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The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will run off their National Junior Championships over the next two days at the National Track and Field Centre (NTFC), Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara.

(Reuters) – Grant Holloway won the 110 metres hurdles at the U.S.

KINGSTON,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s top sprinters sent warning shots to their rivals ahead of the Paris Games on Thursday by posting searing times in the 100m heats at the Jamaican Olympic trials in Kingston.

(Reuters) – Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni and Chile boss Ricardo Gareca were suspended for one match each after their teams’ late arrival to the field of play during the Copa America, CONMEBOL said in a statement yesterday.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Captain Hayley Matthews and her deputy, Shemaine Campbelle, starred with the bat as West Indies salvaged some pride from the tour of Sri Lanka by beating the hosts by six wickets in the final Twenty20 International here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz and world number one Jannik Sinner will take their simmering rivalry at the top of the men’s game to Wimbledon, where the two young guns will look to prolong seven-times winner Novak Djokovic’s trophy drought in 2024.

DUESSELDORF, Germany, (Reuters) – With his startling pace and ability to ride out tackles, unheralded Swiss newcomer Dan Ndoye has put himself on a few radars at Euro 2024 and could be key to another Swiss march to the quarter-finals.

(Reuters) – Colombia cruised to a 3-0 win over Costa Rica in Group D yesterday and booked their spot in the Copa America quarter-finals thanks to strikes from Luis Diaz, Davinson Sanchez and Jhon Cordoba.

(Reuters) – For all her achievements over the last few seasons, Iga Swiatek remains largely unproven on grasscourts, but the Pole will have a golden opportunity to claim a maiden Wimbledon title with her rivals hampered by injuries and illness before the Grand Slam.

(Reuters) – Key facts about today’s T20 World Cup final between India and South Africa: WHEN Saturday, June 29 at 10:30 a.m.

(Reuters) – India will be out to end their global title drought while South Africa are seeking to bury their ‘chokers’ tag at Kensington Oval today when the tournament’s two unbeaten sides clash in the Twenty20 World Cup final.

(Reuters) – Brazil’s Vinicius Junior scored twice in his side’s 4-1 Copa America victory over Paraguay in a Group D clash in Nevada yesterday, bouncing back from a lacklustre display in his first game of the tournament.

BELFAST, Ireland,  CMC – Ackeem Auguste missed out on a hundred as West Indies Academy crashed to a ten wicket loss to Emerging Ireland, to suffer a 2-0 whitewash in their four-day “Test” series here yesterday.

ICC Exclusive Column We are at the end of what has been a brilliant ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 – and we have a final fit for the occasion.

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup By Michelangelo Jacobus Despite a couple of rain interruptions yesterday at the Providence National Stadium in Guyana, India exorcised their semifinal demons to book a spot in the final of the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Defending champion and undefeated outfit, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) solidified their position atop the standings of the KFC Elite League with a 5-0 thrashing of ninth-positioned Monedderlust last evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

The Golden Jaguars have climbed one spot to secure the 153rd position following the official publication of the June FIFA Men’s Rankings Table.

National Junior Badminton Championships Mishka Beharry did not disappoint last night as she claimed gold in the Girl’s U-17 and U-19 categories, while Frank Wadell and Xavio Alexander won the male U-19 and male U-17 titles respectively, when the National Junior Badminton Championship concluded last night at the National Gymnasium.

Coach of the Guyana women’s U-19 team that is currently preparing for the upcoming Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Women’s U-19 One-Day Championship, Clive Grimmond, has expressed confidence that the girls will be returning home with the title.

(Reuters) – A dominant India ended England’s title defence by handing them a 68-run thumping in the second semi-final of the T20 World Cup today and secure their place in the final against South Africa.