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Perhaps the time is now for prized pugilist, Keevin Allicock, to consider getting his feet wet in the lightweight division if he has aspirations of competing at the next Olympic Games. 

Yesterday’s scheduled Guyana Cricket Board round three Inter-County match between  Berbice and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s XI has been washed out due to persistent rainfall over the past two days.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Harry Kane maintained his incredible strike rate against Everton with a penalty in his 400th Tottenham Hotspur appearance paving the way for a 2-0 Premier league win over Everton yesterday.

Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is being treated for a brain tumor, the NBA confirmed yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has hailed the late Bruce Pairaudeau as “one of the pioneers of the game” following the former batsman’s death at 91 earlier this week.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – General chit-chats about families and cars are how players from India and Pakistan defuse the hype that surrounds a contest between the bitter neighbours, rival captains Rohit Sharma and Babar Azam said yesterday.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Nicholas Pooran believes having to go through a qualifying series to reach the main draw of the Twenty20 World Cup could prove a “blessing in disguise” for West Indies.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Aaron Finch has no immediate plans to quit Twenty20 Internationals and will continue to open in the home World Cup despite his inconsistent form, the 35-year-old said yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England captain Jos Buttler is happy with his team’s preparation but tipped champions Australia as the favourites to win the Twenty20 World Cup on home soil, in comments to the media yesterday.

Golden State Warriors guard Jordan Poole is finalizing a four-year, $140 million contract extension, his representation CAA Sports told ESPN yesterday.

Guyana’s 16-athlete outfit finished with a silver medal and two bronze medals at the X11 edition of the South American Games which concludes tonight in Paraguay. 

Cycling standout, Andre Green, won the first stage in his class (Division Two) of the Tour of Tobago yesterday. 

(Reuters) – Shimron Hetmyer’s last-minute exclusion typifies what ails West Indies cricket but the game’s shortest format remains their strong suit and the young side are determined to give a good account of themselves in the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – On home pitches and with strength across the board, Australia are in the box seat to become the first team to win back-to-back T20 World Cups in a country that has eagerly awaited its chance to stage the global showpiece.

(Reuters) – Kenya’s 2021 Boston Marathon winner Diana Kipyokei and compatriot Betty Wilson Lempus have been provisionally suspended for using the banned substance triamcinolone acetonide, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Cricket Australia (CA)’s board requested an amendment to their integrity code be drawn up yesterday in another step towards David Warner’s lifetime ban from leadership positions being lifted.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Some of the biggest names in women’s sport bowed out of competition in 2022 but tennis icon Billie Jean King expects the likes of Serena Williams and Allyson Felix to continue making headlines as part of a flourishing “old girls network”.

(Reuters) – Pakistan batsman Fakhar Zaman has been promoted to the team’s 15-player squad for the Twenty20 World Cup while leg spinner Usman Qadir has been moved to the travelling reserves due to an injury, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Brimming with belief after humbling Australia’s formidable one-day international side last month, Zimbabwe are back Down Under and determined to make the Super 12 stage at the Twenty20 World Cup for the first time.

The ninth edition of the Courts Pee Wee Boys U11 Football Championship resumes today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue in Georgetown.