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(Reuters) – A fan invasion in the opening match of the Olympic football tournament between Argentina and Morocco yesterday caused chaos, with Argentina eventually beaten 2-1 following a VAR review after play was suspended with the score tied at 2-2.

(Reuters) – Holger Rune has withdrawn from the Paris Olympics due to a wrist injury, the Dane said on yesterday.

(Reuters) – Canada coach Bev Priestman removed herself from their opening match duties at the Paris Olympics while an assistant coach and a team analyst were kicked out of the Games yesterday after a spying scandal engulfed the women’s soccer tournament.

(CMC) – The dream of pacer Jeremiah Louis to follow his younger brother and become the second player from St.

(CMC) – Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie said he was over his illness and was focused on helping the West Indies get over the finish line against hosts England in the third and final Test of the current Richards-Botham Trophy Series, starting tomorrow at Edgbaston.

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(Reuters) – The rivalry between Japan and China may take centre stage in the men’s gymnastics team event at the Olympics but defending all-around champion Daiki Hashimoto’s main agenda is to leave Paris with no regrets.

CWI Men’s Super50 Cricket Guyana shook off the dust from their disappointing 2-day campaign to begin the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U-19 Men’s Super50 on a positive note with a 13-run victory over Jamaica at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St.

4th IKD World Cup -T&T emerge as overall champion Although surrendering the overall title to Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana ended the 4th International Karate Daigaku (IKD) World Cup with gold medal performances in the teams Kata, Bunkai, Kumite, and Enbu, respectively, at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The mining town of Linden (Region 10) once again showed their prowess in athletics by capturing the overall title at the ExxonMobil Guyana Youth Relay Festival, which was hosted by A Record Chance Inc.

West Demerara powerhouse Pouderoyen Football Club was the recipient of two sets of complete playing kits from overseas-based Guyanese Amabel Clement, who is a former resident of the community.

Three Guyanese are participating in an ongoing Pan Am Junior Badminton Training Camp in Aguascalientes, Mexico.

(Reuters) – Poland’s high jumper Norbert Kobielski has been suspended for the presence or use of a prohibited substance, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) announced yesterday, days before the Paris Olympic Games get underway.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka named all-rounder Charith Asalanka as captain of their Twenty20 side yesterday ahead of a three-match series against world champions India starting this weekend.

(Reuters) – Briton Andy Murray, the first male tennis player to claim two Olympic singles gold medals, said yesterday that he will play the final event of his glittering career at the Paris Games before heading into retirement.

It also announced an expansion in the number of teams in the Women’s T20 World Cup to 16 from 2030 (ESPN) The ICC has confirmed that a review into the conduct of T20 World Cup 2024 will be carried out after the global body set up a panel with three of its board directors – Roger Twose, Lawson Naidoo and Imran Khawaja – to oversee the review and submit findings later in the year.

– Van Lange named captain of Guyana U17 squad In a match shortened by rain, Afraz Budhoo’s XI won the second Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) U17 Trial Match yesterday at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Ground, West Coast Demerara.

Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport,  Charles S. Ramson, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) , Brigadier Omar Khan and the Colonel Administration and Quartering, Captain Coast Guard Vernon Burnett, MSM, on July 21, 2024, held engagements with the management, coaches and players of Guyana Defence Force Football Club (GDF FC).

-Enoe captures Rapid title FIDE Master (FM) Anthony Drayton emerged victorious, capturing the Open Blitz title at the recently held Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Rapid and Blitz tournament at School of the Nations.

-fielded ineligible player By Michaelangelo Jacobus In a twist ahead of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Championship final, set for Friday, Jetty Gunners have been disqualified from the championship match after an investigation found that they fielded an ineligible player during their semifinal against Showstoppers.