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Overseas based Guyanese Javier George, a member of  fourth tier French outfit Stade Beaucairois 30, is expected in Guyana February 5th to join the U20 training squad for the CONCACAF male  U20 Championships to be hosted in Nicaragua from February 15th-23rd.

New Campbellville girls and North Ruimveldt boys teams scored one-sided victories when the when the ExxonMobil U14 Secondary Schools football competition resumed yesterday.

BENONI, South Africa, CMC – West Indies captain Kimani Melius says his side will not be putting themselves under undue pressure for today’s quarter-final match of the ICC Under-19 World Cup against New Zealand.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Shafali Verma’s journey to become part of the India women’s cricket team began with a haircut.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Defending champion Novak Djokovic set up a semi-final showdown with ‘Big Three’ rival Roger Federer at the Australian Open yesterday with a thumping 6-4 6-3 7-6(1) victory over Canada’s hapless Milos Raonic.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Donald Tiripano and Sikandar Raza took a wicket each as Zimbabwe reduced Sri Lanka to 122 for two in their first innings before bad light brought a premature end to the second day of the final test at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard is poised to turn out for Northamptonshire in this year’s Vitality Blast, after signing up for several games with the East Midlands outfit.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Cricketers are superstitious at the best of times but not wanting to change any aspect of their routine after a successful test day has proved costly for England captain Joe Root.

Heading into the first break of the West Indies Regional Four-Day Cricket Championships, five-time defending champions the Guyana Jaguars have retained their pole position in the points’ standings after round three.

Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolt defeated Albion Community Centre Cricket Club by three runs in a last-over, nail-biter to lift the Berbice Cricket Board/Rose Hall Town Youth & Sports Club/Busta 40-over Champion-of- Champions title Sunday.

Fruta Conquerors U20 side won the Turbo Energy Drink knockout competition Sunday, dismissing Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 3-1 at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Guyanese Denis Dias, Narendra Singh, and Lydia Fraser captured gold at the conclusion of the inaugural BCQS International Masters Squash tournament held at the Georgetown Club squash court Saturday evening.

Exciting up and coming junior player Shaquon Favourite distinguished himself on Sunday by securing the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, guiding Old Fort to the U – 16 title of the Guyana Hockey Board (GHB), QPCC indoor challenge at the National Gymnasium. 

It’s Lara’s. So said Veerasammy Permaul, who last week took his 500th wicket in first class cricket playing for the Guyana Jaguars against the Trinidad and Tobago red Force team at the National Stadium at Providence.

Jamaul John kicked off his 2020 campaign in fine style on Saturday at the National Park, sprinting away with the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the 27th Ricks and Sari multi-race event.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Vasbert Drakes, controversially sacked last year as part of a shake-up of the West Indies men’s coaching staff, is one of several regional coaches down to participate in a Cricket West Indies coaches forum starting here today.

The National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue will come alive this evening when group stage in the Magnum Tonic Wine Mashramani Cup Futsal Tournament continues with seven matches.

Christrianburg/Wismar Secondary School was presented with a new Spalding adjustable shatter proof regulation size all weather basketball backboard compliments of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA), Brusche’s Classic and Think Green.

(Reuters) – The pilot of Kobe Bryant’s ill-fated helicopter was flying too low to be monitored in fog, audio records of conversations with air traffic controllers show.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal suffered his first lost set of the tournament but rode out a challenge from a wholly committed Nick Kyrgios to move into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the 12th time with a 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) 7-6(4) victory yesterday.