Sports

Yesterday’s edition of Stabroek Sport carried a news item headlined `GMRSC cuts ties with Team Mohamed in light of US sanctions’  which purported to be based on a release from the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMRSC). 

(ICC) New Zealand player Tim Southee has been handed an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group C match against the West Indies at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad on Wednesday.

MAGHERMASON, Ireland, CMC – A purposeful 81 from former West Indies Under-19 captain Ackeem Auguste was upstaged by a hat-trick from leg-spinner Gavin Hoey that set the stage for hosts Emerging Ireland to sweep the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Academy 3-0 in their One-day series with a four-wicket win yesterday.

(Reuters) – The United States’ T20 World Cup group match against Ireland in Lauderhill, Florida was washed out yesterday, ensuring the co-hosts’ progress to the Super Eight knockout stage at the expense of former champions Pakistan.

(Reuters) – Swedish sensation Ludvig Aberg held the outright second round lead at the U.S.

(ICC) A brilliant display of bowling has helped New Zealand cruise to a nine-wicket victory over Uganda in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match in Trinidad yesterday.

(Field Level Media) DALLAS – Luka Doncic scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half, Kyrie Irving added 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks avoided a sweep with a 122-84 rout of the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals yesterday.

PADERBORN, Germany,  (Reuters) – Olivier Giroud has embraced the role of father of the France team at the European Championship and is looking to erase the disappointment of losing the 2016 final on home soil.

(ICC) The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 has approved Hazratullah Zazai as a replacement for Mujeeb ur Rahman in the Afghanistan squad.

(CWI) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and FairBreak Foundation are delighted to announce a new partnership to promote and support Women’s Cricket in the region.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – UEFA paid tribute to Germany’s late World Cup-winning captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer during the Euro 2024 opening ceremony yesterday, with fans applauding as videos of one of Germany’s greatest players were shown in the Munich stadium.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Two of the world’s top women’s all-rounders will come face-to-face when West Indies Women and hosts Sri Lanka Women open their six-match, white ball series today.

(Reuters) – Australia’s Pat Cummins said they never considered going easy on Scotland in their final group match to eliminate England from the Twenty20 World Cup and that comments by Josh Hazlewood suggesting they may bottle up the run rate were made in jest.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan beat Papua New Guinea by seven wickets in Trinidad yesterday to reach the Super Eight stage of the Twenty20 World Cup with a game to spare and end New Zealand’s slim hopes of progressing.

Fruta Conquerors relegated Buxton United to their 11th defeat in 12 matches in the KFC Elite League, prevailing by a 2-0 score last evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Red Force and Front Side recorded hard-fought wins when the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship resumed last night at the community centre ground.

Georgetown Football League The defending champion Beacons were held to a 1-1 draw by Order and Discipline (O&D) when the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League continued at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Nets defeated fierce rival Sonics by a 71-59 score when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) Men’s U-23 League continued on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Eagles soared past Castrol Strikers by a 3-0 score when the Demerara Volleyball Association Senior Men’s League continued at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

-bouts rescheduled for ‘Six Head’ gym today A power failure had the final say on the opening night of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) National Novices Championship, as it blanketed the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue in darkness which forced an abandonment of the evening’s proceedings.