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Despite suffering a 1-0 defeat to hosts Bermuda on Thursday at the National Sports Centre, Golden Jaguars Head-coach Michael Johnson declared that the objective of the fixture was to garner a better understanding of the team ahead of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

The Georgetown Cricket Umpires and Scorers Association (GCU&SA) training programme on the laws of cricket will get underway June 18.

Tiger Bay and Back Circle will face-off tonight at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, in the final of the Corona Futsal Championships.

The male and female 400m events could steal the show at this year’s Aliann Pompey Invitational (API) set for July 6 at the National Track and Field Centre.

Hugh Ross Guyana’s most decorated muscleman, will be gracing the stage this evening at the NABBA World Championships in Northern Ireland.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – Shai Hope has described Thursday’s defeat to Australia as a “tough pill to swallow” but says West Indies would continue to play competitive cricket throughout the World Cup.

BRISTOL, England, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s World Cup match against Sri Lanka was called off yesterday without a ball being bowled after persistent rain in Bristol.

TAUNTON, England,  (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will struggle to read Indian Premier League (IPL) team mate Rashid Khan in Saturday’s World Cup match, Afghanistan skipper Gulbadin Naib predicted yesterday.

TAUNTON, England, (Reuters) – New Zealand coach Gary Stead denied his batsmen are vulnerable to spin bowling and said the 2015 finalists are ready for a slow-bowling onslaught in today’s World Cup match against Afghanistan.

LEICESTER, England, CMC – West Indies Women’s head coach, Henderson Springer, has lamented the lack of discipline exhibited in Thursday’s heavy loss to England in the first One-Day International, and says attitudes will have to change if the side are turn around their fortunes in the three-match series.

NOTTINGHAM, England, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite has criticised the poor standard of umpiring that marred Thursday’s 15-run World Cup defeat to Australia at Trent Bridge.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Australia’s assistant coach Ricky Ponting expects India to select an extra fast bowler tomorrow to exploit the holders’ vulnerability to short-pitched deliveries seen in their scrappy win over the West Indies in the World Cup.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni to remove an army insignia from his wicketkeeping gloves, forcing New Delhi to weigh in after a nationalistic furore in the country.

NOTTINGHAM, England,  CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder was left ruing “irresponsible shots” which contributed to his side’s failed run chase and eventual 15-run loss at the hands of Australia in their second match of the World Cup here yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Playing only his second Cricket World Cup match, Mitchell Santner needed his steely nerves to shut out the noise from the large Bangladesh crowd at the Oval and guide New Zealand to victory on Wednesday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad has been ruled out of the World Cup due to a knee injury and replaced in the squad by 18-year-old Ikram Ali Khil, organisers said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh paid the price for a below-par batting performance and made errors in the field at key moments during their two-wicket defeat by New Zealand at the World Cup on Wednesday, their captain Mashrafe Mortaza has said.

NOTTINGHAM, England, June 6 (Reuters) – Mitchell Starc saw plenty of positives after his five-wicket haul helped Australia to a 15-run World Cup win over West Indies yesterday but it could have been a different story.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal is braced for an all-out assault from Roger Federer when the two great rivals meet at Roland Garros for the first time in eight years in today’s French Open semi-final.

ROME,  (Reuters) – Michael Norman held off a late surge from fellow American Noah Lyles to win the men’s 200 metres in a world leading time of 19.70 seconds at the Rome Diamond League on Thursday.