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The Guyana Police Force, Felix Austin and Richard Faikal Police Colleges will meet head-to-head today for the first ever mini athletics meet which will be hosted by the Georgetown Branch of the Training Schools.

A group calling itself “Majority Stakeholders” says that it is rejecting the appointment of Steven Lewis as Cricket Ombudsman, referring to the appointment by Minister of Social Cohesion, George Norton, as unethical.

After sitting out the first leg of the local Triple Crown due to injury, Guyana’s premier trotter returns to the Rising Sun Turf Club on Sunday for the second leg of the historic fixture.

After losing two games on the trot, Guyana find themselves needing to win their third round clash in the Cricket West Indies Colonial Insurance Regional women’s Super50 against Leeward Islands today at the Enmore Community Centre ground.

The West Demerara Cricket Association in collaboration with title sponsors, Beacon Cafe has rolled out the inaugural 50-overs round robin tournament.

Central Service upset Soft Drink Plant while Brewery edged Trisco when the Banks DIH Limited inter-department cricket competition  continued on Tuesday at Thirst Park.

Vikings upset Pepsi Sonics 74-69 in their second division matchup when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA]/’Lets Bet Sports’ championship continued on Tuesday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Dave Cameron, says the regional governing body was forced to part ways with former coach Phil Simmons after concluding it had been “a bad decision” to hire the Trinidadian in the first place.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – Former West Indies captain, Darren Sammy, says the Dave Cameron administration could not take credit for the region’s three World Cup titles in 2016, nor the recapture of the Wisden Trophy last month, as those successes were solely down to the hard work of the captains and management staff involved.

By Rosario Samaria A century from Jamaica captain, Stafanie Taylor, was enough to trump her opposite number, Shemaine Campbelle’s century as Jamaica defeated Guyana by six wickets in the second round of the Cricket West Indies Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 Championships yesterday.

KFC Guyana and Ansa McAl under its Stag Beer Brand, have joined the growing list of corporate entities that have partnered with the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] ahead of the Golden Jaguars CONCACAF Nations League clash with Belize on March 23rd.

Bel Air Rubis defeated Everest Cricket Club by four wickets in the Georgetown Cricket Association/ Noble House Seafoods Generation Next Under-19 tournament at Ogle Community Centre on Saturday.

Golden Jaguars Head-Coach Michael Johnson is adamant that his charges are well equipped and adequately prepared to create history against Belize on Saturday  in the CONCACAF Nations League.

Linden Foundation Secondary defeated New Silvercity 1-0, when the 1th edition of the Edward ‘Screw’ Richmond U18 Football Championship continued on Monday at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Former captain Sourav Ganguly has offered two extreme choices to end India’s quest for the perfect number four batsman at this year’s World Cup, suggesting they choose between a dour Cheteshwar Pujara and a daredevil Rishabh Pant for the role.

Nikola Jokic had 21 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists, and the Denver Nuggets beat the host Boston Celtics 114-105 on Monday night to clinch a playoff berth.

Led by a match-winning bowling performance from Leandra Ramdeen, title contenders Trinidad and Tobago strolled to a comfortable six-wicket win over the Leeward Islands in the ongoing Cricket West Indies (CWI) Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 Cup at Bourda, yesterday.

Defending champions Barbados registered their second win in as many matches after they brushed aside the Windward Islands by 241 runs in the Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 tournament at Providence, yesterday. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) presidential candidate Ricky Skerritt and running mate, Dr Kishore Shallow, yesterday received major endorsements from legends Clive Lloyd and Sir Andy Roberts, in another major boost to their chances of toppling the Dave Cameron ticket at Sunday’s elections in Jamaica.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa’s veteran leg-spinner Imran Tahir conceded only five runs in a decisive super over as they beat Sri Lanka in their opening Twenty20 International yesterday after both teams had finished their innings with the same score.