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The Real Sports Entertainment Group (RSEG) will stage a two-day Masters Football tournament on August 11th and 12th at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

LONDON (Reuters) – England pace bowler Jofra Archer has been omitted from the side for the first Ashes test against Australia starting at Edgbaston today with Chris Woakes keeping his place after his stunning display against Ireland last week.

GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) – A $10 million bonus pool for the top PGA Tour players over the regular season has not been enough to attract any of the top seven to this week’s Wyndham Championship.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies legend Sir Garfield Sobers has paid tribute to Malcolm Nash, a former Glamorgan bowler he once famously hit for six sixes in an over, saying they remained good friends despite the battering.

(Reuters) – Soccer’s world governing body FIFA has approved the expansion of the Women’s World Cup from the existing 24 teams to 32 for the 2023 edition and reopened the bidding process for potential hosts.

The Rupununi Football Association (RFA) in partnership with Theresa and George Bobb will stage a Under-17 Girls 7-a-side Championship on Saturday at the St Ignatius Sports Ground, Lethem.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is inviting all stakeholders to provide feedback on the draft Prevention of Sexual Harassment Policy, which is slated, once finalised and approved, to become part of the entity’s Standing Operating Procedures.

A five-wicket haul from fast bowler Matthew Forde spurred Barbados to a three-wicket victory over Guyana in the second round of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 tournament at Arnos Vale, St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday.

Botofago and Eagles will compete in the final of the inaugural Divine Entertainment Summer Super Cup Football tournament on August 3rd, following semifinal wins on Sunday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Level Two coaching programme which, for the first time, was done in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI), has been completed with 27 persons attaining their certificates and CWI Director of Cricket Jimmy Adams is ecstatic about the ground-breaking development.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder has thrown his support behind the newly-launched ICC Test Championship, stressing that the longest format of the game remained the ultimate test of character and expressing a desire to see West Indies build on their success against England earlier this year.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has shortlisted their U-15 Boys squad which will feature in the CONCACAF U-15 Championship at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA from August 4th-11th.

(Reuters) – Jill Ellis, who became the first female coach in history to win back-to-back World Cups, will step down as boss of the U.S.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Trinidadian official Joel Wilson has been appointed to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for the upcoming season.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia coach Justin Langer has confirmed James Pattinson and Usman Khawaja are certain starters for the opening Ashes test in Birmingham.

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Test cricket will cease to be just a bilateral affair from tomorrow when England host Australia in the opening Ashes contest at Edgbaston to kick off the widely-anticipated World Test Championship (WTC).

With the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ National Championship slated to commence on August 9th, tournament organiser Banks DIH Limited has confirmed that the Jubilee Park tarmac will serve as the venue of the street football tournament.

LONDON (Reuters) – Skipper Joe Root looks certain to bat at number three in the first Ashes test starting at Edgbaston tomorrow in the latest attempt to beef up England’s flimsy top order.

LONDON (Reuters) – The World Boxing Council (WBC) said yesterday it had provisionally suspended Dillian Whyte as the mandatory challenger for Deontay Wilder’s world heavyweight title because the Briton had failed a dope test.