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(Reuters) – England’s Ben Stokes has become a “world box-office attraction” with his Ashes heroics in the third test against Australia and his life will never be the same again, former all-rounder Ian Botham has said.

Powerlifting standout, Vijai Rahim continues to add hardware to his cabinet.

Guyana’s top female badminton player Priyanna Ramdhani not only walked away with three gold medals and a bronze from the 2019 Caribbean Badminton (CAREBACO) tournament but also with a wealth of knowledge to improve her game.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors are based on the South American continent and has featured in every edition of the Caribbean Premier League.

Career banker, Imran Saccoor was last week elected to the post of President of the Cumberland, East-Canje-based, Young Warriors Cricket Club.

One of the nation’s longstanding and outstanding sporting facility, the Everest Cricket Club (ECC) has received a tangible donation  of a complete computer system and printer from Starr Computers.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Jason Holder has urged his batting group to undertake deep introspection in the wake of West Indies’ chastening 318-run defeat to India in the opening Test here Sunday.

(Reuters) – Keeping India’s pace battery fully charged will be crucial to the team’s ICC World Test Championship chances, skipper Virat Kohli said following their win over West Indies in the first test on Sunday.

(Reuters) – As England basked in an Ashes salvation led by all-rounder Ben Stokes at Headingley, Australia were left to hope for the return of their own saviour in Steve Smith for the fourth test at Old Trafford.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – New Zealand skittled Sri Lanka out for 122 yesterday to secure a series-levelling victory by an innings and 65 runs on the final day of a rain-hit second test in Colombo.

(Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Irfan Ahmed and Nadeem Ahmed have been banned from cricket for life for match-fixing and their team mate Haseeb Amjad has been banned for five years, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – A staggering batting collapse on yesterday’s penultimate day saw beleaguered West Indies bundled out for their sixth lowest-ever total against India, as they crashed to a humiliating 318-run defeat in the opening Test and fall behind in the two-match series.

The Lady Jaguars secured their round of 16 berth in the CONCACAF Girls U17 Qualifiers  defeating The Bahamas 3-1 in their final group match yesterday at the Stadion Ergilio Hato Willemstad, Curaçao.

Young batting sensation Guyana’s Mavendra Dindyal is certainly a future star and has been hailed as one of the bright performers by Steve Liburd, West Indies Under 15 Coach and CWI School’s Cricket Development Officer following the conclusion of the West Indies Under 15 Future Stars summer tour of England last weekend. 

It was a day of contrasting results as  Eagles, Hurry ATE and Uitvlugt secured wins in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) leg of the NAMILCO U17 championship yesterday at the National Track and Field Center, Leonora.

Doctor Joann Deo got back to winning ways when she stormed to the A&R Printery Golf title at the Lusignan Golf Club on Saturday while Patrick Persaud secured the top spot  yesterday when the tournament was sponsored once again.

Titans Table Tennis club duo Jonathan Van Lange and Colin Wong captured Guyana’s second medal at the ongoing Caribbean Mini and Pre-cadet championships currently being played in the Dominican Republic. 

Following his successful participation in the COTECC Trinidad Summer Bowl Under – 14 championships in the Twin Island Republic last weekend, Guyana’s junior lawn tennis player Vadeanand Resaul is on the road again to utilise his summer to improve his tennis game.

LEEDS, England,  (Reuters) – An extraordinary 135 not out from Ben Stokes earned England an exhilarating one-wicket victory in the third Ashes test yesterday to level the series against Australia at 1-1, with the home side chasing down a record target of 359 in dramatic fashion.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Half centuries from Colin de Grandhomme and BJ Watling gave New Zealand a first-innings lead of 138 against Sri Lanka on the fourth day of the second and final test in Colombo yesterday.