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Guyanese cyclist Briton John’s scintillating form continued on Saturday in Suriname as he won the first stage of the Grand Prix de L’Ouest Guyanais.

National table tennis player Chelsea Edghill will represent Guyana at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, scheduled from July 26th to August 10th, after being granted a ‘wild card’ berth.

The Guyana Boxing Association’s (GBA) eventful year continues when the National Novices Championship punches off on June 13 at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

The teams of Kalyca Fraser and Ricky Romascindo, as well as Sandeep Chand and Andre Lopes, secured contrasting wins when the Guyana Tennis Association Doubles Championship continued at the National Racquet Centre on Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

-defending champs clinch round of 16 berths The third and final round of matches in the group stage of the ExxonMobil U14 Schools competition were played on Saturday at the Ministry of Education Ground, Carifesta Avenue, and saw goals galore as the usual suspects turned in sublime performances.

-the spinner’s opening spell saw West Indies bowl Uganda out for 39 (ESPN) Akeal Hosein scythed through Uganda in a sublime opening spell, using his swinging seam-up delivery to devastating effect, plundering five wickets for 11 runs.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Essequibo Zone Chelsea, Ballers, Gunners and Henrietta United were among the teams to secure berths in the quarterfinal section when the maiden edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Essequibo edition kicked off on Friday evening at the Anna Regina car park tarmac. 

GTA Doubles Championship The impressive pair of Seanden David-Longe and Phillip Squires romped to a 6/2, 6/1 win over Immanuel Barker and Delon Fraser in their Round of 16 match as day six of the Guyana Tennis Association’s (GTA) Doubles Championship continued on Thursday night at the National Racquet Center courts.

(ICC) India captain Rohit Sharma called on his team to step up as they face Pakistan today in Group A of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup – and added that they would not be putting any pressure solely on one player.

ICC Exclusive Column Like the rest of the cricketing world, I was gripped by USA’s victory over Pakistan.

(Field Level Media) BOSTON – Boston Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown aren’t letting Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd create a rift between them ahead of Game 2 of the NBA Finals tonight.

(Reuters) – South Africa survived an early scare before David Miller guided them to a nervy four-wicket victory over the Netherlands in the Twenty20 World Cup in Long Island, New York on Saturday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek produced a ruthless performance to crush 12th seed Jasmine Paolini yesterday and win a third straight French Open crown and fifth Grand Slam title of her career.

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – George Russell put Mercedes on pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix by the blink of an eye yesterday after setting exactly the same time as Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

…at ICC T20 World Cup BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Disciplined bowling, led by leg-spinner Adam Zampa and pacer Pat Cummins, helped propel double crown world champions Australia to a 36-run win against defending champions and arch-rivals England in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup yesterday.

-in another T20 World Cup shocker – Ramanullah Gurbaz in man-of-the-match performance Afghanistan’s meteoric rise in T20 International Cricket continued last night at the Providence National Stadium when they railroaded New Zealand in a historic win, beating the Kiwis for the first time ever by 84 runs as the ICC T20 World Cup continued.

ICC T20 World Cup EAST MEADOW, New York,  CMC – Three players with ties to the Caribbean – led by former Barbados Pride left-hander Nicholas Kirton – propelled Canada to a confidence-boosting, 12-run win against Ireland in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie is under consideration for the ICC Player-of-the-Month award for May.

PROVIDENCE, Guyana,  CMC – Roston Chase said co-hosts West Indies could ill afford any slip-ups when they face Uganda in their second Group C match of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup today under the lights at the Guyana National Stadium.

MONTREAL, (Reuters) – Aston Martin’s double world champion Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap in a wet and wild practice at the Canada Grand Prix yesterday with both sessions run under a severe weather watch at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.