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The 3rd edition of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Bartica Championship will officially commence tomorrow at the Bartica Community Centre Tarmac.

With less than five days remaining before the Golden Jaguars make their debut in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, Stabroek Sport takes an analytical look at the competing sides in group-D and their current form heading to the prestigious event.

The opening night of the 2019 edition of KFC sponsored Guyana Squash Association (GSA) Senior National Championships got underway last evening at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts with Samuel Ince-Carvalhal, Nicholas Verwey and Regan Pollard walking away as the major winners. 

Skipper of the Guyana Jaguars Leon Johnson has endorsed cricket’s newest format – T10 – the ten overs slug out which has emerged as a more concise and exciting dimension to the sport for fans and players alike. 

Trophy Stall became the latest entity to throw its support behind the Mark ‘Jumbie’ Wiltshire Father’s Day Domino Championships, donating the winner’s trophy yesterday during a simple presentation ceremony at the entity’s Bourda Market location.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday disclosed that Guyana will host one T20 and one One Day International when India tours the Caribbean in August.

Junior Golden Jaguars Kelsey Benjamin, Ryan Hackett and Sese Norville are adapting well to the training environment and sessions during their one month training stint with fourth division Brazilian side Madureira Esporte Clube.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – West Indies bowling coach Corey Collymore believes veteran Chris Gayle will relish the challenge of taking on Barbadian speed sensation, Jofra Archer, in tomorrow’s World Cup fixture against England which he expects to be a “lively game”.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies will open their campaign in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship when they host India in a two-match series starting in August.

(Reuters) – Kevin Durant underwent surgery yesterday for a ruptured Achilles tendon, the Golden State Warriors player announced, as head coach Steve Kerr defended the decision to play the four-times NBA leading scorer in game five of the NBA Finals.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Hosts England are not having any sleepless nights over West Indies’ pace attack.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Following is the itinerary for India’s tour of West Indies announced Wednesday by Cricket West Indies: Itinerary: Sat, Aug 3: 1st Twenty20 International – Central Broward Regional Park, United States (10:30 am start) Sun, Aug 4: 2nd Twenty20 International – Central Broward Regional Park (10:30 am) Tue, Aug 6: 3rd Twenty20 International – Guyana National Stadium, Guyana (10:30 am) Thu, Aug 8: 1st One-day International – Guyana National Stadium (9:30 am) Sun, Aug 11: 2nd One-day International – Queen’s Park Oval, Trinidad (9:30 am) Wed, Aug 14: 3rd One-day International – Queen’s Park Oval (9:30 am) Sat, Aug 17-19: Tour Match – Coolidge Cricket Ground, Antigua (9:30 am daily) Thu, Aug 22-26: 1st Test – Vivian Richards Cricket Ground, Antigua (9:30 am daily) Fri, Aug 30 – Tue, Sep 3: 2nd Test – Sabina Park, Jamaica (9:30 am daily)

The Golden Jaguars preparation for their maiden participation in the CONCACAF Gold Cup suffered another setback after they lost to Haiti 3-1 yesterday in an international friendly staged at the CAR Turrucares Playfield in San Jose, Costa Rica.

TORONTO, (Reuters) – The Toronto Raptors blew a late six-point lead and with it their first chance to seal a maiden NBA championship as the Golden State Warriors overcame the loss of All Star forward Kevin Durant to win Game Five 106-105 on Monday.

Following the conclusion of the respective intra-association zones, the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] conducted the official random draw yesterday for the National Championship leg of the KFC Independence U20 Club Knockout Football Cup.

Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) all-rounder Winston Forrester was in simmering form at the weekend, cracking a century for Atlantic CC in the 2019 Clement Busta Lawrence Premier League on Sunday.

President of the Lusignan Golf Club, Aleem Hussain was crowned champion of the A flight while Satrohan Tewari and Imtiaz Subhan won the B and C flights respectively and Shanella Webster-London the female title as the Macorp tournament ended Saturday.

Local youth speedster, Qumar Torrington, is optimistic about his chances of retaining his spot in the Guyana Under-19 team as he looks to bring the heat at the Cricket West Indies Regional tournament in August.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former international football strongman, Jack Warner, yesterday suffered a major setback in his fight against extradition to face corruption charges in the United States, after the Court of Appeal here dismissed a judicial review challenging that extradition.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, CMC – Injury-plagued all-rounder Andre Russell will be fit to face England in Friday’s crucial World Cup encounter at the Rose Bowl, despite missing the rain-abandoned match against South Africa on Monday.