Sports

Pan American Youth Chess Championships When action continued in the Pan American Youth Chess Championships yesterday at the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, Florida, USA, Team Guyana’s Aditi Joshi and Maliha Rajkumar recorded wins in their respective age categories while the rest suffered mixed results.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The Paris Olympics’ opening ceremony next Friday will be a joyful, daring and atypical show in which artists and athletes together celebrate Paris, France and the Games alongside the river Seine, the ceremony’s organisers said.

(Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar produced a climbing masterclass as he stormed to a stunning solo victory on yesterday’s stage 19 of the Tour de France in the Alps, a 145 km (90.1 miles) ride from Embrun to Isola 2000.

(Reuters) – Finland’s Robert Helenius has been banned for two years due to Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) for the presence and use of a prohibited substance for his bout against Britain’s Anthony Joshua in August 2023, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) said on Friday.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – A fabulous maiden Test hundred from Kavem Hodge and his monumental fourth wicket stand with fellow Dominican Alick Athanaze turned the tide for West Indies and had them trailing hosts England by only 65 in the second Test of the Richards-Botham Trophy Series yesterday.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Charles Leclerc crashed his Ferrari in Hungarian Grand Prix practice yesterday as McLaren’s Lando Norris set the pace ahead of Red Bull’s runaway Formula One leader Max Verstappen.

A historic Strength and Conditioning Certification Course, facilitated by two instructors from the the United Kingdom Strength and Conditioning Association, is set to wrap up on July 22 with a number of Guyanese earning accreditation as Strength and Conditioning Coaches.

TROON, Scotland,  (Reuters) – World number two Rory McIlroy and three-times winner Tiger Woods led a long list of former champions who missed the British Open cut after a windswept second round at Royal Troon yesterday.

(Reuters) – Churchill Downs yesterday said it had ended its suspension of Bob Baffert after the trainer took responsibility for the positive drug test of Medina Spirit, who finished first at the 2021 Kentucky Derby but was later disqualified.

The ExxonMobil sponsored Guyana Youth Relay Festival will run off tomorrow with the organizing body, A Record Chance Inc (ARC), promising a “thrilling athletic competition focused on relay races, promoting teamwork and sportsmanship amongst young athletes”. 

(CMC) – Six wickets after tea enabled the West Indies to bowl out England in the second Test of the Richards-Botham Trophy Series yesterday after Ollie Pope led powerful batting for the hosts with his sixth Test hundred.

Guyana Jaguars defeated Tinto’s Academy of Trinidad and Tobago 4-2 when the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Boy’s U-16 Youth Academy Cup continued yesterday at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Bank Demerara.

CWI Rising Stars U-19 Men’s 2-Day Guyana suffered a crushing nine-wicket loss to fierce rival Barbados yesterday when the Cricket West Indies (CWI) U-19 2-Day Championship continued at the Arnos Vale Ground in St.

GCB U-17 50-Over trials The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) announced two teams led respectively by Parmeshwar Ram and Afraz Budhoo to compete in an assessment exercise after rain severely affected the U-17 Inter-Country Super50 Championship, which would have been utilised to shortlist players.

(Reuters) – Suryakumar Yadav was appointed India’s T20 captain yesterday ahead of Hardik Pandya and his tenure will begin with a three-match series in Sri Lanka later this month.

4th Diagaku World Cup – Prashad, Pooran also cop top spots’ Guyanese Keenan Beaton, Maya Balram, Ethan Khan, Karesa Prashad, and Preme Pooran turned in sterling performances to grab gold in their respective categories when the 4th Diagaku (IKD) World Cup commenced yesterday at the National Gymnasium.

The semifinal section in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara edition will kick off this evening at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.

Former West Indies B all-rounder Derek Kallicharran, as well as members of the Kaiteur Cricket Club, have contributed three boxes of cricket balls to the ‘Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana’ project.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – The ICC has warned USA Cricket (USAC) it risks being “put on notice” for non-compliance with its Associate membership status, barely a month after the last game of a historic, first-ever ICC global event staged in the country.

(CMC) – Embattled captain Kraigg Brathwaite yesterday urged his batsmen “to find a way” as the West Indies attempt to turn the page on last week’s first Test debacle at Lord’s with an improved performance in the second Test at Trent Bridge starting today.