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Buxton Cricket Club registered a comprehensive consolatory win over a second string Transport Sports Club over the weekend, winning by 91 runs to end the three-match friendly series 2-1 in their favour.

(BBC) Afghanistan bowled India out off the penultimate ball of the game to earn a thrilling tie in the Asia Cup in Dubai yesterday.

Guyana’s female and male table tennis contingent had to settle for silver in the team’s event of the 60th edition of the Caribbean Table Tennis Federation (CTTF) Senior Championships after suffering finals defeat against powerhouse Dominican Republic in Jamaica last evening. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Australian Stuart Law has quit as head coach of embattled West Indies just eight months before the start of the ICC World Cup in England, dealing a severe blow to the regional side’s preparation for the event and leaving authorities scrambling to find a replacement.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Real Madrid’s Croatia midfielder Luka Modric was named Best FIFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2018, while Orlando Pride’s Brazil forward Marta won the women’s award at a ceremony yesterday.

(BBC) Serena Williams says she wants to move on from her controversial US Open final defeat by Naomi Osaka.

At the annual Heritage Games which concluded on Sunday night at Everest Cricket Club, Laluni dethroned Mahdia to be crowned the new male cricket champions while Guyana Rush Saints also dethroned Port Kaituma in football to bring a fitting climax to the three-day event.

A captain’s knock from Man-of-the-Match Anthony Adams ensured Essequibo remained favourites for the Guyana Cricket Board 50-overs Franchise League title after thrashing Upper Corentyne by 123 runs and earning another bonus point on a humid Monday at the Port Mourant Cricket Club ground, East Berbice.

Defending champions Georgetown recorded their third consecutive win in this year’s Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) one-day franchise league with a 21-run win over West Demerara at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, Bourda, yesterday. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies were not at their best but still brushed aside South Africa by 17 runs here yesterday, as they began their final preparation for the defence of their Twenty20 World Cup title in November with a comfortable victory.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Head coach Stuart Law has lamented West Indies’ lack of access to training facilities in India, after the regional side were forced to use the ICC Academy here to begin their preparation for the two-Test series starting next week.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – World Anti-Doping Agency president Craig Reedie has said he is deeply offended by charges that WADA put money above clean sport when it reinstated Russia’s anti-doping agency, a move which he said was aimed only at achieving Russian compliance.

Following their silver medal finish last night at the 60th annual senior Caribbean TT championships in Jamaica, national coach Idi Lewis said last evening he was not surprised that both the Guyana men and women’s team reached the finals of the team events.

The University of Guyana (UG) cricket team ended their tour of Suriname on a slightly disappointing note after they surrendered the final of the Cryil Bonar T20 Tournament by five wickets to Suriname Spartans on Sunday evening. 

Canje Knights will battle Rose Hall Town Jammers in the final of the Berbice Amateur Basketball Association [BABA] ‘Karibee Rice’ Championship, defeating Ithaca Hard-Liners via walkover on Sunday at the Vryman Ervine Basketball Court.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Cricket Australia has closed its investigation into England all-rounder Moeen Ali’s claim that he was called “Osama” by a rival player during an Ashes test in 2015 after finding no new details, a CA spokesperson said yesterday.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Surviving the wiles of Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah is Australia’s “number one plan” in the upcoming test series in the United Arab Emirates, fast bowler Peter Siddle has said.

Now in its eighth year, the Courts 10k Run has picked up steam to become one of the premier road races on the calendar of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG).

All was not lost when Guyana was defeated in the final of the 2018 Rugby Americas North (RAN) Championships on Sunday in Barbados. 

Curtis Dey (Trojan Cycle Club) took a stunning solo victory in this year’s Victor Macedo road race yesterday after attacking late and holding off his breakaway mates.