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(Reuters) – Australia will begin the defence of their Twenty20 World Cup title against New Zealand in Sydney on Oct.

SAO PAULO,  (Reuters) – Brazilian soccer great Pele was discharged from hospital yesterday after undergoing two days of treatment for cancer, the Sao Paulo clinic that treated him said.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Jason Roy warmed up nicely for the five-match Twenty20 International series against West Indies at the weekend by blasting a superb hundred in England’s warm-up match here on Wednesday.

And then there were two. The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation’s (GMMAF) efforts to have six participants at the upcoming World championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, were dashed by a United States Laboratory.

Overseas-based Guyanese, Dr. Tulsi Dyal Singh has renewed his sponsorship of Berbice cricket for this year.

Asks Charwayne walker According the West Indies Under 19 coach Floyd Reifer, at just 17-years-old Guyanese fast bowler Isai Thorne is already clocking 83 miles per hour.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies made good use of their preparations ahead of the Betway T20 International (T20I) Series starting this weekend when they defeated BCA President’s XI in a warm-up match at Kensington Oval  Tuesday night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Manchester United rode their luck before burying luckless Brentford with a second-half goal blitz to claim a 3-1 away victory yesterday and boost their challenge for a top-four finish in the Premier League.

(Reuters) – Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell smashed an unbeaten 154 from 64 balls to post the highest invidual score in Big Bash League (BBL) history and lead the Melbourne Stars to a record Twenty20 total yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – West Indies Under-19 head coach Floyd Reifer has praised the teenage squad for the character they displayed in their second match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup, following an opening defeat, and said he wanted to see them improve even more when they face Sri Lanka tomorrow.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Phil Simmons is not worried about his job as West Indies head coach, despite the team’s recent losses.

YORKSHIRE, England, CMC – Former West Indies all-rounder Ottis Gibson has been announced as the new head coach of English County Cricket club Yorkshire, on a three-year deal.

(ICC) India made it two wins from two matches at the ICC Under 19 Men’s Cricket World Cup thanks to a brilliant batting performance against Ireland. 

PAARL, South Africa, (Reuters) – Captain Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen scored centuries and shared a partnership of 204 as hosts South Africa beat India by 31 runs in the first one-day international yesterday.

A Guyana Mixed Martial Arts team will depart local shores tomorrow to participate at the prestigious International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Amateur World Championship in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates from January 24th-29th.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has now expanded its Chess in Schools Programme with the addition of two secondary schools  The Bishops’ High and Anna Regina Secondary, are the latest schools join the  online training programme.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The West Indies Twenty20 International (T20I) squad that will face England in the first Betway Series starting this weekend is expected to perform more creditably than the T20 World Cup team once players execute according to the game plan.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons says the side’s One-Day International (ODI) batsmen failed at assessing what was required and operating accordingly, in the just-ended series which they lost to Ireland.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Fully vaccinated fans were from yesterday able to purchase tickets for the first series to be played here since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, with Kensington Oval operating at only 50 per cent capacity for the five-match Betway T20 International (T20I) Series between West Indies and England.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – West Indies captain Keiron Pollard has put most of the blame for the 2-1 One-Day International (ODI) series defeat to Ireland on the Caribbean side’s batsmen.