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(Reuters) – USA Cricket and Cricket Chile have been formally put on notice for their non-compliance with the International Cricket Council’s membership criteria, the sport’s governing body said yesterday.

The U.S. Embassy in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport – Guyana, National Sports Commission, and Athletics Association of Guyana has launched the 2024 U.S.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The Paris Olympics, which open on Friday, will feature a new sport in breaking, plus three young sports returning from the Tokyo Games — climbing, skateboarding and surfing.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Four-time NBA champion LeBron James will be Team USA’s male flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, the American team said yesterday.

(CMC) – A stunning collapse in a nightmare final hour saw the West Indies surrender the Richards-Botham Trophy with a demoralising 241-run defeat in the second Test at Trent Bridge yesterday.

Undefeated West Demerara outfit Slingerz maintained their pursuit of leader the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) with a thumping 11-0 victory over Anns Grove in the KFC Elite League on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Mocha Village Cup Football Stabroek Ballers was crowned the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Champion, defeating home-side Red Force by a 2-1 score on Saturday evening at the community centre ground.

Guyana Panthers won the inaugural edition of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Boy’s U-16 Youth Academy Cup, defeating the Guyana Jaguars on penalty kicks yesterday in the final at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

After rain put paid to the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) U-17 50-Over Inter-County over the last week, they have opted for trial matches between selected players.

CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-Day Guyana produced a vastly improved performance in their Cricket West Indies (CWI) Men’s U-19 2-day fixture against Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend, but the game ended in a draw nonetheless.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – Spinner Shoaib Bashir took five wickets as England bowled out West Indies for 143 to secure a 241-run victory on the fourth day of the second test at Trent Bridge today and take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.

(CMC) – Wicketkeeper Joshua Da Silva underlined a sterling West Indies fightback with a fifth Test fifty to earn his side a slim first innings lead, but England got half-centuries from Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, and Ollie Pope to regain control of the second Test at Trent Bridge yesterday.

4th IDK World Cup Guyana made a clean sweep of the Boy’s 8-10 Team Kata event while also claiming the top spot in the Boy’s 17-19 Team Kata (black) and Girl’s 11-13 Team Kata (black) when the 4th edition of the International Karate Daigaku World Cup continued yesterday.

Western Tigers mauled Monedderlust 41 when the KFC Elite League resumed last night at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

– set to commence on August 3rd The 2nd edition of the Kares ‘One Guyana’ T10 Tape-ball Cricket Blast was launched yesterday at the RS53 Restobar & Lounge in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Pan Am Youth Chess Championship Guyana finished outside of the top five in the various age group categories and also without any medals when the curtains closed on the Pan Am Youth Chess Championship in Orlando, Florida, USA, yesterday.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Defending champion Ballerz Empire and crowd favourites Jetty Gunners secured final berths via contrasting wins in front of a massive crowd at the Pouderoyen Tarmac on Friday night in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara zone.

Guyana Jaguars defeated Point Fortuin of Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 when the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Boy’s U-16 Youth Academy Cup continued at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – In a theme common to his rise to the international stage, West Indies batsman Kavem Hodge said he was glad he stuck out the tough times during his maiden Test hundred against hosts England to breathe some life into the Richards-Botham Trophy Series heading into third day of the second Test.

(ESPN) The Pakistan Cricket Board has refused No-Objection Cetificates (NOCs) to Shaheen Shah Afridi, Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan for the Global T20 in Canada.