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Following the conclusion of the Region Four section of the One Guyana President Cup football tournament on Wednesday, the management team has finalised its 25-member roster of players who will compete in the Championship phase slated to commence on Sunday.

(Reuters) – The participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Paris summer Olympics is still unclear and no date has been set for a final decision on the matter, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – The ATP on Wednesday fined Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) 820,000 pounds ($1 million) for banning male players from Russia and Belarus from this year’s summer grasscourt events ahead of the Championships over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

(Reuters) – Serbia have been fined 20,000 Swiss francs ($21,290.19) after a flag which showed Kosovo as part of their country was hung in the dressing room when they faced Brazil at the World Cup on Nov.

(Reuters) – Portugal’s Goncalo Ramos scored a hat-trick on his first World Cup start to help his side demolish Switzerland 6-1 yesterday and send them through to the quarter-finals for the first time in 16 years, setting up a clash with Morocco.

(Reuters) – Achraf Hakimi calmly converted a penalty to send Morocco through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time with a 3-0 shootout win over former champions Spain after a cagey last-16 clash ended goalless yesterday.

Beterverwagting (BV)/Buxton won the Region Four title in the One Guyana President Cup, defeating South          Ruimveldt/Tucville 2-1 yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – A devastating opening spell from young seamer Lauren Bell propelled England to victory and an unassailable 2-0 lead in their ODI series against West Indies after Amy Jones and Sophia Dunkley set the tourists up with half-centuries in Antigua.

Tiger Rentals Guyana has once again partnered with the Petra Organization in their bid to stage the 3rd KFC Goodwill Football Championship by sponsoring the impending participation of the St Benedict College of Trinidad and Tobago.

The official draw for the inaugural One Guyana President Cup Football Championship was conducted yesterday at the National Cultural Centre on Mandela and Homestretch avenues, Georgetown.

(Reuters) – Amateur boxing’s Russian-led world body will stay shut out of the Olympics because it has yet to implement a “drastic” change of culture, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday.

The Guyana National Hockey Men’s Senior and Under-21 teams will depart local shores today to compete against Barbados in a four-match international series from December 8 to 11 at the Wildey Hockey Turf at the Sir Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Bridgetown.

(Reuters) – Eddie Jones’s roller-coaster ride as England coach came to an end yesterday when he was sacked by the Rugby Football Union following a review into their November series that ended with the team being booed off the pitch at Twickenham.

(Reuters) – Genoa midfielder Manolo Portanova has been sentenced to six years in jail for involvement in the gang rape of a young woman last year, Italian media reported yesterday.

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) warned Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers yesterday that allowing women and young girls safe access to sport was a condition for the country’s representation at the 2024 Paris Games.

(Reuters) – An irrepressible, irresistible Brazil lit up the night sky yesterday with one of the performances of the World Cup to shred South Korea 4-1 and set up a quarter-final clash with Croatia.

(Reuters) – Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three spot-kicks as Croatia beat Japan 3-1 in a penalty shootout to reach the World Cup quarter-finals for the third time after an enthralling 120-minute contest finished deadlocked at 1-1 yesterday.

Queens Park (QP) of Trinidad and Tobago won the Men’s Division and Over 45 section respectively, while George United also of twin island republic copped the Women’s title, when the 2022 edition of the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Festival concluded on Sunday.

Central Mackenzie and Christianburg will compete in the Region #10 final of the One Guyana President Guyana this evening, following contrasting semi-final wins on Sunday evening at the Wisburg ground.

(Reuters) – Western Australia seamer Lance Morris and Queensland quick Michael Neser have been added to Australia’s squad ahead of the second test against West Indies, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.