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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) will host the West Indies Professional Cricketers Draft for the 2021/2022 cricket season on Tuesday  25 via video call.

Experienced Golden Jaguars midfielder Neil Danns has reiterated his desire to represent the Golden Jaguars Senior Men’s Program, at the impending 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers slated to resume in St.

President of the Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), Aubrey Hutson, has appealed to the government and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) for funding to send a formidable team to the Senior South American Athletic Championships in Ecuador. 

The fifth edition of the Guyana’s Ex-Athletes Association and Friends Inc.

Sisters Rose and Pauline Moses of Wowetta Village in the Rupununi region, have created local history by advancing from white to brown belt at their maiden grading exercise which was conducted on April 30, taking them a step closer to their goal of becoming instructors of the discipline.

(Reuters) – Germany’s World Cup-winning midfielder Sami Khedira said he will retire following his club Hertha Berlin’s final match of the Bundesliga season against Hoffenheim tomorrow.

(Reuters) – Surfing’s long-awaited Olympics debut in Japan will showcase its talented athletes and enviable beach lifestyle to an audience of millions, many of whom will be watching the sport for the first time.

(Reuters) – Four-times major winner Brooks Koepka recovered from a shaky start to grab a share of the early first-round lead at the PGA Championship yesterday with defending champion Collin Morikawa lurking one back.

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee will today run off a pre-independence ‘Champion of Champions’ three-a-side small-goal football championship on Sunday May 23, the committee announced in a release yesterday According to the correspondence, several teams from various villages within the Georgetown and East Coast Demerara environs, are slated to compete in the event. 

(Reuters) – The India women’s team will play their maiden pink-ball test later this year, against Australia in Perth, cricket boards of both the countries announced yesterday.

(Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo leads a formidable front line for defending European champions Portugal as coach Fernando Santos unveiled his Euro 2020 squad yesterday.

(Reuters) – Local hero Charles Leclerc went from last to first on home town streets to lead a stunning Ferrari one-two in a red-flagged second Monaco Grand Prix practice yesterday.

(Reuters) – International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach plans to arrive in Japan on July 12, 11 days ahead of the planned opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, amid continued local concern about the games going ahead.

(Reuters) – Atletico Madrid began their La Liga title chase with a sprint before ceding ground and almost losing their balance but they head into the deciding weekend with the finish line in sight, trying to stay ahead of a valiant but exhausted Real Madrid.

(Reuters) – Cheteshwar Pujara still feels the sting of last year’s drubbing in New Zealand but the batsman says India will be a different proposition when the sides clash again at the neutral venue of Southampton in next month’s World Test Championship (WTC) final.

(Reuters) – England fast bowler Jofra Archer is set to undergo surgery on his troublesome right elbow today, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said.

(Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said yesterday it had received the approval from the United Arab Emirates government to stage the remaining 20 matches of the suspended Pakistan Super League twenty20 tournament in Abu Dhabi.

(Reuters) – The first trans woman playing at the top level of amateur rugby with the endorsement of her national federation said yesterday it was time for other countries and other sports to follow French rugby and let trans women play.

(CMC) – Organisers yesterday confirmed the dates for this year’s ninth edition of the Cricket Premier League, with the Twenty20 showpiece set to run for just over three weeks.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Thirteen members of the West Indies training squad and management have been vaccinated for COVID-19, during the ongoing high performance camp in preparation for the upcoming two-Test series against South Africa.