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Six more Guyanese cricketers have been added to the West Indies Under-19 provisional squad, bringing the total amount of players to 10.

Head coach of the West Indies Women’s team, Courtney Walsh, has declared the successful T20I and One Day International series wins over Pakistan women a confidence booster.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Women ‘A’ endured a chastening 3-0 whitewash after going down by seven wickets to Pakistan Women ‘A’ in the final one-dayer here yesterday.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Coronavirus outbreaks involving Olympic teams in Japan have turned small-town hotels into facilities on the frontline of the pandemic battle, charged with implementing complex health measures to protect elite athletes and a fearful public.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Reigning champions West Indies have been grouped with familiar recent rivals for the Super 12s opening stage of the Twenty20 World Cup set for United Arab Emirates and Oman.

KHARKIV, Ukraine, (Reuters) – For 97-year-old Leonid Stanislavskyi, a Ukrainian who has been playing amateur tennis for over half a century, it is next to impossible to find a worthy adversary in his age group.

(CMC) – Two dropped catches let Pakistan Women off the hook as they trounced West Indies Women by four wickets in the fourth One-Day International yesterday, to finally end their winless run in the five-match series.

Former President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Christopher Matthias has criticised the overall performance of the team under the stewardship of head-coach Marcio Maximo following their recent failures in the 2022 FIFA World and 2021 Gold Cups respectively.

(CMC) – A Jamaican player has tested positive for COVID-19 at the ongoing CONCACAF Gold Cup, the country’s governing body has confirmed.

(Reuters) – Jordan Spieth gave his big-hitting fellow American Bryson DeChambeau a masterclass in the complexities of links golf as the former champion began his latest British Open campaign in fine style yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former Netherlands forward Arjen Robben has ended his long playing career after an attempt at a comeback last season with his first professional club FC Groningen was marred by injuries.

(Reuters) – The trilogy fight between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas, which was postponed earlier this month when Fury tested positive for COVID-19, will take place on Oct.

(CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago were eyeing an early exit from the group stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup after crashing to a 2-0 defeat to El Salvador on Wednesday night, to remain winless after two games.

(Reuters) – Tadej Pogacar claimed another landmark victory in the 18th stage of the Tour de France to edge closer to retaining his title as a cloud of doping suspicions hung over the world’s greatest cycling race yesterday.

(Reuters) – The use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) upsets many soccer fans worldwide, but its role at the European Championship was far less controversial than during the 2020-21 English Premier League season, William Hill said in a report yesterday.

(Reuters) – International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said yesterday there was “zero” risk of Games participants infecting Japanese residents with COVID-19, as cases hit a six-month high in the host city.

(Reuters) – Formula One offered fans a glimpse of the future yesterday with a presentation of what cars will look like next season when the sport undergoes a rules revamp to make racing closer and more exciting.

Khris Middleton earned his nickname in Game 4 of the NBA Finals as “Cash Money” came up clutch in the biggest game of his life.

(Reuters) – Shirley Fry Irvin, one of 10 women to have won the singles titles at all four Grand Slams, has died aged 94, the International Tennis Hall of Fame said in a statement https://www.tennisfame.com/news/2021/in-memoriam-shirley-fry-irvin.

(Reuters) – India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant and a member of the support staff have tested positive for COVID-19 in England ahead of their five-test series starting next month, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.