Sports

‘Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Following the conclusion of the round of 16 segment, the ‘Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara Championship will resume tomorrow evening at the Pouderoyen Tarmac with the quarterfinal section.

‘Keep Your Five Alive’ Futsal The 10th edition of the ‘Keep Ya Five Alive’ Futsal Championship will commence tomorrow at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue with sixth scheduled fixtures.

The Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) has shortlisted 27 players for national team trials for impending inter-association and international competitions.

(Reuters) – Substitute Ollie Watkins scored in the 91st minute to send England through to their second successive European Championship final yesterday after beating the Netherlands 2-1 in an exhilarating encounter.

(Reuters) – Colombia beat Uruguay 1-0 in their Copa America semi-final yesterday despite being reduced to 10 men for 45 minutes to book a title decider against defending champions Argentina thanks to a first-half header from Jefferson Lerma.

(CMC) – West Indies will hand novice opener Mikyle Louis his Test debut as part of an inexperienced XI for the opening Test against England at Lord’s starting today as they begin the arduous task of retaining the Botham-Richards Trophy.

Buxton Stars, led by a second-half conversion from Matthew Chidume, were crowned the East Coast Demerara ‘Sweet 16’ Football Champion, defeating Pele by a 1-0 score-line in the final at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

– Blairmont cops second place Following an eight-year hiatus, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) Cavalcade of Sports made its return on Saturday at the Port Mourant Community Centre, with Albion Estate emerging victorious at the conclusion of the event.

Victory Valley Royals and Block 22 Flames recorded contrasting victories when the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) U-23 Championship commenced at the Amelia’s Ward Hard-court.

CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship In what has seemingly become a habit, Guyana won another nail-biter in Trinidad and Tobago, this time leaving it late to bowl out the Leeward Islands two runs short of their total to register a fourth straight win yesterday in the CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship.

SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship The team of Dequan Boston and Rafeeq Prince stormed into the semifinal round of the Boy’s doubles division of the SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), following a commanding win over the host pair of Kairon Griffith and Nicholas McLetchie yesterday.

Mocha Village Cup Football The quarterfinal segment in the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship will kick off this evening at the community centre ground.

(Reuters) – Defending champions Argentina booked their place in the Copa America final after goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi gave them a 2-0 win over Canada in yesterday’s semi-final in New Jersey.

(Reuters) – Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz returned to the semi-finals with an enthralling comeback yesterday but there will be no blockbuster showdown with Jannik Sinner after the world number one was dragged the distance and dumped out.

(Reuters) – Spain struck twice in five minutes in a pulsating first half to secure a 2-1 comeback win over France yesterday as a record-breaking goal from teenager Lamine Yamal and a Dani Olmo effort propelled them into the Euro 2024 final.

Junior chess players Alexander Zhang and Ricardo Narine are unbeaten and atop of the ranking table in the Moo Milk Junior Qualifiers with four points apiece after four rounds of matches at the Guyana National Stadium over the weekend.

-Hutson further suspended, unable to produce financial records Embattled former President of the Athletics Association of Guyana, Aubrey Hutson has been further suspended by the Executive Council of the body following a statutory meeting on Saturday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue.

The Bishops’ High School Boys U18 basketball team led by Most Valuable Player (MVP) Carmelo ManSonHing held their nerve to secure a 71-60 win over last year’s winners Kwakwani Secondary at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue on Sunday night.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,  CMC – South Africa have rested beanpole left-arm all-rounder Marco Jansen, but they have named uncapped batsman Matthew Breetzke as the only completely new face in their 16-member squad for a two-Test series on the Tour of the Caribbean next month.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Restricting test cricket to six or seven teams and using the 20-overs format as the vehicle to spread the game were some of the views aired at a symposium organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Sunday.