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RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) called for this year’s Tokyo Olympics to be suspended because of the coronavirus yesterday and proposed they be held on the same dates in 2021.

Carl Hooper belongs to a generation that considered Test cricket the ultimate format of the game.

Chairman of Selectors, Rayon Griffith, believes underpermance by the top order batsmen and fast bowlers, coupled with a less than impressive fielding effort, contributed to Guyana Jaguars surrendering this year’s West Indies Championship title.

Cornelia Ida Cricket Club captain, Akshaya Persaud, says he relishes his team’s success after they won the West Demerara Cricket Association tournament sponsored by Beacon Café.

Blooding new talent’. It is a cute soundbite to chime whenever teams disappoint and emotions flare but it’s a move, if not properly planned and scaled out, that can cause the disintegration of past building blocks. 

With the Covid-19 pandemic halting cricket nationwide, physiotherapist attached to the Guyana Jaguars franchise, Neil Barry Jr.,

As the world continues to grapple with the global pandemic caused by the coronavirus outbreak, SPACE Gym is the latest sports entity to make a conscious move to protect its members and encourage all to follow best practices.

With gyms closing countrywide coupled with social distancing because of the pandemic COVID-19, this year’s Intermediate Bodybuilding Championships has been postponed indefinitely. 

As the globe grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) has suspended all activities until April 30.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Randy Harris says while the decision by FIFA to take over the administration of football in Trinidad and Tobago is unfortunate, an appeal against the move is likely to be unsuccessful.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 20, CMC – The local professional league Thursday gave its support to FIFA taking over responsibility for running the sport in the twin-island republic from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA).

LONDON, England, Mar 20, CMC – The West Indies upcoming tour of England will begin later, if at all, following the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) announcement of a seven-week delay to the start to the professional season because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has inked a historic agreement to be a member of the inaugural ‘Caribe 3×3 Under 19 League Championship’, which is tentatively scheduled to be staged in Barbados in January 2021.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), now over the initial shock of being taken over by the world governing body for the sport, is challenging the move in court.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A plane carrying the Olympic torch from Greece will arrive today on Japan’s northwestern coast ravaged by a 2011 tsunami, but the welcome ceremony will have no spectators, amid worries that the Games could be cancelled over a coronavirus pandemic.

(Reuters) – World Athletics chief Sebastian Coe said yesterday that moving the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to September or October due to the coronavirus outbreak was a possibility but it was too soon to take a decision on whether to cancel the Games.

SOFIA (Reuters) – Briton Anthony Joshua’s world heavyweight title defence against Bulgarian Kubrat Pulev will be postponed by several months due to the coronavirus outbreak, the IBF’s mandatory challenger said yesterday.

LONDON (Reuters) – Monaco cancelled its showcase Formula One Grand Prix, the sport’s most famous and glamorous race, in another high-profile casualty of the coronavirus epidemic yesterday.

(Reuters) – United States backstroke specialist Jacob Pebley has called on USA Swimming to postpone June’s Olympic trials and lobby for the Tokyo Games to be postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jamaica Scorpions batsman Jermaine Blackwood is angling to get back into the West Indies squad and believes his performance in the Regional Four-Day Championship thus far could get him there.