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(Reuters) – India secured their second Twenty20 World Cup title with a dramatic seven-run win over South Africa yesterday, the result still in doubt at the start of the final over of an electrifying match.

If West Indies still fancies itself as a six- hitting boundary type team, then we will continue to make up numbers at World Cups as was the case in the 2024 T20 championship.

AAG National Junior ChampionshipsAs action on day one of the Athletics Association of Guyana’s (AAG) Junior National Championships unfurled, it was Ezekiel Newton and Nalicia Glen who took top honours in the Boys and Girls 100m events respectively.

Youth Basketball ‘Regional Championships’ – QC, PC win Boy’s U-14, Girl’s titlesThe Bishops’ High captured the Boy’s U-18 crown, while Queen’s College and President’s College secured the Boy’s U-14 and Girl’s divisional titles, respectively, when the Youth Basketball Guyana ‘Regional Championships’ concluded at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Den Amstel squeaked past Buxton United by a 2-1 score when the KFC Elite League resumed last evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Defending champion Beacons thumped Eastveldt 3-0 to climb atop the standings when the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Friday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Girl’s U-15 FootballFour hinterland schools in the form of St.

Candidate Master (CM) Ronuel Greenidge is now two steps closer to clinching the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) Fourth Chess Grand Prix with wins in rounds five and six yesterday at the David Rose Special School, Thomas Lands.

Mocha Football CupHardball, Taliban, and Cayenne Massive recorded contrasting wins when the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship continued at the community centre tarmac.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  (Reuters) – India secured their second Twenty20 World Cup title with a dramatic seven-run win over South Africa today, the result still in doubt at the start of the final over of an electrifying match.

GFF KFC Elite League Strikes from Curtez Kellman and Simeon Moore on Thursday night helped push Slingerz FC to an easy 3-0 win over Fruta Conquerors as action continued in the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) KFC sponsored Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.

After four rounds, Candidate Master Ronuel Greenidge is leading the Malta Supreme Grand Prix 4 Open Chess tournament being staged at the David Rose Special School, Thomas Lands.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will run off their National Junior Championships over the next two days at the National Track and Field Centre (NTFC), Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – Grant Holloway won the 110 metres hurdles at the U.S.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s top sprinters sent warning shots to their rivals ahead of the Paris Games on Thursday by posting searing times in the 100m heats at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston.

(Reuters) – Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni and Chile boss Ricardo Gareca were suspended for one match each after their teams’ late arrival to the field of play during the Copa America, CONMEBOL said in a statement yesterday.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy, Shemaine Campbelle, starred with the bat as West Indies salvaged some pride from the tour of Sri Lanka by beating the hosts by six wickets in the final Twenty20 International here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and world number one Jannik Sinner will take their simmering rivalry at the top of the men’s game to Wimbledon, where the two young guns will look to prolong seven-times winner Novak Djokovic’s trophy drought in 2024.

DUESSELDORF, Germany, (Reuters) – With his startling pace and ability to ride out tackles, unheralded Swiss newcomer Dan Ndoye has put himself on a few radars at Euro 2024 and could be key to another Swiss march to the quarter-finals.

(Reuters) – Colombia cruised to a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in Group D yesterday and booked their spot in the Copa America quarter-finals thanks to strikes from Luis Diaz, Davinson Sanchez and Jhon Cordoba.