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(CMC) – A match that promised much delivered little in the end when rain forced a no-result in the British derby between Scotland and defending champions England in their Group B match of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup yesterday in Barbados.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic’s disappointing season continued yesterday when the defending French Open champion was forced to pull out of the Grand Slam before his quarter-final with a knee injury that could threaten his Wimbledon and Olympic chances.

(CMC) – An unbeaten 54 from Max O’Dowd led a successful run chase for the Netherlands as they opened the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup with a six-wicket win in a low-scoring contest against Nepal yesterday in the United States.

(ICC) An exceptional opening stand between Rahmanullah Gurbaz (76) and Ibrahim Zadran (70)  and Fazalhaq Farooqi’s five-wicket haul gave Afghanistan a 125-run win against Uganda at the National Stadium at Providence last night in the ICC men’s T20 tournament.

– nine locals make final cut The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), following a two-week training camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has selected its 24-member squad for the impending 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Panama on Thursday, with nine locally based players making the final roster.

Linden Technical Institute (LTI), Government Technical Institute (GTI), and the Guyana School of Agriculture (GSA) romped to lopsided victories when the Youth Basketball Guyana’s Tertiary Basketball League continued on Sunday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

-in T20 World Cup EAST MEADOW, New York,  CMC – Anrich Nortje was back to his hostile best, and South Africa blew away Sri Lanka by six wickets in a low-scoring Group D match of the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup on Monday in the United States.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – France are among the favourites to win Euro 2024 but their track record in the competition, a series of injuries and some players’ poor form mean Les Bleus will head into the competition without any certainties.

(Reuters) – English county club Essex have been charged over alleged racism at the club that went on for nearly a decade, following an investigation.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic produced another superhuman effort to subdue Argentine Francisco Cerundolo 6-1 5-7 3-6 7-5 6-3 yesterday and reach the quarter-finals of the French Open, as the top seed shrugged off a knee issue for a milestone win.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – World Athletics has unveiled a new biennial global championship meant to serve as a grand conclusion to the 2026 season, with a record $10 million prize pot on offer and Budapest as the inaugural host city.

-leads rankings after four rounds Reigning National Champion, Candidate Master (CM) Taffin Khan, has had a superb start in defence of his Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) title over the past weekend.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The time for hard-luck stories and excuses is over for England as they head into Euro 2024 with expectations of a first major men’s trophy since 1966 justifiably sky high.

The return of the world class athletics event, the Aliann Pompey Invitational to Guyana’s shores will make for an exciting spectacle come June 22 at the National Track & Field Centre (NTFC) at Edinburgh, West Coast Demerara with several big names in the Caribbean slated to take to the track.

-in T20 World Cup BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – A Player-of-the-Match performance from David Wiese enabled Namibia to hold their nerve in a low-scoring contest and clinch a Super Over win against Oman in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup on Sunday in Barbados.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, , CMC – Women’s world 200 metres champion, Shericka Jackson of Jamaica bounced back from defeat in her previous outing to run a season’s best time in one of the highlights of the Swedish athletics gala, the seventh leg of the World Athletics Diamond League series, on Sunday.

EAST MEADOW, New York,  (Reuters) – New York officials are preparing for the “Super Bowl on steroids” as thousands descend upon Nassau County for the clash of arch-rivals India and Pakistan in the group stage of the T20 World Cup on Sunday.

The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup By Michelangelo Jacobus The West Indies got their 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup campaign underway yesterday with a five-wicket win over minnows Papua New Guinea with an over to spare, albeit not without the usual bumpy ride that fans have grown accustomed to.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition Traditional giant Silver Bullets secured a record-tying third title in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship after riddling Hardball Management 5-0 on Saturday evening at the Retrieve Hard-court.