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NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Defending champion Naomi Osaka brought American teen Coco Gauff’s captivating U.S.

(Reuters) – India pace bowler Jasprit Bumrah completed a hat-trick against West Indies on the second day of the second test in Jamaica on Saturday as the home team’s all-too-familiar batting woes continued with another collapse.

Head Coach of the Guyana Amazon Warriors (GAW), Johan Botha has suggested Shoaib Malik will captain the side in the 2019 edition of the Caribbean Premier League.

With less than a month to go before the start of the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Team Guyana’s outfit is yet to be officially selected and released to the public.

Following his unexpected appointment to the helm of the Golden Jaguars senior coaching position, Brazilian Márcio Máximo was officially unveiled yesterday by the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) at the National Training Center, Providence.

National Under – 19 Skipper Ashmead Nedd and Kevlon Anderson have been shortlisted to attend a West Indies Under – 19 Rising Stars training camp in Antigua from September 13-23.

Local bodybuilder Yannick Grimes is locked in and fully focussed on the 2019 Central America and Caribbean Championships (CAC) bodybuilding in the Dominican Republic from October 11-14, 2019. 

Vadeanand Resaul, who is one of Guyana’s most promising junior lawn tennis players has ended his tour of Antigua on a winning note, capturing the doubles title at the Antigua COTECC Wadadli Bowl 2019 Under – 14  tournament. 

Wayne Gerald DeAbreu and Devin Persaud on Saturday last, represented Archery Guyana at the 2019 World Archery approved tournament – Double 720 Qualification – in Baltimore, Canada.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – India captain Virat Kohli and opener Mayank Agarwal stroked half-centuries but West Indies skipper Jason Holder responded with a terrific display of pace bowling, as the home side shared honours on the opening day of the decisive second Test here yesterday.

Eagles FC overcame Den Amstel by a 4-3 score yesterday when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) leg of the NAMILCO U17 championships resumed at the National Track and Field Center, Leonora.

The fourth annual Limacol football tournament will commence today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesfa Avenue.

(Reuters) – England fast bowler James Anderson has been ruled out for the rest of the Ashes series against Australia due to a niggling calf injury, the country’s cricket board (ECB) announced yesterday.

With one week to go for the 2019 HERO Caribbean Premier League, the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Social Cohesion’s Department of Sport has officially signed up the country as a host of the event.

Blairmont Cricket Club were yesterday defeated by 172 runs at the hands of the Georgetown Cricket Club in their under-15 encounter at the Bourda Ground.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – World champion Karsten Warholm ran the second-fastest time in history when he held off a late challenge from American champion Rai Benjamin to clinch the men’s 400 metres hurdles at the Diamond League finals yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Six days after a heavy 318-run drubbing in the opening Test, West Indies will try to pick up the pieces and turn the tables on India when the critical second Test bowls off at Sabina Park here today.

Plaisance Young Warriors defeated Back Street Boys to clinch the inaugural Better Hope U13 Inter-Block Football Championship on Saturday at the Better Hope ‘Four Corner’.

‘COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Martin Guptill went through “the best and worst day” of his career during last month’s Cricket World Cup final against England but the opening batsman’s focus has now firmly shifted to the World Twenty20 in Australia next year.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer is prepared to champion the cause of lower-ranked players on the ATP Tour and said at the U.S.