast ATCs jumped to the top of the table after the third match day of the Inter-Association/Club leg of the Tiger Rentals-sponsored Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National U-13 development football initiative Saturday.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 50 points and 13 rebounds and the host Milwaukee Bucks rolled to a 135-110 victory over the reeling New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – All-rounder Cameron Green has not been ruled out of facing India in the first of four tests next month despite his finger injury, Australia coach Andrew McDonald said yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia run machine Steve Smith clinched his fourth Allan Border Medal yesterday, becoming only the third player, after Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, to achieve the feat.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s stand-in captain Hardik Pandya has criticized the pitches used for the first two T20 Internationals against New Zealand and hopes a better surface will be rolled out for tomorrow’s decider in Ahmedabad.