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Cricket West Indies’ Director of Cricket, Jimmy Adams has stated that the fitness standards implemented by the Administration is non-negotiable but are sometimes tailored for players under different circumstances.

As is customary, Fitness Express has answered the call of the Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation Inc.

West Demerara’s skipper Nityanand Mathura struck a composed half-century which spearheaded his side’s 35-run win over East Bank in second-round action of the Under-15 Inter-Association tournament at the Everest Cricket Club ground, Camp Road, yesterday. 

With the group stage round producing several unexpected results, the business end in the Magnum Tonic Wine Mashramani Cup Futsal competition commences this evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue with the round of 16 section.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – Ross Taylor and stand-in captain Tom Latham combined in a 138-run stand to guide New Zealand to a morale-boosting four-wicket victory over India in the first one-day international in Hamilton yesterday.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies Women play the first of three unofficial warm-up games against Pakistan Women here today, as they ramp up preparation for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup starting later this month.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Temba Bavuma hopes his eye-catching innings in South Africa’s seven-wicket victory over England in the first one-day international at Newlands on Tuesday will end the debate over whether he deserves his place in the side.

BENONI, South Africa,  CMC – West Indies Under-19s head coach, Graeme West, said the quarter-final defeat to New Zealand had been a “huge disappointment” and was a result that would leave a lasting impact on the side.

James Harden finished one rebound shy of a 40-point triple-double, and the host Houston Rockets erased a 15-point deficit to beat the Charlotte Hornets 125-110 on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Thousands of fans turned up to watch Nepal play their first ever official one-day international (ODI) on home soil in Kathmandu yesterday but Oman spoiled the party as they won by 18 runs.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – The spread of a new coronavirus could throw “cold water over the growing momentum of the 2020 Games,” Tokyo Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto said yesterday.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Barcelona will not be destabilised by a possible confrontation between talisman Lionel Messi and sporting director Eric Abidal, coach Quique Setien said yesterday.

A solid opening stand by Romeo Deonarain and Ryan Latif proved to be the cornerstone of Georgetown’s 42-run opening-round win over West Demerara in the under-15 Inter-Association tournament at Everest on Monday. 

Ronald Murray and Fiona Bushell prevailed in the mixed doubles category of the Trophy Stall lawn tennis finals Sunday afternoon at the Le Ressouvenir Tennis Court.

Following Shimron Hetmyer’s exclusion from the West Indies One-Day side for the upcoming Sri Lanka series, veteran cricket commentator, Joseph ‘Reds’ Perreira says that the batsman must return to the West Indies championships and dominate.

This weekend national cycling coach, Hassan Mohamed has organized two cycling meets sponsored by R&R International for the 28th year.

The second night of action in the Let’s Bet Sports Mocha ‘Village Cup’ Streetball competition will take place this evening at the Mocha Tarmac with several group  matches.

Former national player Jermaine Slater was elected to the helm of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) unopposed when the entity staged its Annual General Meeting on Sunday at Palm Court.

The inaugural President’s Cup Streetball knockout competition will commence on February 18th at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Left-handers Shimron Hetmyer and Evin Lewis could find themselves in with a chance of redemption shortly, after failed fitness assessments ruled them out of this month’s one-day tour of Sri Lanka.