GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Regional nation grouping, CARICOM, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with football’s world governing body, FIFA, aimed at using the sport to enhance social development across its states and further develop communities through youth involvement.
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – South Africa touched down here yesterday for the two-Test series against West Indies starting next week, marking only the second international series in the Caribbean since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
TOKYO/PARIS, (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka received support from her country Japan, her sponsors, leading sporting figures and tennis fans yesterday after the world number two withdrew from the French Open in a row about media duties, saying she had been suffering from depression and anxiety.
Team Guyana’s 12-athlete contingent wrapped up its Senior South American Championship campaign in Guayaquil, Ecuador yesterday with five medals including a bronze in the Men’s 4x100m relay.
Junior Pan American Games-bound badminton Akili Haynes has already commenced training under top seed, Narayan Ramdhani.
GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Test outcast Shai Hope pressed his case for a recall with an attacking half-century while Jermaine Blackwood struck a typically breezy fifty, but bowlers dominated as 14 wickets tumbled on the opening day of the four-day practice match here yesterday.
(BBC) The 2021 Copa America will be hosted by Brazil, after Argentina was stripped of the tournament just two weeks before it starts.
Chris Paul collected 18 points and nine assists to lift the visiting Phoenix Suns to a 100-92 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday afternoon in Game 4 of their Western Conference first-round series.
(Reuters) – Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving said NBA arenas had become like “human zoos” after a fan was arrested for throwing a water bottle at the former Celtic guard on Sunday.
A 21-year-old man from suburban Braintree, Mass., is awaiting arraignment on assault and battery charges by means of a dangerous weapon after allegedly throwing a water bottle in the direction of Kyrie Irving following the Boston Celtics’ Game 4 playoff loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.
PARIS, (Reuters) – Japan’s Naomi Osaka stunned the French Open yesterday when she announced she was withdrawing from the tournament in the wake of her decision to boycott post-match media duties, explaining she had been suffering from depression for almost three years.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary captain Sir Clive Lloyd has urged under-fire stroke-maker Shimron Hetmyer to “produce the runs” and remove any debate over his eligibility for a central retainer contract.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Nick Hockley has been confirmed as Cricket Australia’s permanent Chief Executive after steering the game through an “impossible summer” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australian cricketers, including former captain Steve Smith and David Warner, were released from hotel quarantine in Sydney yesterday after being evacuated from India amid a surge of COVID-19 cases.
Despite torrential rainfall until 11am, once the sun came out, bowlers relished the conditions in the second Guyana Cricket Board Under-19 franchise match at Providence, yesterday.
Golden Jaguars U20 Internationals and Fruta Conquerors rising stars Nicholas MacArthur and Raushan Ritch have secured pre-season trials with Caribbean giant and Jamaica first-division unit Portmore United.
Walter Grant-Stuart, Suzanne Hamilton and Aaron Newton brought the curtain down on the Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) National Road Race Championships yesterday with wins in their respective categories.
President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle has been appointed the new Director of Sport, following a virtual meeting yesterday involving the Commissioners of the National Sports Commission (NSC) and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.
History was created again recently when the Guyana Karate College (GKC) produced three new seventh degree black belt karatekas bringing the total to four.
The BCCI will ask the ICC to defer the decision on where the 2021 men’s T20 World Cup will be played this October-November.
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