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Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), under its Pepsi brand, has thrown its support behind the 5th edition of the ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s Schools U-14 Football Championship, which is currently being staged at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

– event set for Sunday start The Georgetown Football Association (GFA) launched their 2024 Senior Men’s League last evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda.

Safirah Sumner continued their dominant showing in the Kraft Mac and Cheese Junior Squash Championship, overcoming Demetri Love 3-2 last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts on Camp Street.

Namibia’s 100-metre women’s record holder, Beatrice Masilingi, will make her debut at the Aliann Pompey (AP) Invitational Track and Field Meet, which is set for June 22nd at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – There wasn’t much to separate these two sides when they met in the last T20 World Cup final, but in the final T20I before that tournament’s next edition kicks off, the gap between the two is positively chasmic.

St. Ignatius, Tucville, and President’s College (PC) earned berths to the round of 16 segment in the Blue Waters Girl’s U-15 Football Championship following triumphs in their respective zonal divisions.

– US group Speed Capital Commission to administer initiative With the aim of qualifying for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles, USA, the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport yesterday commissioned an extensive training and vetting procedure for local track and field athletes, which will be supervised by the American group Speed Capital Commission.

Timehri Panthers and Soesdyke Falcons recorded contrasting wins when the East Bank Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Nicholas Verwey, Michael Alphonso, and Safirah Sumner battled to victories when the Kraft Mac and Cheese Junior Squash Championship commenced last night at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts on Camp Street.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), in partnership with the Blackpool Sports Club of North America (BSCNA), will conduct its inaugural Diaspora Talent Identification Camp in July in Florida, United States.

(CMC) – Two-time world champions the West Indies will enter the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup, starting on Saturday in the Caribbean and the United States, ranked the fourth-best team in the world in the format.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Iga Swiatek was pushed to the brink by fellow four-times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka but secured a 7-6(1) 1-6 7-5 victory after saving a match point in a high-voltage second-round match at Roland Garros yesterday.

(Reuters) – Undisputed heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk and British heavyweight Tyson Fury will meet on Dec.

The Minnesota Timberwolves stayed alive in the Western Conference finals Tuesday night, riding Anthony Edwards’ game-high 29 points and Karl-Anthony Towns’ recalibrated long-range shooting form to a 105-100 victory over the host Dallas Mavericks in Game 4.

 (Reuters) – Australia will be aiming to become the first team to possess all three of cricket’s global titles at the same time, but a bigger success will be if the T20 World Cup next month can help the game crack a lucrative market in the United States.

Newcomer Back Circle B won the ‘Settlement of All Arguments’ street-ball championship, defeating Taliban 2-1 on penalty kicks in the final on Sunday evening at the Mocha Community’s Centre ground tarmac.

Linden Technical Institute (LTI), the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA), and the University of Guyana (UG) registered hard-fought wins when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary League continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Zone – Bullets seal final’s berth before cancellation Persistent rainfall forced the cancellation of the second semifinal, third place playoff, and final in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition on Monday evening at the Retrieve Tarmac, as Silver Bullets earned a berth to the final which is now set for Saturday prior to the abandonment.

The Golden Jaguars fell to their second defeat in as many matches on their two-week training camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, as they lost to Caixas FC 0-2 yesterday during a practice match.

Guyana’s Keevin ‘Lightning’ Allicock’s push for qualification to a second Olympic Games was dashed by Turkey’s Batuhan Ciftci in their five-round 57kg encounter yesterday in the Road to Paris Qualifier in Bangkok, Thailand.