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Back Circle, Touches, and Five O secured contrasting victories when the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship resumed at the community centre ground.

By Orin Davidson Given the bizarre nature of the T20 cricket World Cup’s points system format, West Indies’ final Group C game against Afghanistan, has been reduced to one of academic interest tomorrow.

(ICC) Heinrich Klaasen pulled off a run-out from the final delivery to help South Africa remain unbeaten at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup and knock Nepal out of contention for a spot in the Super Eights with a thrilling one-run triumph over the Asian side in St Vincent yesterday.

By Michelangelo Jacobus The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) yesterday announced a venue switch for the hosting of their reverse Rugby Americas North (RAN) 15s Championship game against Trinidad and Tobago on June 22.

-in national novices championship  Isiah Nurse, Keyon Britton, and Dominique Warren recorded victories when the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) National Novices Championship commenced yesterday at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. 

Santos handed Den Amstel a 2-1 defeat when the KFC Elite League resumed on Thursday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

…as LABA Men’s League continues Action in the Linden Amateur Basketball Association’s (LABA) Senior Men’s League continued on Thursday night at the Retrieve Hard Court, with home side, the Retrieve Raiders dousing the Block 22 Flames 44-33.

National Table Tennis player Chelsea Edghill yesterday launched the inaugural edition of the KFC-sponsored Table Tennis Summer Showdown at the Guyana Olympic House, Liliendaal.

Yesterday’s edition of Stabroek Sport carried a news item headlined `GMRSC cuts ties with Team Mohamed in light of US sanctions’  which purported to be based on a release from the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMRSC). 

(ICC) New Zealand player Tim Southee has been handed an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Group C match against the West Indies at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Trinidad on Wednesday.

MAGHERMASON, Ireland, CMC – A purposeful 81 from former West Indies Under-19 captain Ackeem Auguste was upstaged by a hat-trick from leg-spinner Gavin Hoey that set the stage for hosts Emerging Ireland to sweep the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Academy 3-0 in their One-day series with a four-wicket win yesterday.

(Reuters) – The United States’ T20 World Cup group match against Ireland in Lauderhill, Florida was washed out yesterday, ensuring the co-hosts’ progress to the Super Eight knockout stage at the expense of former champions Pakistan.

(Reuters) – Swedish sensation Ludvig Aberg held the outright second round lead at the U.S.

(ICC) A brilliant display of bowling has helped New Zealand cruise to a nine-wicket victory over Uganda in their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup match in Trinidad yesterday.

(Field Level Media) DALLAS – Luka Doncic scored 25 of his 29 points in the first half, Kyrie Irving added 21 points and the Dallas Mavericks avoided a sweep with a 122-84 rout of the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the NBA Finals yesterday.

PADERBORN, Germany,  (Reuters) – Olivier Giroud has embraced the role of father of the France team at the European Championship and is looking to erase the disappointment of losing the 2016 final on home soil.

(ICC) The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 has approved Hazratullah Zazai as a replacement for Mujeeb ur Rahman in the Afghanistan squad.

(CWI) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) and FairBreak Foundation are delighted to announce a new partnership to promote and support Women’s Cricket in the region.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – UEFA paid tribute to Germany’s late World Cup-winning captain and coach Franz Beckenbauer during the Euro 2024 opening ceremony yesterday, with fans applauding as videos of one of Germany’s greatest players were shown in the Munich stadium.

GALLE, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Two of the world’s top women’s all-rounders will come face-to-face when West Indies Women and hosts Sri Lanka Women open their six-match, white ball series today.