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Wayne Dover, Golden Jaguars Interim head-coach said yesterday that 15 foreign-based players will feature in the 18-man roster to battle FIFA 83rd ranked Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors on Tuesday.

The semi-final round of the annual Hamilton Green Football Championship, resumes next Friday at the Victoria Community Centre ground.

West Demerara Football Association U17 team defeated the Berbice Football Association 1-0 when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially staged their first round of Academy Training Centers (ATCs) matches last weekend at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

The Guyana (GUY) men’s team crushed Guatemala (GUA) 4-0 while the Women’s unit battled to a scoreless draw against Jamaica (JAM), when the Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 hockey qualifiers continued yesterday.

Organizers of the ‘Race of Champions’ Horse Race meet are expecting a record breaking day on the track when the event is staged on December 3 at the Rising Sun Turf Club.

SHANGHAI, (Reuters) – Three UCLA men’s basketball players were arrested in China for shoplifting on Tuesday, media said, a day before U.S.

With less than eight days before the registration process for the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Zone ends [November 16th], approximately 25 teams have already submitted their participation forms for the qualifying round.

ZURICH,  (Reuters) – Former Namibian sprinter Frankie Fredericks was suspended by the International Olympic Committee yesterday after being placed under formal investigation in France in a probe into allegations of vote buying to win the 2016 Summer Olympics for Rio de Janeiro.

WARSAW, (Reuters) – Bayern Munich must make sure they bring in top players every season to stay competitive and ease the pressure on an ageing squad, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski said yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Head coach Winston Benjamin has urged his Leeward Islands Hurricanes to be consistent and build on their strong start to the new Regional first class season.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies batsmen Andre Fletcher and Marlon Samuels both extended their run of form as their respective franchises logged wins in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – Olympic marathon champion Jemima Sumgong has been handed a four-year ban by Kenya’s anti-doping agency (ADAK) after testing positive for the banned blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO), officials said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Jack Sock was so certain he would not qualify for next week’s ATP Finals that he had a tee time booked at Augusta National, but the American will have to wait another day to cross that round of golf off his bucket list.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – The United States and other countries hoping to host the 2026 World Cup should provide government guarantees on visa-free travel plus work permit and tax exemptions for their bids to be accepted, according to documents published by FIFA yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Hosts Trinidad and Tobago avoided giants United States and Mexico, when they were drawn in Group A for next year’s CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Peru were fined sums ranging between 10,000 and 40,000 Swiss francs ($40,056) yesterday as FIFA continued its clamp down on homophobic chanting by fans in Latin America.

The Guyana (GUY) men and women teams will return to action today in the Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Hockey Qualifiers at the Mona Facility, Kingston, Jamaica.

(The Sports Xchange) – Kyrie Irving scored 13 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Celtics won their ninth in a row after two opening losses, defeating the Atlanta Hawks 110-107 on Monday night.

Tournament favourite the Guyana Police Force (GPF) will oppose Kuru-Kururu Warriors while Pele will tackle Grove Hi-Tech when the Turbo Energy Drink Knockout Football Championships quarterfinal round commences today at the Ministry of Education ground.

The Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) over the weekend earned another win in the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), New Building Society (NBS) second-division limited overs tournament by defeating the Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) by 246 runs.