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CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship Guyana continued its successful run in the CWI Rising Stars U-19 Women’s T20 Championship with a close 5-run win over Barbados in a low-scoring encounter yesterday at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago.

SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship Michael Fordyce, Nathan DeNobrega, Matthew Jardine, and Isabella Granum recorded convincing wins when the SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship commenced yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Reuters) – Double Olympic gold medallist Faith Kipyegon improved her own women’s 1,500m world record by clocking 3:49.04 in the final race of the Paris Diamond League yesterday.

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh set a new world record in the women’s high jump yesterday, clearing 2.10 meters at the Paris Diamond League to break a mark that has stood since 1987.

Representing Guyana at the recently concluded Invictus Open No-Gi and Kaizen Open Ne-Waza Championships, respectively, in Suriname, the trio of John Campayne MMA, Phoenix Jiu-Jitsu, and the MMA Academy secured an impressive 16 medals.

Mocha Village Football Cup A new champion will be crowned in the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship, as defending champion Hardball was sent packing in the round of 16 section, losing to Stabroek Ballers on penalty kicks on Saturday night at the community centre tarmac.

ExxonMobil U-14 Football The second time around was the charm for the President’s College (PC) U-14 girls team as they defeated familiar foes and defending champions Waramuri Primary Top 2-1 to clinch their maiden title when the ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s U-14 Football Championship concluded yesterday.

National School Basketball Festival Kwakwani and the Bishops’ High will contest the Boy’s U-18 final, while Berbice High and Queen’s College will battle in the boy’s U-14 decider today following semifinal wins yesterday in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG)-coordinated National School Basketball Festival at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara In front of a full house on the first night of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Championship on Friday night at the Pouderoyen tarmac, defending champion Ballerz Empire got their title defence off to a successful start with a 2-1 win over Sunshine Ballers.

Mocha Village Football Cup Ballerz Empire secured their place in the quarterfinal round of the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship following a round of 16 victory last evening at the community centre tarmac.

CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship Danellie Mann’s four-wicket haul, coupled with Naomi Barkoye’s 46, led Guyana to an 81-run victory over Jamaica in round two of the CWI Rising Stars Women’s U-19 T20 Championship.

Guyana secured an overall second-place finish at the conclusion of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Championships, following the bronze medal acquisition by the boy’s team yesterday at the Tortola Sports Club, British Virgin Islands (BVI).

(Reuters) – Uruguay beat Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout yesterday after a bruising 0-0 draw to march into the semi-finals of the Copa America where they will face Colombia.

(Reuters) – Top seed Iga Swiatek crashed out of Wimbledon in the biggest shock of this year’s Championships so far but Novak Djokovic avoided joining her through the exit door despite another below-par performance yesterday.

…as West Dem Guinness Greatest of the Streets kicks off The West Bank/East Bank Demerara Zone of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets street ball competition got off to a fiery start last night at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, West Bank Demerara.

HAMBURG, Germany,  (Reuters) – France converted all their kicks in a shootout to edge Portugal 5-3 on penalties after a goalless stalemate in their European Championship quarter-final yesterday, likely bringing the curtain down on Cristiano Ronaldo’s international career.

Day five of the National Schools Basketball Festival on Thursday saw Queen’s College U14 Boys dominant in a 25-13 win over Marian Academy while the President’s College Girls ‘A’ Team wiped the floor over their Queen’s College counterparts in the same age group.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan will host seven Tests between August this year and February next year, including two against West Indies, in a packed international red-ball home season.

BECKENHAM, England, CMC – Alick Athanaze and Joshua Da Silva warmed up for higher intensity battles in the coming weeks with unbeaten half-centuries that were the highlights for West Indies before the opening match on their Tour of England against the First-Class Counties Select XI ended in a draw yesterday.

STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – A Mikel Merino goal in the last moments of extra time gave Spain a dramatic 2-1 win over hosts Germany in an enthralling Euro 2024 quarter-final clash yesterday  between the tournament’s two most successful nations.