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Agricola and Swan recorded contrasting wins when the East Bank Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Amid much pomp and ceremony, the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup trophy arrived yesterday, completing its tour of the Land of Many Waters.

With their 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign slated to commence on June 6th, the Golden Jaguars are currently undertaking a two-week training camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of the preparatory phase.

Castrol Strikers downed Alpha 3-2 in a top-of-the table clash when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

Guyana registered mixed results yesterday as Dennis Dias triumphed in his group stage encounter while Robin lost in his divisional fixture in the BCQS International Squash Tournament in Christ Church, Barbados.

The Petra Organisation, coordinator of the ExxonMobil U-14 Schools Football Championship, presented the tournament jerseys to the coaches of the competing schools yesterday at the simple presentation ceremony at the National Library, Church Street, Georgetown.

(CMC) – Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo will become a technical advisor to one of the visiting teams during the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup, starting on June 1 in the Caribbean and the United States.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) conducted the first female referee workshop on May 17th – 19th at the National Training Centre, Providence, which was attended by 13 participants from several regions.

Immanuel Barker and Osafa Dos Santos recorded comfortable wins when the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Novices Championship continued at the National Racquet Centre on Camp Street and Woolford Avenue.

(CMC) – Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) reached the final of the Indian Premier League with the West Indies pair of all-rounder Andre Russell and retired off-spinner Sunil Narine played supporting roles only in their eight-wicket win against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) yesterday.

Guyana’s shores will be graced with the presence of the famous International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup trophy which is set to arrive in the country today at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

As the 2nd edition of the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Tertiary Basketball League (TBL II) continued on Sunday, the University of Guyana (UG), Linden Technical Institute (LTI) and Government Technical institute (GTI) all chalked up wins at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue, Georgetown.

 -nine records tumble    By Michelangelo Jacobus Alexis Williams (Female Intermediate), Duarte Hetsberger (Male Intermediate) and Marlon Wilson (Male Masters Classic) strained, struggled and muscled their way to Best Lifters accolades on Sunday at the Saint Stanislaus Auditorium while nine records were also rewritten at the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting (GAPLF) 2024 Intermediates and Masters Championships.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Brandon King said it was a dream come true to lead West Indies – even on an interim basis – and it was extra-special because he will be doing it on home soil.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, , CMC – Organisers announced yesterday that Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) matches will form part of a double header with West Indies men’s internationals this year.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Former West Indies head coach Phil Simmons said one of the things to which he will be most looking forward while working with Papua New Guinea during the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup will be returning to his native Trinidad & Tobago.

(Field Level Media) Based on past performance, it’s unlikely that generating good offense will be a problem for either team when the Indiana Pacers visit the Boston Celtics for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night.

Kuru Kuru ‘A’ were crowned champions of the second edition of the PPP-sponsored Soesdyke/ Timehri Highway Cluster Futsal Championship on Sunday amid light showers of rain.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Explosive batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk has been added to Australia’s T20 World Cup squad as one of two reserve players after his dominant performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

On Sunday, members of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) gathered at the Golden Grove/Haslington Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Boardroom to conduct their elections.