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(Reuters) – The Asian Cricket Council is set to play a role in helping grow the game in Africa through a plan prepared by ACC chief Jay Shah, a source told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has spoken about his mental and emotional struggles, saying in a social media post yesterday that it was “hard some days to stay positive”.

The management team for the CARIFTA Games has been named by the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) and the body will host its ‘Super Champs’ event on Sunday pitting the Games bound athletes against the cream of the nation’s athletes.

The 592 Beer ‘Skills for Cash’ seven-a-side football tournament will kick-off today at the Number 5 Ground, West Coast, Berbice, with a doubleheader.

(Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios has been fined $35,000 for his behaviour during a fourth-round loss to Jannik Sinner at the Miami Open in which he criticised the umpire and smashed his racket, the sport’s governing ATP said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pakistan completed their highest successful run chase in one-day internationals when they chased down a mammoth target of 349 to beat Australia by six wickets in Lahore to level the series at 1-1 yesterday.

Chris Paul hit the game’s final two baskets 1:24 apart, including a clutch runner in the lane with 13.1 seconds remaining, as the Phoenix Suns survived a foul-filled finish to equal their single-season franchise record for wins with a 107-103 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday in San Francisco.

(Reuters) – Danni Wyatt scored her second one-day international century and Sophie Ecclestone took six wickets as champions England crushed South Africa by 137 runs yesterday to set up a mouthwatering Women’s World Cup final against heavyweights Australia.

(CMC) – Despite failing to advance to the final of the 2022 ICC Women’s World Cup, West Indies Women captain Stafanie Taylor believes her side exceeded expectations while star all-rounder Hayley Matthews said the Caribbean women demonstrated fight and heart against some of the top-rated teams.

(Reuters) – Yorkshire County Cricket Club can continue to host international cricket at Headingley after its members voted in favour of governance reforms yesterday, meeting the conditions set out by the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

(CPL)– The Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) finals will be hosted by Guyana for the next three years, starting this year.

National table tennis player, Shemar Britton, a former Caribbean Under-21 gold medalist, will attend the Puerto Rico Butterfly Open from April 8-10 after a swell of corporate support led by the Guyana Committee of Service (GCOS) At a simple ceremony at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), Bourda, yesterday, Public Relations Officer, Rajan Tiwari, explained that their support of the national athlete is part of their “firm mandate” to assist sportsmen and women in Guyana.

Despite failing to progress to the gold medal bout at the ongoing American Boxing Confederation (AMBC) Elite Championships in Ecuador, prized middleweight, Desmond Amsterdam was applauded for his historic bronze medal feat.

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 132-7 (Sherfane Rutherford 28, Shahbaz Ahmed 27; Tim Southee 3-20) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 128 (Andre Russell 25, Umesh Yadav 18; Wanindu Hasaranga 4-20) by 3 wickets.

Another bout has been added to the already stacked Guyana Fight Night ‘Road to Redemption’ card scheduled for April 23 at the National Stadium. 

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies’ dream of reaching the ICC Women’s World Cup final ended in tatters here yesterday when Australia thrashed them 157 runs in the opening semi-final at the Basin Reserve.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Kyle Mayers, whose maiden five-wicket haul played a key role in the West Indies’ victory in the recent Apex Test series against England has made a massive 33-spot jump in the International Cricket Council (ICC) bowling ranks.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Shane Warne was remembered as a cricketing genius and maverick entertainer at a state memorial at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday where tens of thousands of people gathered to pay tribute to one of the game’s finest players.

A GoFundMe page set up by three of the region’s brightest table tennis stars, has brought into focus one again the issue of Elite Athletes funding in Guyana.

The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) is wrapping up its athletes and stakeholders outreach and registration.