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Two West Indies women players Chadean Nation and Chinelle Henry are in a conscious and stable condition after collapsing on  separate occasions on the field of play on Friday.

The West Indies Women embodied the words of their cricketing anthem, when they “rallied” as a team to win the CG Insurance 2nd T20 International by seven runs via the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method, after the match was called off at the end of the 18th over at the Coolidge Cricket Ground in Antigua  Friday.

Jasmine Abrams and Emanuel Archibald have joined Aliyah Abrams as Olympians who will represent Guyana in Track and Field at this year’s Olympic Games scheduled for July 23 to August 8 in Tokyo, Japan.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, (Reuters) – American sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, expected to be one of the biggest draws at the Tokyo Olympics, will miss the 100 metres at the Games after accepting a one-month ban for testing positive for cannabis during her U.S.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars will battle Guatemala this evening from 9:30pm in the first round of the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup Qualifier at the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. 

While offering his best wishes to the squad ahead of their pivotal encounter against Guatemala in the Gold Cup Qualifier tonight, former captain Sam Cox says he is disappointed over his non-selection for the prestigious championship.

It is all to play for in the final T20I between world champions, West Indies, and the South Africans in the final of the five-match series today at St.

Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has praised the West Indies’ all-round efforts which saw them levelling  the five-match T20I series heading into today’s final match.

MUNICH, Germany, (Reuters) – Italy reached the Euro 2020 semi-finals with a thrilling 2-1 win over Belgium as first-half goals from Nicolo Barella and Lorenzo Insigne settled a gripping encounter against the number one-ranked team in the world yesterday.

LE CREUSOT, France, (Reuters) – Primoz Roglic suffered a major meltdown as Ecuador’s Richard Carapaz potentially emerged as the only rider able to challenge defending champion Tadej Pogacar for the Tour de France title at the end of a brutal seventh stage yesterday.

LAHORE, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Hasan Ali and vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan were placed in the top category in the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) new list of centrally contracted players announced yesterday.

* Spain reach Euro 2020 semi-finals after winning shootout 3-1 * Shaqiri cancels out early Zakaria own goal in normal time * Freuler sent off, Spain dominate extra-time * Switzerland miss three times in shootout (Writes through) ST PETERSBURG, July 2 (Reuters) – Spain suffered more penalty jitters but squeezed past Switzerland 3-1 in an error-strewn shootout to reach the Euro 2020 semi-finals on Friday after their battling opponents clung to a 1-1 draw despite going down to ten men.

Unable to lean on their superstar, the Milwaukee Bucks moved one victory away from the NBA Finals with old-fashioned teamwork Thursday while defeating the Atlanta Hawks 123-112 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals at Milwaukee.

(CMC) – A typically audacious half-century from captain Kieron Pollard, coupled with a career-best four-wicket haul from veteran Dwayne Bravo, propelled West Indies to a critical 21-run, series-levelling victory in the fourth Twenty20 International yesterday.

Forty one years ago, Guyana achieved its first and only Olympic medal, a bronze, thanks to Michael Parris who boxed his way to the podium in the bantamweight division at the Games which was staged in Moscow, Russia.

Golden Jaguars assistant coach and former captain, Charles ‘Lily’ Pollard, has urged for patience and positivity towards the senior men’s program ahead of their first round Gold Cup Qualifier against Guatemala tomorrow at 9:30pm.

(Reuters) – Norway’s Karsten Warholm broke Kevin Young’s 29-year-old 400m hurdles world record when he completed the race in 46.70 seconds in front of his home fans at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo yesterday.

Chris Paul is an 11-time All-Star who had one big hole in a Hall of Fame resume.

(Reuters) – England seamers Sam Curran and David Willey shared nine wickets to set up a crushing eight-wicket victory over Sri Lanka yesterday as the hosts chased down 241 with seven overs to spare to go 2-0 up in the three-match one-day international series.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic and 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer were both named on the list of players for the Tokyo Olympics yesterday- a boost for a tournament hit by high-profile withdrawals.