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Standout rugger, Claudius Butts will perform the balancing act of player and coach when Guyana contests the Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s Championships in the Cayman Islands from July 6-7. 

Three teams remain unbeaten after Thursday evening’s matches of the 2019 Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships.

With the absence of former road race champions, Raynauth Jeffrey, Hamza Eastman and Geron Williams, tomorrow’s National Road Race Championships will be wide open.

India’s 110m hurdles national record holder, Siddhanth Thingalaya, has been confirmed for the Aliann Pompey Invitational set for July 6 at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

The ExxonMobil boys and girls’ U14 Secondary School Football Championships will resume today at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Asks Romario Samaroo The West Indies senior team has been dumped from the World Cup 2019 following another meltdown against India last Thursday in what, so far, has been a pitiful campaign.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Veteran opener Chris Gayle has backed rookie Nicholas Pooran to become the next West Indies “world record beater” and has identified Shai Hope as a future captain.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – West Indies have slipped to number nine in the ICC One-Day International rankings, compounding their misery of being eliminated from the ongoing World Cup in England.

MANCHESTER, England,  CMC – Head coach Floyd Reifer hopes a 90-minute clear-the-air team meeting following the heavy defeat to India, can help West Indies halt a worrying slump in form and end their ICC World Cup campaign strongly.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – All-rounder Carlos Brathwaite will part with 15 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during West Indies’ defeat to India here Thursday.  

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia have already secured a place in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup but skipper Aaron Finch has virtually ruled out resting frontline quicks Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins in today’s group match against New Zealand.

CHESTER-LE-STREET, England, (Reuters) – A swarm of bees forced the players of South Africa and Sri Lanka to dive onto the ground during their Cricket World Cup clash at the Riverside Stadium yesterday — but for many on the pitch there was a sense of deja vu.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The angle of Ash Barty’s climb to the top of women’s tennis has been so steep, the rise so fast, that the sight of her name perched on top of the Wimbledon draw as top seed and favourite still requires a second glance.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,, CMC – West Indies have slipped to number nine in the ICC One-Day International rankings, compounding their misery of being eliminated from the ongoing World Cup in England.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has been fined 15% of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire’s decision in their World Cup defeat by India, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said today.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies’ already wretched campaign tasted even more misery here yesterday when they were dumped from the World Cup without so much as a whimper, in a humbling 125-run loss to powerhouses India at Old Trafford.

The goal scoring fiesta in the ongoing Guyana Hockey Board (GHB)/Noble House Seafoods’ Goals Galore Handicap Open Indoor Hockey tournament continued to live up to the billing on Wednesday evening as Marzana Fiedtkou, Aroydy Branford and Devin Munro recorded stimulating performances to spur their sides to triumph at the National Gymnasium.

An IAAF World Championships berth, one year’s bragging rights and cash incentives will all be up for grabs this weekend when the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) stages its flagship National Senior Championships.

The Government of Guyana is showing its support for track and field by throwing its weight once again behind the Aliann Pompey Invitational (API) scheduled for July 6th at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder said the Caribbean side had not performed at the standard expected, after they crashed to their fifth defeat in seven games here yesterday, to suffer elimination from the ICC World Cup.