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(CMC) – The West Indies were condemned to a 3-0 sweep against England in the Richards-Botham Trophy Series after tearaway fast bowler Mark Wood blew away the bottom half of their batting and set up the hosts for a 10-wicket win in the third and final Test yesterday.

CWI Men’s U-19 Super50 Guyana’s unbeaten run in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Men’s U-19 Super50 competition was brought to a grinding halt yesterday as they suffered a nine-wicket defeat to Barbados in a thoroughly lopsided contest at the Arnos Vale Playing Field in Kingstown, St.

Avion Kesney’s game-high 27 points led his side, Team White, to a 52-47 win over Team Red in the opening encounter of the Youth Basket Guyana (YBG) All Star Games yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Anns Grove squeaked past Fruta Conquerors by a 2-1 score when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre, Providence.

(Reuters) – Leon Marchand carried the expectations of a nation on the strongest of shoulders as he stormed to gold in the 400m individual medley in a cathartic victory at his home Olympics.

(Reuters) – Reigning champions Canada got a lifeline at the Paris Games following a 2-1 last-gasp win over hosts France, while Spain and the United States claimed wins to reach the quarter-finals on the second matchday of Olympic women’s football yesterday.

(Reuters) – India beat Sri Lanka in a rain-affected Twenty20 clash by seven wickets via the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method in Pallekele yesterday, securing their first series win under new head coach Gautam Gambhir and T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav.

(Reuters) – Reigning champions Canada got a lifeline at the Paris Games following a 2-1 last-gasp win over hosts France, while Spain and the United States claimed wins to reach the quarter-finals on the second matchday of Olympic women’s football yesterday.

(Reuters) – Defending champions the United States won their Group C opener against Serbia 110-84 in front of an ecstatic crowd in one of the most anticipated games of the Olympic men’s basketball tournament at the Pierre Mauroy stadium yesterday.

(CMC – Two late wickets rocked the West Indies and undermined a courageous effort with the ball, leaving them staring at a series whitewash at Edgbaston yesterday.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara The highly anticipated rematch from the previous year’s final of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Zone saw title holders Ballerz Empire defend their championship with a 2-0 win over Showstoppers on Friday night at the Pouderoyen Tarmac.

(Reuters) – Australia’s peerless women’s 4×100 metres freestyle relay swimmers secured their country a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the event at the Paris Games yesterday with an Olympic record-breaking swim.

Santos hammered lowly Buxton United by a 7-0 score when the KFC Elite League continued last night at the National Training Centre, Providence.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will kick-off its Kool Kidz Summer Festival on August 3rd at the National Training Centre in Providence, East Coast Demerara.

Paris Olympics 2024 – Noel sets national record in defeat Guyana’s first two athletes jumped into action yesterday at the Olympic Games in Paris, France, but sadly, could not book progression despite their best efforts.

(Reuters) – Caleb Dressel collected his eighth career Olympic gold medal, and a first of the Paris Games for the U.S.

(Reuters) – Japan’s world number two table tennis mixed doubles team, Hina Hayata and Tomokazu Harimoto, were upset by North Korea’s Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong 4-1 in the first round at the Paris Olympics, losing the chance to retain the country’s gold medal.

(Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron declared the Olympic Games open yesterday after a soaking wet ceremony in which athletes were cheered by the crowd along the Seine, dancers took to the roofs of Paris and Lady Gaga sang a French cabaret song.

Vice President (VP) of the Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB), Royan Fredericks, said he is happy that five female cricketers from the county were selected to represent Guyana at the recently concluded Cricket West Indies regional women’s limited-over tournament, which was held in Trinidad and Tobago. 

KFC Elite League Slingerz title hopes suffered a setback on Thursday evening as they were held 1-1 by fierce rival Den Amstel in the ‘West Demerara Derby’ in the KFC Elite League at the National Training Centre, Providence.