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The Massy Group has announced its continued title sponsorship of the Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) for the third consecutive year as part of a five-year pledge of support.

Guyana’s only Olympic medallist, 66-year-old Michael Anthony Parris, is the only boxer from the English-speaking Caribbean to win an Olympic medal and is still the only Guyanese to do so.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Thea LaFond made history for her Caribbean island nation of Dominica by winning gold in the triple jump today to claim the country’s first ever Olympic medal.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Julien Alfred delivered a brilliant gun-to-tape performance to win the women’s 100 metres final today and claim Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal, though the controversial absence of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce left a cloud over the race.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Jamaican double champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce missed her Olympic 100 metres semi-final today after security officials at the Stade de France refused to let her in.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France’s Leon Marchand brought the host nation to a standstill once again on Friday with his fourth gold of the Paris Olympics, while Australian Kaylee McKeown wrote history of her own as the first woman to retain both backstroke titles.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka took three wickets, including two in two deliveries in the 48th over, as the opening one-day international of their three-match series against India ended in a dramatic tie in Colombo yesterday.

LONDON,  CMC – Former West Indies white-ball captain Nicholas Pooran blasted his second straight Man-of-the-Match half-century as Northern Superchargers won their second on the bounce with a 19-run verdict over Oval Invincibles in the Hundred here yesterday.

TAROUBA, Trinidad,  CMC – Ryan Rickelton, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne and captain Temba Bavuma all struck fifties as South Africa produced a strong batting effort to keep the West Indies Championship XI in the field for the entirety of day three of the four-day match here yesterday.

-coach Williams optimistic about team’s performance The Junior Lady Jaguars, the Guyana Girls’ National Under-15 Team touched down in  Aruba yesterday, ready to take on Anguilla on August 6 in their opening fixture of the Concacaf Under-15 Girls’ Championship Qualifiers.

CHATEAUROUX, France, (Reuters) – Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikec has become a social media sensation for his nonchalance at the shooting range at the Paris Olympics.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – A gender dispute in boxing swirled yesterday as Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni raised the issue with International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach and Taiwan expressed support for its boxer embroiled in the row.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – The small Caribbean nation of Dominica stands a chance of winning its first Olympic medal in Paris thanks to triple jumper Thea LaFond who qualified yesterday for the final, having become indoor world champion this year.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – The United States broke their own world record in the 4×400 mixed relay in the opening heats at the Paris Olympics yesterday, crossing the line in three minutes 7.41 seconds.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Veteran seamer Kemar Roach has returned from injury while batsman Keacy Carty and Bryan Charles have received maiden call-ups, in a 15-man West Indies squad named yesterday to face South Africa in a two-Test series starting next week.

PARIS, (Reuters) – World champion Sha’Carri Richardson’s long awaited Olympic debut got off to a terrific start on Friday as the American cruised through the women’s 100 metres heats, while her Jamaican rival Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce also advanced in her fifth Games.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – World record holder Joshua Cheptegei claimed the Olympic 10,000 metres title he so desperately wanted on Friday when he found a late surge to win a fantastic race and take the Games’ first track gold.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic snapped his Olympic semi-final jinx with a 6-4 6-2 defeat of Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti yesterday to set up a blockbuster battle for gold against Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz.

The tapeball format of the Guyana cricket fraternity will come alive today as the best of the best in Guyana will be in action when the Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball Blast bowls off at the Queen’s College Ground, Police Sports Club Ground and the Lusignan Community Centre.