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(Reuters) – Australia and New Zealand are sweating on the form of their captains heading into the Twenty20 World Cup with both Aaron Finch and Kane Williamson under par with the bat in recent matches.

(Reuters) – Brazil have left in-form striker Gabriel Jesus out of a 26-man squad for this month’s friendlies against Ghana and Tunisia but Gleison Bremer and Roger Ibanez are included for the first time.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Norwegian Casper Ruud harnessed his mighty forehand to reach his second Grand Slam final this year by beating Russian Karen Khachanov 7-6(5) 6-2 5-7 6-2 at the U.S.

(Cricinfo) Aaron Finch has announced he will retire from one-day internationals after the final match of the series against New Zealand in Cairns tomorrow.

(Reuters) – English soccer’s ruling body postponed all fixtures until Monday as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth but cricket and rugby matches will go ahead as planned this weekend.

(CPL) – The St Kitts and Nevis Patriots achieved their first victory of the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season with a narrow win over Guyana Amazon Warriors by four wickets.

(CPL) – Barbados Royals maintained their 100% record with a dominant victory over the Saint Lucia Kings in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

The ExxonMobil U14 Football Championship will conclude tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown, with defending champion East Ruimveldt opposing Charlestown in the Girl’s division, and Ann’s Grove battling Charlestown in the Boy’s section.

Woodpecker Hikers will oppose GCC Spartans in the Women’s final, while Old Fort will battle Bounty GCC in the Men’s championship encounter tomorrow, following respective semi-final wins on Wednesday evening in the Lucozade Indoor Hockey Championship which continued on Wednesday.

Buxton United and Victoria Kings played to a draw when the East Demerara Football Association Senior League continued on Wednesday evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Declaring “The future is in good hands, and the boxers have shown themselves to be wonderful ambassadors of Guyana,” Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) President Steve Ninvalle, stated that the recently concluded Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys Boxing Tournament was a tremendous success.

(Reuters) – The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) risks being banned from the Olympic Games by December if it does not resolve a number of governance and election disputes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz saved a match point in the fourth set before digging deep in the decider to beat Jannik Sinner in a five-set thriller and reach the U.S.

(Reuters) – Australia legspinner Adam Zampa picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in one-day internationals to help the hosts defeat New Zealand by 113 runs in a low-scoring second match in Cairns and bag the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy with a game to spare.

(Reuters) – Ons Jabeur executed a stunning 6-1 6-3 demolition of Caroline Garcia in the U.S.

Former Caribbean men’s singles table tennis champion Sydney Christophe on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Director of Sport Steve Ninvalle.

National swimmer Leon Seaton set a new national record in the men’s freestyle event at the recent 8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships.

Sixteen athletes from four disciplines will represent Guyana at the X11 edition of the South American Games in Paraguay next month The X11 edition of the South American Games will be hosted in Asunción, Paraguay, from October 1-15 and Guyana will be represented by 16 athletes in four disciplines.

Despite the closure of the window to submit the names of the athletes to participate at the South American Games in Paraguay next month, an 11th hour plea will be made this weekend at a meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil in an effort to enable them to compete.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars U17 men’s football team its campaign in the Concacaf U17 championship qualifiers on a positive note, defeating group winner Bermuda 3-2 yesterday at the IMG Facility in Bradenton, Florida, USA.