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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has a finalised a 25-member roster which will depart local shores tomorrow for the CONCACAF U17 Men’s Football Qualifiers in Florida, USA.

Following their recent withdrawal from the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys U14 Challenge Series in the Dominican Republic, the Golden Jaguars National team has arrived in Suriname for a three-match international friendly tour.

Fight fans get ready, the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors tournament returns to the raucous Cliff Anderson Sports Hall this evening.

ExxonMobil Guyana has officially confirmed its status as the exclusive sponsor of the Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) tournament.

General Manager of the Inter Caribbean Airlines, Trevor Sadler, has provided airline tickets to the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) in an effort to aid the arrival of several coaches from within the Caribbean region, according to a BCB release yesterday.

Following quarterfinal victories on Wednesday evening, Hopetown will now oppose Rising Stars, while East Bank Gunners will take aim at Showtime in the semi-final round of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship tomorrow.

Guyana maintained its dominance in the women’s division of the XXVII Senior Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Team Championships, dismantling Barbados 5-0 yesterday in Jamaica.

Gregory Wickham, President of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA), has disclosed that the body is yet to officially discuss amongst its membership and executive, the recently amended Guyana Football Federation (GFF) constitution, which will deliberated on for ratification at the congress on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Azeem Rafiq said former team mate Gary Ballance has done cricket and the fight against racism a “great service” by apologising in person to him for using racist language while the pair played for Yorkshire.

(Reuters) – Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was named UEFA Player of the Year and Carlo Ancelotti took the coaching honours after they led the club to a record-extending 14th Champions League title last season.

(Reuters) – Two women who accused the American former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman of sexually abusing them in the 1970s have filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles court.

(Reuters) – Former world number one Novak Djokovic will miss the U.S.

(Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow led England to within 40 runs of South Africa’s first-innings total, with seven wickets in hand, on the first day of the second test at Old Trafford yesterday.

(Reuters) – Two of Europe’s leading strikers will take on their former teams as Manchester City’s Erling Haaland faces Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski meets Bayern Munich after the Champions League group-stage draw was made yesterday.

With the team slated to depart local shores on Saturday for the CONCACAF U17 Men’s Football Qualifiers in Florida, USA, head-coach Vurlon Mills has affirmed that the primary objective is to qualify for the elimination section of the competition, which is slated for Guatemala in 2023.

Defending champion Cummings Lodge, along with West Ruimveldt, Dolphin, and Patentia, earned quarterfinal berths following the Round of 16 wins in the Boy’s division of the ExxonMobil U14 Football Championship yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Georgetown.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Refereeing Department successfully conducted a FIFA Member Association training course for several officials at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara, according to a release from the federation.

The encamped boxers are now shifting into competition mode ahead of the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors tournament.

By Charwayne Walker The Georgetown Football Club (GFC) was founded by Scottish national, Alexander Russell, in December 1902.

The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown, will provide the setting on Saturday for titanic clashes in the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship, as the semi-final round commences with Sparta Boss opposing Swag Entertainment, and Stabroek Ballers opposing Slingerz.