NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong has been handed a four-year ban by Kenya’s anti-doping agency (ADAK) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO), officials said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Jack Sock was so certain he would not qualify for next week’s ATP Finals that he had a tee time booked at Augusta National, but the American will have to wait another day to cross that round of golf off his bucket list.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – The United States and other countries hoping to host the 2026 World Cup should provide government guarantees on visa-free travel plus work permit and tax exemptions for their bids to be accepted, according to documents published by FIFA yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Hosts Trinidad and Tobago avoided giants United States and Mexico, when they were drawn in Group A for next year’s CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru were fined sums ranging between 10,000 and 40,000 Swiss francs ($40,056) yesterday as FIFA continued its clamp down on homophobic chanting by fans in Latin America.
The Guyana (GUY) men and women teams will return to action today in the Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Hockey Qualifiers at the Mona Facility, Kingston, Jamaica.
(The Sports Xchange) – Kyrie Irving scored 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics won their ninth in a row after two opening losses, defeating the Atlanta Hawks 110-107 on Monday night.
Tournament favourite the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will oppose Kuru-Kururu Warriors while Pele will tackle Grove Hi-Tech when the Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championships quarterfinal round commences today at the Ministry of Education ground.
The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) over the weekend earned another win in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), New Building Society (NBS) second-division limited overs tournament by defeating the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by 246 runs.
(Reuters) – India pipped New Zealand by six runs in a rain-truncated Twenty20 thriller to win the three-match series 2-1 in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday.
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England fast bowler Steven Finn has been ruled out of the Ashes series against Australia after scans showed he has torn his left knee cartilage, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.
(Reuters) – Australia paceman Mitchell Starc claimed his second hat-trick of the match to lead New South Wales to a 171-run victory over Western Australia in the Sheffield Shield yesterday.
(Reuters) – Surrey pace bowler Tom Curran has been called up to replace the injured Steven Finn in England’s squad for the Ashes, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.
ZURICH, (Reuters) – Former Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks was suspended by the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday after being placed under formal investigation in France in a probe into allegations of vote buying to win the 2016 Summer Olympics for Rio de Janeiro.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Three-time reigning champions, Guyana Jaguars, are already beginning to pull away from the pack, after just two rounds of the 2017 Regional Four-Day Championship.
Ariel Speedboat successfully retained the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) Guyana Cup Seven title on Sunday evening after defeating Boots All Stars by three runs in a last over thriller played at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground.
SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies opener Evin Lewis lashed a half-century as Dhaka Dynamites rebounded from their opening day defeat with a convincing 65-run victory over Khulna Titans in the Bangladesh Premier League here Sunday.
Despite failing in their quest to return with medals from the Junior Caribbean Cycling Championships, the five young local teen riders would have gained valuable experience and exposure following the event this past weekend in Barbados.
The national cricket selectors have made one change to the surging Guyana Jaguars 13-man squad for their third round encounter against second place Leeward Islands Hurricanes which begins Thursday at Warner Park, St Kitts.
After the last shot was fired at the Commonwealth Shooting Federation (CSF) championships which ended yesterday at the Belmont Shooting Centre, Brisbane, Australia, Guyanese riflemen Lennox Braithwaite and Mahendra Persaud were in the top 10 of world-rated shooters.