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Peter Persaud got his aim spot on during the Guyana National Rifle Association (NRA) recent first Record Shoot at the Timehri Rifle Ranges at Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke-Linden Highway.  

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – The Jamaica Cricket Association has distanced itself from the stance taken by three territorial cricket boards, and will host Cricket West Indies presidential hopeful Ricky Skerritt and running mate, Dr Kishore Shallow, in a meeting here today.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies presidential candidate, Ricky Skerritt, has debunked the idea that West Indies’ recent success against England can be credited solely to president Dave Cameron’s leadership.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – Whirlwind knocks from captain Darren Sammy and Kieron Pollard both went in vain as Peshawar Zalmi crashed to a 10-run loss to Quetta Gladiators, in the first eliminator of the Pakistan Super League here yesterday.

History will be made on Saturday when the cream of the nation’s bikers transform the streets of Bartica into their personal battle ground for lucrative prizes.

Band Room and A-Division-A will face-off in the final of the Guyana Police Force [GPF] Inter-Division/Branch 5-Aside Football Championship, following semi-final wins on Tuesday.

Guyana have been edged out of making the main-draw at the World Junior Lawn Tennis U–14 championships in the Dominican Republic.

TURIN, Italy, (Reuters) – Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a hat-trick against his favourite opponents Atletico Madrid as the Italians overturned a two-goal first-leg deficit to win 3-0 and reach the Champions League quarter-finals yesterday.

(Reuters) – Rampant Manchester City demolished a woeful Schalke 7-0 to complete a 10-2 aggregate win and become the third English side into the quarter-finals of the Champions League yesterday.

The Utah Jazz announced Tuesday that they have permanently banned a fan who engaged in “inappropriate interaction” with Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook during Monday’s game at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City.

With less than 11 days remaining before their must-win clash with Belize in the CONCACAF Nations League, the Golden Jaguars will depart local shores on Friday for Suriname to battle the host in an international friendly on Saturday.

Head Coach of the Guyana Senior Women’s team, Bharat Mangru, believes the team has a mixture of youthful and experienced players as they hunt their maiden Cricket West Indies Regional 50-overs and T20 Blaze titles.

The South Essequibo Cricket Committee Round Robin T20 competition continued over the weekend with Rising Stars’ captain Latchman Rohit smashing a century to lead his side to a 170-run victory over Jaguars Over 40 while United Warriors defeated Top Shatter by four wickets in another fixture.

East Bank crushed West Demerara by 191 runs while East Coast coasted past Georgetown by 42 runs as the first round of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-17 Inter-Association tournament got underway yesterday.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association [GABA]/Lets Bet Sports, knockout tournament will officially commence on Friday  at the Burnham Court, Middle and Carmichael Streets.

Presidential Guard will face-off with Band-Room, while F-Division will tackle A-Division-A in the semi-final round of the Guyana Police Force [GPF] Inter-Division/Branch 5-Aside Football Championship, following quarterfinal wins on Monday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Captain Jason Holder says he is pleased with the development shown by West Indies ahead of the World Cup and hopes to use the Tri-Nations Series in Ireland to put the finishing touches on preparations for the showpiece.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is a doubt for the third test of the Bangladesh series after suffering a torn pectoral muscle in the innings and 12-run second test win in Wellington.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Regardless of the outcome of today’s series decider against Australia, India are already counting Vijay Shankar’s rise as a handy, nerveless all-rounder as one of their gains from the five-match series against the world champions.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – A productive recent meeting with the International Cricket Council’s chief executive, Dave Richardson, has left chairman of CARICOM’s subcommittee on cricket, Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves, hopeful that Cricket West Indies governance reform can he pushed through in the near future.