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Milo Secondary Schools Football Chase Academy was crowned the Milo Secondary Schools football champion for a record-extending fourth time as they defeated Waramuri of Region #1 by a 3-1 score in the final yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice leg East Bank Gunners were crowned the champion of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Zone, overcoming former two-time victor Trafalgar by a 1-0 score on Saturday evening at the New Amsterdam basketball court.

Unbeaten outfit Slingerz FC consigned third-place unit, the Guyana Police Force (GPF), to their second defeat in the KFC Elite League as they prevailed 4-0 on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Race of Champions Horse Meet Stolen Money created a major upset at the Jumbo Jet Race of Champions meet at the Rising Sun Turf Club in West Coast Berbice yesterday, defeating 2023 Horse of the Year victor Spankhurst in a thrilling finish.

By Michelangelo Jacobus The Guyana Cycling Federation (GCF) continued its Points Races initiative yesterday, this time a gruelling 25-lap race around the outer circuit of the National Park under stinging sunshine, with Briton John once again emerging victorious.

Guyana register several losses in singles competition Guyana failed to pass the round of 16 segment in the respective singles competition in the Caribbean Junior Table Tennis Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

The Essequibo Cricket Board (ECB) has received financial assistance from FL Sport, which will go to its U-13 squad, which will compete in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) inter-county competition.

Santos, Eastveldt, and Buxton Stars advanced in the East Coast Sweet 16 Football Championship following contrasting wins at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

Richmond United and Queenstown battled to a scoreless affair as the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) senior men’s league commenced on Saturday at the Cottonfield Sports Ground.

Nets and Kwakwani recorded contrasting wins when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) U-23 League commenced on Saturday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Fruta Conquerors and Potaro Strikers played to a 1-1 stalemate when the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Women’s Division One League continued on Saturday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

The ‘Green Machine’, Guyana’s National Rugby 15s team, made a triumphant return to action, narrowly defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the first leg of their Rugby Americas (RAN) 15s match yesterday.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship Trafalgar, East Bank Gunners, Big Ballers, and East Bank Young Guns clinched berths to the semifinal round following wins in the quarterfinal and round of 16 segments respectively when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Berbice Championship commenced on Friday night.

…as GCB T10 Blast continues Fans over on the West Coast of Demerara were treated to a triple-header at the Meten-Meer-Zorg ground as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) T10 Blast continued yesterday with the Berbice Caimans, Berbice Piranhas and Demerara Pitbulls all chalking up victories.

-captains promise quality football Ahead of today’s Milo Schools U-18 Football Tournament final, the captains and coaches of the finalists, Waramuri Primary Top and Chase’s Academic Foundation, met for a face-off yesterday at the Spice Garden Restaurant, Brandsville Hotel, Pike Street.

As part of a regional initiative made possible by Caribbean Airlines, the Caribbean Village Cricket T10 competition will bowl off today in Guyana at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Centre Ground, West Coast Demerara in an inter-county format.

KIRTIPUR, Nepal, CMC – An energetic 74 from their captain Roston Chase was trumped by a dynamic hundred from opposing captain Rohit Paudel, and West Indies “A” endured a four-wicket defeat against hosts Nepal in the first Twenty20 match of their series yesterday.

(Reuters) – Jonny Bairstow sent England selectors a timely reminder of his big-hitting abilities before they pick a squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in June by scoring an explosive unbeaten century in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

NEW YORK CITY,  CMC – Jamaican jockey Romero Maragh and Guyanese trainer Naipaul Chatterpaul combined to deliver a single victory on the eight-race card on Friday at the Aqueduct racetrack in the United States.

(Field Level Media) Anthony Edwards recorded 36 points and nine rebounds as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the host Phoenix Suns 126-109 on Friday night to take a 3-0 playoff series lead for the first time in franchise history.