Sports

National table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill will resume her quest to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games today when she battles Cuba’s Etela Crespo in the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Americas Olympic Qualification event in Lima, Peru.

(CMC) – Two of the world’s top women’s all-rounders will come face-to-face when Sri Lanka Women host the West Indies Women for a six-match white-ball series next month.

Alphas defeated Classic Ball Blasters (CBB) 3-1 to climb atop the standings when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

(CMC) – ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup organisers have unveiled the schedule for the official warm-up matches leading into the tournament, and only venues in Trinidad and the United States will stage them.

Dominators and Queenstown recorded victories when the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Ground.

– Guyana swept 0-2 in the series The Golden Jaguars dismal record against the Trinidad and Tobago ‘Soca Warriors’ continued last evening as they lost 0-2 in the final fixture of their two-match international football series at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition – Fearless, Spaniards also advance Three-time defending champion of the Linden ‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ edition, Swag Entertainment, advanced to the round of 16 section following a 2-0 win over Anybody Could Get It last night at the Silver City Hard-court.

Two-time national women’s champion Jessica Callendar departed local shores to compete in the Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) 2024 Women’s Chess Championship in Santa Clara, Cuba, from May 13th – 22nd.

Fitness Express of John and Sheriff Street has thrown its support behind the impending Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPLF) Intermediates and Masters Championship, which is pencilled for Sunday at the Saint Stanislaus College Auditorium, Brickdam.

(CMC) – West Indies captain Rovman Powell failed to ease concerns about his form heading into the ICC Men’s Twenty20 International World Cup next month in the Caribbean and the United States, with another low score in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

The Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference finals for the third straight year — and the sixth time in the last eight seasons — by dispatching the Cleveland Cavaliers 113-98 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals last night.

A meeting got underway yesterday on security for the upcoming T20 World Cup to be hosted in the Caribbean and the US next month.

– Minister Ramson, DoS Ninvalle silent on issue After initially revealing that the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) is receiving assistance from the Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport for the RAN 15s return encounter with Trinidad and Tobago, it has now been discovered that the support, while promised, is uncertain as the days continue to countdown to June 22nd.

National table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill experienced a setback in her bid to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games as she was eliminated from the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Americas Olympic Qualification event in Lima, Peru, yesterday.

– Burrowes hints at future route changes Following a meeting with Director of Sports (DoS) Steve Ninvalle after more than 30 cyclists signed a petition in protest of a proposed change to the first leg of the Independence Three-Stage Road Race, Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) President Horace Burrowes confirmed that the original route will be utilised.

The Golden Jaguars will contest the final fixture in their two-match international football series against Trinidad and Tobago’s ‘Soca Warriors’ this evening at 19:00hrs at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain.

(CMC) – Nicholas Pooran struck his second half-century of the Indian Premier League to pass 400 runs for the campaign, but the Lucknow Super Giants crashed to a 19-run loss to Shai Hope’s Delhi Capitals to leave their chances of a playoff spot hanging in the balance.

Rescheduled from its initial start date of May 10th due to a torrential downpour that made the playing surface unsafe, the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship will commence tonight at the Silver City Hard-court.

In what has become a customary activity, the Petra Organisation, coordinators of the ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s U-14 Football Championship, donated footballs to the competing schools in an effort to aid their preparatory phase.

Buxton Stars Sweet 16 Football Santos advanced to the semifinal round of the Buxton Stars Sweet 16 Knockout Football Championship, edging Eastveldt on penalty kicks at the National Training Centre, Providence.