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(Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of professional cricket players in England and Wales have expressed concern about the demanding county cricket schedule, research published yesterday by the Professional Cricketers Association (PCA) has shown.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – It is doubtful there has been a more popular winner of a Formula One race in recent years than McLaren’s Lando Norris, who was celebrated by everyone for Max Verstappen to Donald Trump following his victory at the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday.

(Reuters) – Undefeated Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue survived a first round knockdown to knock out challenger Luis Nery in the sixth and defend his undisputed super bantamweight world championship at the Tokyo Dome yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India will be counting on Ravindra Jadeja’s all-round brilliance in the T20 World Cup in June and the Chennai Super Kings player looks in fine fettle as he produced a match-winning performance in Sunday’s Indian Premier League match against Punjab Kings.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews is one of three nominees for the ICC Women’s Player-of-the-Month award for April.

NASSAU, Bahamas,  CMC – Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, and hosts The Bahamas were the only Caribbean nations that were able to book teams into the Olympics this July-August in Paris, France from the World Athletics Relays, which ended on Sunday.

 (Reuters) – Belgian rider Tim Merlier sprinted to victory in the third stage of the Giro d’Italia on Monday, after race leader Tadej Pogacar threatened to steal a march on the sprinters but the Slovenian safely retained the leader’s maglia rosa.

(ICC) ICC Ambassador Yuvraj Singh took the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Trophy Tour into top gear at the Miami Grand Prix, walking the grid with the prized silverware 20 international teams will be vying for from 1-29 June in the West Indies and USA.

KFC Elite League – GDF leads standings due to superior goal difference Defending champion and undefeated league leader, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and second-place outfit Slingerz FC battled to a scoreless draw in their final matches of round one in the KFC Elite League on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

– defeats Joshi in a marathon battle Jessica Callender emerged triumphant in a successful defence of her women’s title after a four-hour-long battle yesterday with 13-year-old Aditi Joshi, who finished as the runner-up at the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) 2024 National Women’s Championship.

The Ravens and Pacesetters recorded comfortable wins when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) U-23 Men’s League continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Agricola Red Triangle and Soesdyke Falcons played to a 4-4 draw when the East Bank Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League commenced yesterday at the National Training Centre, Leonora.

Steve Ninvalle, President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), praised the decision of the International Boxing Association (IBA) to invest in excess of USD$80 million in prize money for the next four-year cycle.

Hope and Charity played to a 1-1 draw when the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Ground.

Homegrown Guyanese footballer Omari Glasgow made history on Saturday night when he came on as a substitute for midfielder Brian Gutiérrez in the 79th minute of Chicago Fire’s Major League Soccer (MLS) fixture against the New England Revolution at Soldier Field.

Following the successful staging of its inaugural Night Golf event on Friday evening, Nexgen Golf hosted the second edition on Saturday night, with Rohan Albert and Marisa Morgan-Bonie emerging victorious at the Scout Association Ground on Woolford Avenue.

Despite being afforded a second shot at qualifying for the 2024 Olympic Games in the Mixed 4x400m and Men’s 4x400m Relays at the World Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas, both Guyanese teams once again fell short last evening in spite of their best efforts.

(CMC) – Retired West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine continued his batting exploits in the Indian Premier League with a swashbuckling 81 that set the foundations for a 98-run win for the Kolkata Knight Riders against hosts the Lucknow Super Giants yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies “A” had to settle for a 3-2 win in their five-match Twenty20 series against Nepal after the hosts followed up purposeful bowling with solid batting to clinch a six-wicket win yesterday.

– mixed quartet rewrites national record despite loss Guyana’s Mixed 4x400m and Men’s 4x400m relay teams placed sixth and eighth in their respective events last night at the World Relays in the Bahamas.