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The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has made a donation of more than $1 million worth of equipment to the East Bank Cricket Association (EBCA) as part of its gear distribution programme.

Guyana clinched the overall team title in the XXVII Senior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships, as they secured the Men and Women team section with an unbeaten record on the final day in Jamaica.

The name Mervyn Anthony is probably unknown to the present day golfers competing at the Lusignan Golf Course.

Despite a spirited century from Mavindra Dindyal, Guyana drew their fourth-round clash with Jamaica in the ongoing West Indies U19 championships.

Slingerz FC and Den Amstel will contest the final of the West Demerara Football Association League Knockout Championship, following semi-final wins on Friday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – Liverpool earned their first win of the season in stunning fashion after equalling the record for the biggest ever Premier League victory with a 9-0 thrashing of newly promoted Bournemouth at Anfield yesterday.

(Reuters) – Evergreen James Anderson took three wickets as England’s seamers steered their side to victory over South Africa by an innings and 85 runs just before the close of the third day of the second test at Old Trafford yesterday.

(Reuters) – LIV Golf has joined a handful of its players in their antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour, according to an amended complaint that showed four golfers have now removed their names.

(CMC) – Barbados Royals’ second win came courtesy of the West Indies-South African connection of Hayley Matthews and Chloe Tryon yesterday.

The fifth annual Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Boxing Tournament got off to a cracking start last night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. 

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has secured four scholarships for national youth players Brandon Solomon, Antwone Vasconcellos, Rajan Ramdeholl, and Marcus Tudor to attend St Jago High School, in Jamaica, and become fixtures in the institution’s u19 squad for the Manning Cup, which is also known as the ISSA High School Championship.

Cycling action returns to the streets of the capital tomorrow with the staging of the most lucrative fixture in recent memory.

Guyana continued their dominant and unbeaten showing in the Men and Women sections, while the Veteran’s unit remained winless in the Team Championships of the XXVII Senior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships in Jamaica yesterday.

The annual ‘Raw National Powerlifting Championships’ has been confirmed for tomorrow at St Stanislaus College auditorium, and as is customary Fitness Express has agreed to be one of the main spotters.

LAUSANNE, (Reuters) – American Aleia Hobbs won the women’s 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, beating Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson in a photo finish yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – New ball fast bowling pair Ravi Rampaul and Jayden Seales produced key bursts to set up Trinbago Knight Riders’ 47-run win over Guyana Amazon Warriors in the fifth match of the Men’s Sixty.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, , CMC – Stunning unbeaten half-centuries from left-handers Amir Jangoo and Raymon Reifer propelled Jamaica Tallawahs to a tournament-high total, laying the platform for a dominant 41-run victory over Barbados Royals.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The accused ringleader of a scheme involving at least 19 former National Basketball Association players to defraud a league health plan into paying millions of dollars for bogus medical procedures pleaded guilty yesterday over his involvement.

(Reuters) – FIFA has lifted the suspension imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF) earlier this month due to undue third-party influence, world soccer’s governing body said on Friday.

(Reuters) – AS Roma are playing well under manager Jose Mourinho and the Serie A clash against Juventus this weekend will be a tight encounter despite Juve’s dominant record over the capital club, manager Massimiliano Allegri said yesterday.