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(CMC) – West Indies lead selector Desmond Haynes and white-ball head coach Daren Sammy said they were confident that the right squad was selected for the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup next month in the Caribbean and the United States.

The defending National Women’s Chess Champion, Jessica Callender, will need to defeat the 13-year-old challenger to her throne, Aditi Joshi, as the two will clash today in the 9th and final round of the Guyana Chess Federation’s (GCF) 2024 National Women’s Championship.

Castrol Strikers defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 3-1 when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Pravesh Harry and Rajiv Latchana emerged victorious in the limited and production categories, respectively, when the Guyana Sport Shooting Foundation (GSSF) conducted its first practical match.

Team Demerara, which prevailed at the inaugural Caribbean Airlines T10 Village Cricket competition, departed local shores yesterday for Trinidad and Tobago to compete in the regional final of the championship.

Yesterday, Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Chicago Fire Football Club announced that they have signed Golden Jaguars and Chicago Fire FC II’s forward Omari Glasgow.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has contracted a local entity, SRKN’gineering and Associates Limited, to serve as consultants for the design of its Blue Water Shipping Stadium at Durban Park.

Jason Clark and Gwyneth Carter were the winners of the men’s and women’s divisions, respectively, on Friday night as Nexgen Golf ran off a successful staging of its inaugural Night Championship.

Santos upset the Western Tigers by a 3-2 score when the KFC Elite League resumed last evening at the National Training Centre in Providence.

-Sammy, Haynes believe WI can win Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday morning announced its 15-man squad for the impending ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in June.

The Guyanese contingent which is currently in The Bahamas for the World Relays, will be looking for Olympic qualification as a relay team in the Mixed 4x400M and Men’s 4x400M events respectively.

Following an all-important 24-23 win in the first leg of their Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s Championship match against Trinidad and Tobago at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad on April 28, Guyana’s national Rugby team, the ‘Green Machine’ will host the return leg on June 22.

Guyana’s National Women’s Chess Champion Jessica Callender has a slender lead on retaining her title after six rounds of play in the Women’s National Championship.

DALLAS, Texas, CMC – Joint-hosts United States named two players with Caribbean ties, vice-captain Aaron Jones and left-handed opener Stephen Taylor, in their provisional 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Organisers of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup matches in St Vincent & the Grenadines gave the assurance this week that they are “on target” to meet the deadline of June 1 to hand over venues for the global showpiece.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Umpire Joel Wilson of Trinidad & Tobago and former West Indies captain turned match referee Sir Richie Richardson are the only two match officials from the Caribbean that have made the cut for the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in June.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies pair of retiree Sunil Narine and World Cup-bound all-rounder Andre Russell failed to fire with the bat, but they sparked with the ball, and Kolkata Knight Riders held their nerve to clinch a 24-run win against hosts Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The mountain of runs being scored in the Indian Premier League (IPL) shows Twenty20 cricket is changing and bowlers must move with the times or be left behind, New Zealand paceman Tim Southee said.

(Field Level Media) LeBron James is going to take some time away from the court to decide where — and even if — he will play his 22nd NBA season.

(Reuters) – Bayer Leverkusen have their sights set on stretching their extraordinary 47-match unbeaten run this season but it will no easy task, manager Xabi Alonso said yesteday.