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MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Organisers expect this year’s Twenty20 World Cup to be a success even if it has to vie with Australian rules football and rugby league for viewers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the organising committee said yesterday.

The world is waging war on the pandemic COVID-19 and our very own World Champion and renowned bodybuilder/Law Enforcement Officer, Hugh Ross is on the front lines in New York City.

It is always a difficult task when comparing sportsmen across generations to determine who is the GOAT – The Greatest Of All Time. 

Captain of the Guyana Jaguars, Leon Johnson, has expressed his satisfaction with the output of newcomers, Nial Smith and Kevin Sinclair during the prematurely concluded West Indies Championship.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary left-hander Brian Lara has recounted how the storied meeting with two close friends in the wee hours of the final day of the third Test against Australia in 1999 here, helped propel West Indies to an historic win, as he urged the region to find collective resolve to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Former Trinidad and Tobago head coach, Dr Hannibal Najjar, has held out little hope for the Trinidad and Tobago FA’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for sport, against FIFA’s sudden take-over of the organisation.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica’s Football Federation has devised programmes for its players to ensure they remain in shape, as the regional and international calendar remains on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.

MIAMI, Florida,  CMC – The coronavirus pandemic on Friday continued to wreak havoc on the Caribbean football calendar, with organisers forced to postpone next month’s final stage of the Caribbean Club Championship along with the 2021 Gold Cup qualifiers set for June.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Football in Nicaragua is enjoying a surge in popularity as one of the few national leagues where games are still ongoing but players in action there are concerned about the spread of the new coronavirus and say fear has changed the way they play.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s centrally contracted male cricketers will donate 500,000 pounds ($613,000) to the Board and charities while their women’s team counterparts have volunteered a three-month pay cut amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the players’ association (PCA) said.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia coach Justin Langer says playing cricket without fans in the stadiums is an option worth considering if it helped get the game going again after the worst of the coronavirus crisis has passed.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – The players union representing Premier League footballers has questioned the league’s call for a 30% player wage reduction amid the coronavirus crisis, saying it would reduce tax revenue for the National Health Service.

(Reuters) – The late Kobe Bryant was selected yesterday as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Guyana’s top muscleman, Kerwin Clarke is imploring on his fellow Guyanese to take all necessary steps to flex their muscles against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former national Under-19 quick, Joshua Jones has benefited extensively since being part of the Guyana Jaguars training contingent.

THERE is no need, just yet, to shift the dates for the 2021 Commonwealth Youth Games, which is scheduled from August 1-7 here in TT, according to TT Olympic Committee (TTOC) and TT Commonwealth Games Association president Brian Lewis.

(Trinidad Guardian) It’s now official. Former president of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) William Wallace will challenge FIFA’s decision to remove him and his three vice president from elected office.

(Reuters) – The world heavyweight title fight between Briton Anthony Joshua and the IBF’s mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev of Bulgaria originally scheduled for June 20 has been postponed, promoters Matchroom Boxing said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Premier League has said its clubs will consult with their players over a proposed 30% reduction in wages and the suspended season would only resume when it was “safe and appropriate”.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Apr 3, CMC – The West Indies Under-19 tour of England has been scrapped due to “scheduling clashes”, Cricket West Indies said Friday.