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-allows for $5m fine for unauthorized sale of tickets The National Assembly last week Friday passed the ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies Bill 2024 allowing for legislation to be enacted during the hosting of the event and allowing hefty fines for persons nabbed in the unauthorized sale of tickets.

(Reuters) – Scottie Scheffler never considered not playing in the PGA Championship second round after his early-morning arrest yesterday and spent time stretching in his jail cell before competing at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.

IMOLA, Italy, (Reuters) – Charles Leclerc was fastest in his upgraded Ferrari in practice for the Italian team’s home Emilia Romagna Grand Prix yesterday as Red Bull’s Formula One leader Max Verstappen endured a difficult day.

NEW YORK CITY,  CMC – Iconic fast bowler, Sir Curtly Ambrose said West Indies have enough firepower to win an unprecedented third ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup when they co-host the tournament next month with the United States.

(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) continued to vigorously defend its handling of a drugs case involving 23 Chinese swimmers yesterday while taking direct aim at the United States for trying to undermine the global anti-doping effort.

RIYADH,  (Reuters) – Briton Tyson Fury was nearly 30 pounds heavier than Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk at yesterday’s weigh-in ahead of their unified world heavyweight title bout in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

(ESPN) Former India batter Gautam Gambhir is on top of the BCCI’s wishlist to take up the position of India men’s head coach after Rahul Dravid’s term ends at the conclusion of the 2024 T20 World Cup in June.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran signed off from the Indian Premier League in grand style with a whirlwind 75 that set the foundation for Lucknow Super Giants to clinch an 18-run win against Mumbai Indians yesterday.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Juventus sacked coach Massimiliano Allegri over his behaviour during and after this week’s Coppa Italia final in which he was sent off, the Italian Serie A club said yesterday.

– valuable experience garnered despite 0-2 series loss Despite being swept by the Trinidad and Tobago ‘Soca Warriors’ in their two-match international football series, Golden Jaguars head coach Jamaal Shabazz stated that Guyana’s recently concluded tour provided invaluable experience and insight that will shape the future of the locally based players.

– encounter will co-headline the event Guyana’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) combatant Carlston Harris will return to the octagon against American Khaos Williams at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Fight Night 241 at the Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada.

Inaugural Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast champs, Demerara Pitbulls, will pocket the tournament’s top prize of $1,500,000 after completing an exceptional tournament.

Stena Drilling became the latest entity to throw its support behind the Petra Organisation-coordinated ExxonMobil Boy’s and Girl’s U-14 Football Championship, which will kick off tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, with the qualifying section.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition Excuse the Rush, Hard-ball, and Spaniards advanced to the round of 16 section when the ‘Guinness Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition commenced on Wednesday evening at the Silver City Hard-court.

Gold Star, led by a first-half double from the experienced Randy De Jonge, ensured that Tapakuma remained winless in the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) Senior Men’s League, following a 2-1 victory.

National table tennis champion Chelsea Edghill will resume her quest to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games today when she battles Cuba’s Etela Crespo in the International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) Americas Olympic Qualification event in Lima, Peru.

(CMC) – Two of the world’s top women’s all-rounders will come face-to-face when Sri Lanka Women host the West Indies Women for a six-match white-ball series next month.

Alphas defeated Classic Ball Blasters (CBB) 3-1 to climb atop the standings when the Demerara Volleyball Association’s (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

(CMC) – ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup organisers have unveiled the schedule for the official warm-up matches leading into the tournament, and only venues in Trinidad and the United States will stage them.