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NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – India A predictably defeated the West Indies A in the opening session on the fourth and final day of their first four-day “Test” at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground here yesterday.

Boxing standout Keevin Allicock will spring into quarterfinal action tomorrow in the ongoing Pan American Games in Lima, Peru and President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA), Steve Ninvalle believes that his charge is prepared and ready to climb the podium steps.

Guyana’s senior men’s rugby sevens team lost 59-nil to Brazil and 87-7 to Chile in their Pool A matches yesterday at the ongoing Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Coach of the Guyana Under-19s, Julian Moore says they are upbeat about their chances of winning the Cricket West Indies Regional Under-19 50 overs tournament for the sixth consecutive year.

Former National Basketball Association (NBA) Sacramento Kings player Anthony Bonner will arrive on local shores for his maiden trip to conduct a Youth Hoops Basketball Guyana (YHBG) clinic in August.

Capital FC and Botofago secured lopsided group wins, when the inaugural Divine Entertainment Summer Super Cup Football tournament continued on Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

The Girls Division finale between New Campbellville and East Ruimveldt in the ExxonMobil Under-14 Secondary School Football Championship was abandoned yesterday due to a torrential downpour which rendered the playing area unplayable.

Central American and Caribbean Games (CAC) bronze medal pair Ashley Khalil and Taylor Fernandes were on Friday denied a podium finish after being edged out of the squash semi-finals in the ongoing 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

The Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship quarter and semi-finals have been rescheduled for next Friday at the National Cultural Centre Tarmac after torrential rains rendered the venue unfit for players and spectators on Friday night.

Tickets for the Guyana leg of the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will go on sale from tomorrow at the CPL OPCO (Guyana) office located at 238 Quamina and Camp Streets, Georgetown.

GWANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – Caeleb Dressel lit up the pool by winning his fourth, fifth and sixth gold medals yesterday but even his electric performance failed to brighten the mood on a dark day at the world swimming championships in Gwangju.

(Reuters) – Speedster Jofra Archer received his maiden call-up to the England test squad for the Ashes series opener against Australia while all-rounder Ben Stokes was reappointed Joe Root’s deputy yesterday.

VAL THORENS, France (Reuters) – Climbing phenomenon Egan Bernal was poised to become the first Colombian to win the Tour de France and the youngest race champion in 110 years when he retained the overall lead after yesterday’s 20th stage, a 59-km ride from Albertville.

Twenty-seven Level One cricket coaches have begun their Level Two programme at the National Stadium, Providence in the first ever collaboration between CWI and the University of the West Indies.

Guyana’s senior men’s 7s team were blanked 62-nil by the USA in their first preliminary Pool A match when the Pan American Games got underway yesterday in Lima, Peru.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – A sudden, familiar batting collapse saw West Indies A squander a strong position and leave India A with a straightforward path to victory on today’s final day of the opening four-day “Test”.

(Reuters) – Cameron Bancroft, Matthew Wade and Mitchell Marsh have earned recalls to Australia’s 17-man touring party for the Ashes series against England, while uncapped Queenslander Michael Neser is a surprise selection in the pace attack.

(Reuters) – Fast bowler Lasith Malinga said goodbye to one-day cricket in style as his devastating opening spell helped Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 91 runs yesterday.

Defending champion Gold is Money, Tiger Bay, Back Circle and Albouystown-B sealed their respective berths to the quarterfinal round, when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championship continued on Thursday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Left-hander Darren Bravo has been sent packing for the one-day series against India starting next month, with injury-plagued all-rounder Andre Russell also overlooked in a 14-man squad announced yesterday by West Indies selectors.