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The Guyana Football Federation’s [GFF] Electoral Congress and Annual General Meeting [AGM] will be held in November.

Tabatinga and Moco-Moco Football Clubs secured wins when the Theresa and George Bobb/Rupununi Football Association [RFA] Under-17 Women’s Championship continued at the St.

The Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) leg of the NAMILCO U17 championship will resume today with a doubleheader at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.

(Reuters) – Britain’s sports minister Nigel Adams has described the booing of Australian Steve Smith during the Ashes series as “distasteful” and says the batsman has served his punishment for his part in last year’s ball-tampering scandal.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – New Zealand’s loss in the first test against Sri Lanka had been a lot closer than the six-wicket defeat suggested and the side had learned a lot about how best to play in local conditions, says pace bowler Tim Southee.

(Reuters) – Indian fast bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth’s ban for alleged spot-fixing has been reduced to seven years, with the sanction period coming to an end on Sep.

(Reuters) – New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson and Sri Lankan spinner Akila Dananjaya have been reported for suspect bowling action after the first test between the two nations in Galle that finished on Sunday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has said.

Team Guyana continued its positive run at the Junior Caribbean Badminton Championships (CAREBACO) winning five gold medals and one bronze when the tournament concluded Sunday at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, Barbados.

The Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) 20-member squad departed local shores yesterday for the CONCACAF Girls U17  first-round Qualifiers in Curacao.

Unicomer Guyana Inc. under the COURTS brand has once again agreed to collaborate with the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) to run off the traditionally successful Courts 10K Road Race.

Team Guyana has retained the Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Tournament trophy.

The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) is set to stage its Raw National Championships on Sunday at St.

Michael Johnson, Golden Jaguars Head-Coach has tendered his resignation from the post effective August 13th and Brazilian Márcio Máximo has been appointed Interim Head-Coach for the 2019-2020 CONCACAF Nations League with effect from tomorrow.

The inaugural ‘592 Street Kings’ Street-ball Championship was officially launched yesterday at the recently opened Jamrock Café (Jamaican Cuisine, Church Street).

Guyana’s CAC bronze medallist duo Taylor Fernandes and Ashley Khalil have secured a place in the final of the women’s doubles category of the ongoing Senior Caribbean Singles and Doubles Championships (CASA) after day two action ended last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Court. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Hanuma Vihari and Ajinkya Rahane both gathered half-centuries as India’s three-day warm-up match against West Indies A petered out into a stalemate here yesterday.

WOLVERHAMPTON, England,  (Reuters) – Manchester United were held 1-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers and missed out on taking top spot in the Premier League yesterday as a sumptuous Ruben Neves strike cancelled out Anthony Martial’s first-half goal and Paul Pogba missed a late penalty.

(Reuters) – Tomas Berdych earned his first ATP win in six months with a 6-1 3-6 6-3 first round victory over Andreas Seppi at the Winston-Salem Open on Sunday.

Veteran point guard J.J. Barea re-signed with the Dallas Mavericks yesterday and while no terms were announced, the deal is for one year, according to ESPN.

(Reuters) – England have named an unchanged 12-man squad for the third Ashes test against Australia starting on Thursday, with recovering seamer James Anderson set to play for Lancashire’s second XI to step up his rehabilitation.Anderson,