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(Reuters) – American Cole Hocker delivered one of the all-time Olympic shocks when he won the 1,500 metres gold with a stunning finish to blast past British world champion Josh Kerr as defending champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen faded to fourth yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies Test skipper Kraigg Brathwaite is hoping that the regional team can utilise its home advantage when they take on South Africa in the first of two Test matches, starting today at the Queen’s Park Oval.

(Reuters) – Cuban wrestling great Mijain Lopez became the first Olympian to win five golds in the same individual event yesterday after winning the men’s 130kg Greco-Roman final at the Paris Games, before immediately retiring.

(Reuters) – Bahamian Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s 400 metres Olympic title defence ended yesterday as she finished last in the repechage after struggling through the heat with an apparent injury.

The Guyana Taekwondo Association (GTA) recently held an Open Taekwondo competition which was a resounding success in both the Kyorugi and Poomsae disciplines.

– to get second shot in Repechage today Guyana’s sole remaining athlete at the Olympic Games in Paris, France, Aliyah Abrams produced a season best performance yesterday in the Heats of the Women’s 400m but finished fifth in her heat and thus did not book progression to the semi-finals.

The ten Elite clubs that are currently competing in the KFC Elite League have been outfitted with new kits which were handed over on Sunday evening at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National Training Centre (NTC) at Providence, East Bank Demerara.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet won the women’s Olympic 5,000 metres as she delivered a textbook performance to outkick compatriot Faith Kipyegon, whose silver medal was reinstated after she had been controversially disqualified.

PARIS, (Reuters) – It definitely was not the ending Simone Biles was expecting as she was surprisingly upstaged in the floor exercise final by Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade — but a silver medal on Monday capped the American’s remarkable Olympic comeback.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The Algerian and Taiwanese boxers embroiled in a dispute over gender in sport at the Paris Games were disqualified from the 2023 World Championships after a sex chromosome test ruled both of them ineligible, the International Boxing Association said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former England cricketer and coach Graham Thorpe has died at the age of 55, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Less than 24 hours after winning 100 metres gold, Noah Lyles began his quest for the prestigious Olympic sprint double by cruising through his 200m heat yesterday in 20.19 seconds.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Gabby Thomas of the United States sent an emphatic statement to her rivals in the Olympic women’s 200 metres as she cruised to the fastest time in the semi-finals yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis retained his Olympic pole vault title with ludicrous ease yesterday, needing only four successful attempts to take gold with 6.00 metres, then capped a memorable night by beating his own world record with a clearance of 6.25.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson delivered a command performance to win the gold medal in the Olympic 800 metres yesterday and claim her first global title.

TORONTO,  CMC – West Indians Sherfane Rutherford, Kyle Mayers and Sunil Narine all had subpar performances as their respective teams slumped to losses in the Global T20 Canada here Sunday.

(Reuters) – South Africa are looking to give Tristan Stubbs an extended run at No.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic opened her assault on the Olympic women’s 400 metres title, clocking the quickest time of yesterday’s preliminary round in near-perfect conditions at Stade de France.

LONDON,  CMC – West Indies captain Hayley Matthews produced a sensational spell of spin bowling to lead Welsh Fire to a dominant seven-wicket victory over Southern Brave when the Hundred continued here yesterday.

(Reuters) – After all the talk and all the hype, Noah Lyles duly delivered when it mattered most by winning the closest-ever Olympic 100 metres final by five thousandths of a second yesterday to give the United States the title for the first time in 20 years.