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Shimron Hetmyer will lead the Guyana Amazon Warriors in this year’s Caribbean Premier League, a role he admitted is one he has been looking forward to for some time.

(Reuters) – Emma Raducanu, who made a dream run to the U.S.

(CMC) – St Kitts and Nevis will launch the defence of their maiden Caribbean Premier League title when they clash with Jamaica Tallawahs in the opening game of this year’s tournament today.

(Reuters) – Iga Swiatek crushed Italy’s Jasmine Paolini 6-3 6-0 yesterday to set up a highly-anticipated second-round showdown with 2017 champion Sloane Stephens at the U.S.

(Reuters) – Manchester United have reached an agreement to sign Brazil winger Antony from Ajax Amsterdam, the Premier League club said in a statement yesterday.

(Reuters) – Frenchwoman Clara Burel joined the growing list of giant-killing qualifiers at this year’s U.S.

Open champion Cameron Smith joined the LIV Golf Series yesterday. A formal decree from LIV made official one of the worst-kept secrets in golf and comes days before the series tees it up in Boston.

Pepsi Hikers, GCC Spartans, Woodpecker Hikers, and GCC the Sequel, secured wins when the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) Lucozade Indoor Championship commenced last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue, Georgetown.

The Golden Jaguars began their Concacaf U17 Men’s Qualifying Championship in the worst possible manner, suffering an embarrassing 2-4 loss to lowly Bonaire yesterday at the IMG Facility in Bradenton, Florida, USA.

(Reuters) – American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson edged Jamaica’s Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah by one-hundredth of a second to win the women’s 100 metres in Luzerne yesterday.

Team Guyana and Jeremiah Duncan snagged the coveted awards when the curtains came down on this year’s Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Boxing Tournament on Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. 

Showtime was crowned the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Champion, defeating Hopetown on Saturday evening at the Fort Wellington basketball court tarmac, West Coast Berbice.

The Guyana National U14 Boys football programme yesterday suffered their second consecutive defeat of their three-match tour of Suriname, losing to the Transvaal U16 setup.

Thirty-three, that is the number of national records that were broken on Sunday when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) staged its Raw Nationals Championship at St Stanislaus’ auditorium.

Eagles and Pouderoyen recorded contrasting wins when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) leg of the NAMILCO U17 Football League continued on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – A day of tremendous momentum swings ended with Leeward Islands holding on with one wicket remaining, to win the West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 championship in a roller coaster three-day final against Barbados at Arnos Vale.

LONDON, CMC – Guyana international Tré Mitford bagged a second-half brace as Gloucester City hit back to win 3-1 at Hereford FC in an English sixth-tier National League North match on Monday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams signalled she is not quite ready for retirement advancing to the second round of the U.S.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Colombian qualifier Daniel Galan stunned fourth-seeded Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0 6-1 3-6 7-5 in an epic first-round showdown at the U.S.

(Reuters) – A Mickey Mantle baseball card in mint condition sold for $12.6 million on Sunday, becoming the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia to be sold at an auction.