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Victory Valley Royals and Block 22 Flames recorded contrasting victories when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) U-23 Championship commenced at the Amelia’s Ward Hard-court.

CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship In what has seemingly become a habit, Guyana won another nail-biter in Trinidad and Tobago, this time leaving it late to bowl out the Leeward Islands two runs short of their total to register a fourth straight win yesterday in the CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship.

SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship The team of Dequan Boston and Rafeeq Prince stormed into the semifinal round of the Boy’s doubles division of the SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), following a commanding win over the host pair of Kairon Griffith and Nicholas McLetchie yesterday.

Mocha Village Cup Football The quarterfinal segment in the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship will kick off this evening at the community centre ground.

(Reuters) – Defending champions Argentina booked their place in the Copa America final after goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi gave them a 2-0 win over Canada in yesterday’s semi-final in New Jersey.

(Reuters) – Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz returned to the semi-finals with an enthralling comeback yesterday but there will be no blockbuster showdown with Jannik Sinner after the world number one was dragged the distance and dumped out.

(Reuters) – Spain struck twice in five minutes in a pulsating first half to secure a 2-1 comeback win over France yesterday as a record-breaking goal from teenager Lamine Yamal and a Dani Olmo effort propelled them into the Euro 2024 final.

Junior chess players Alexander Zhang and Ricardo Narine are unbeaten and atop of the ranking table in the Moo Milk Junior Qualifiers with four points apiece after four rounds of matches at the Guyana National Stadium over the weekend.

-Hutson further suspended, unable to produce financial records Embattled former President of the Athletics Association of Guyana, Aubrey Hutson has been further suspended by the Executive Council of the body following a statutory meeting on Saturday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue.

The Bishops’ High School Boys U18 basketball team led by Most Valuable Player (MVP) Carmelo ManSonHing held their nerve to secure a 71-60 win over last year’s winners Kwakwani Secondary at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue on Sunday night.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – South Africa have rested beanpole left-arm all-rounder Marco Jansen, but they have named uncapped batsman Matthew Breetzke as the only completely new face in their 16-member squad for a two-Test series on the Tour of the Caribbean next month.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Restricting test cricket to six or seven teams and using the 20-overs format as the vehicle to spread the game were some of the views aired at a symposium organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Canada are preparing for a colossal Copa America semi-final showdown against Argentina today in what their coach Jesse Marsch has likened to a David v Goliath battle.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina settled herself after a slow start to reach the quarter-finals yesterday as Russian 17th seed Anna Kalinskaya retired with a right wrist problem while trailing 6-3 3-0.

LONDON,  CMC – West Indies fast bowler Shamar Joseph put his delayed arrival behind him and is ready to get down to business against England in the first Test of the Vivian Richards-Ian Botham Trophy series, starting tomorrow at the so-called “home” of the sport, Lord’s.

MUNICH, Germany,  (Reuters) – French midfielder Adrien Rabiot said coach Didier Deschamps had been forced to keep his tactical plans close to his chest, even with his own players, because they were leaking out before matches at the European Championship.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Fast bowler Gus Atkinson and wicketkeeper Jamie Smith will make their red-ball debuts for England in the first of the three-match home series against West Indies, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic produced his best display so far at this year’s Wimbledon to dispatch Denmark’s Holger Rune 6-3 6-4 6-2 and reach the quarter-finals before launching a tirade against ‘disrespectful’ fans yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Taylor Fritz punched a hole in Alexander Zverev’s perfect serving record at this year’s Wimbledon by producing a storming comeback from two sets down to topple the German fourth seed with a 4-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-6(3) 6-3 victory to reach the quarter-finals.

National School Basketball Festival Kwakwani and Queen’s College (QC) were crowned Girl’s and Boy’s U-14 divisional champions, respectively, when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)-coordinated National School Basketball Festival concluded last night at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.