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When the Guyana national cricket selectors sat down recently to name the two sides for this week’s practice match to help them arrive at the Guyana Harpy Eagles side which will contest Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Four-Day Championships a number of names were missing.

Sherwin Johnson, one of Guyana’s most highly respected referees has announced his retirement after 13 years on the field.

(Reuters) – France Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graet apologised to Zinedine Zidane yesterday after his comments on the former Real Madrid coach drew the ire of players, politicians and even the Spanish club.

(Reuters) – Fast bowler Naseem Shah picked up five wickets before the trio of Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan all scored half-centuries as Pakistan chased down a target of 256 for a comfortable six-wicket win over New Zealand yesterday.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Danielle Collins, runner-up at last year’s Australian Open, indicated she might be set for another run deep into the year’s first Grand Slam with a 6-2 6-4 win over Karolina Pliskova at the Adelaide International 2 yesterday.

Kyrie Irving scored 29 points and Royce O’Neale hit the game-winning shot as the Brooklyn Nets overcame a second-half injury to Kevin Durant to beat the host Miami Heat 102-101 on Sunday night.

LONDON,  CMC – Bermuda’s number one goalkeeper Dale Eve has joined Bedford Town while keeping his dual registration with another British club, Hereford FC.

OXFORD, England, (Reuters) – Premier League leaders Arsenal booked an FA Cup fourth round clash with Manchester City after they beat third-tier Oxford United 3-0 last night thanks to second-half goals from Mohamed Elneny and Eddie Nketiah.

(Reuters) – Wales and Los Angeles FC winger Gareth Bale said yesterday he had decided to end his playing career at the age of 33, having reached exceptional milestones in both club and international football.

Last year it could be said that the Golden jaguars broke even in their Concacaf Nations League campaign.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Tiger Rentals’ U-13 football tournament kicked off  Saturday at the National Training Center (NTC), Providence with big wins for East Berbice and Fruta Conquerors.

PORT OF SPAIN, CMC – Sprinters Jereem “The Dream” Richards and Michelle-Lee Ahye were named the men’s and women’s athlete-of-the-year respectively, at the National Association of Athletic Administration (NAAA) annual awards on Saturday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – South Africa dug deep and denied Australia a 3-0 series sweep with a battling draw in the rain-disrupted third test at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, finally finding some fight on the final day of a miserable tour.

Luka Doncic had his ninth triple-double of the season and the host Dallas Mavericks rode a dominant start to a 127-117 victory over the short-handed New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night.

MANCHESTER, (Reuters) – Manchester City cruised to a 4-0 win at home to Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup yesterday, enjoying their third successive win over Graham Potter’s side in the space of two months.

ADELAIDE, Australia, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic dug deep to save a match point on the way to a battling 6-7(8) 7-6(3) 6-4 victory over Sebastian Korda in the Adelaide International 1 final yesterday ahead of this month’s Australian Open.

HAMILTON, CMC – Undefeated Bermudian welterweight Andre Lambe said he expects his forthcoming American Boxing Organisation title bout against Crisanto Lucio of the United States to be one of the biggest tests of his fledgling career.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Pat Cummins believes his side have as good a chance of winning a test series in India as they will ever have when they play four matches on the sub-continent in February and March.

Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Co-Director Chris Bowman, sat down with Stabroek Sport to discuss the major objectives of the organization for 2023, and to highlight the notable accomplishments of the previous year, as well as the challenges and possible solutions faced by the discipline.

Charlotte guards Terry Rozier and LaMelo Ball took turns raining 3-point baskets on the host Milwaukee Bucks, and the Hornets put together a record-setting first quarter in a 138-109 romp on Friday night.