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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.

(Reuters) – Factbox on the eighth Twenty20 World Cup, which takes place from tomorrow to Nov.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India fast bowler Mohammed Shami will replace injured Jasprit Bumrah in the team’s squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters, the country’s security minister said yesterday.

According to a release, the trial will commence from 10:00hrs and will be staged at the National Track and Field Centre ahead of the three-day Games set to return from November 25.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Brentford striker Ivan Toney scored with a deft backheel finish in the first half and added a penalty in the second to give his side a 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion in their Friday night Premier League clash at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Coomacka crushed Blueberry Hill 5-2 when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League continued last evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

GT Panthers earned a berth in the elimination round of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Senior Men’s League, upsetting Santos by a 2-1 score-line on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda, Georgetown.

Star cyclists, Jamual John and Andre ‘Padlock’ Green will represent Guyana and their respective clubs in the Tobago International Cycling Classic which starts today.Back

Soesdyke Falcons and Swan recorded wins when the East Bank Demerara Football Association (EBDFA) Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

(Reuters) – Brazil forward Neymar will stand trial next week on fraud and corruption charges over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013 and the complainant, Brazilian investment firm DIS, said yesterday it was demanding a five-year jail term.

(Reuters) – India’s current batting line-up is their best ever in cricket’s shortest format but the team must improve their fielding in Australia if they are to bring home a second T20 World Cup trophy, former coach Ravi Shastri has said.