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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) says it plans to aggressively continue rolling back debt and streamlining its financial practices in an ambitious bid to realise profits by 2023 and place the organisation on sound commercial footing.

Karl-Anthony Towns scored 24 points with 12 rebounds and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied from a 17-point deficit to stun the Utah Jazz, 101-96, on Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – The Indian Premier League (IPL) will carry on with games, its organisers said today, but came under heavy criticism for the plan as the country grapples with a massive surge in coronavirus cases.

Chief Executive Officer of Cricket West Indies, Johnny Grave, is confident that South Africa will tour the Caribbean in June as discussions continue between the two nations.

High Performance Manager of the West Indies Under-19s, Graeme West, says that he is impressed with the Guyanese quartet currently training in the provisional World Cup squad.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)  has  submitted a formal protest to FIFA regarding the eligibility of Trinidad and Tobago international Andre Boucaud during the recent 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in March in the Dominican Republic This  is according to a  release from the federation.

Raymond Ali of All Seasons Racing Club and owner of All Seasons Sports Club made good on his promise in handing over a quantity of masks and sanitizers to the Georgetown Domino Association (GDA).

Brief Scores: Rajasthan Royals 134/4 (Sanju Samson 42*, David Miller 24; Varun Chakravarthy 2/32) beat Kolkata Knight Riders 133/9 (Rahul Tripathi 36, Dinesh Karthik 25; Chris Morris 4/23) by 6 wickets.  

(Reuters) – Benoit Paire has been barred from representing France at this year’s Tokyo Olympics following repeated instances of “deeply inappropriate behaviour” in recent weeks, the French Tennis Federation (FFT) has said.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Alzarri Joseph followed up his half-century with a brace of wickets to help Worcestershire take control of their County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire here yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s chief selector Trevor Hohns has admitted to being “very concerned” as Tim Paine’s men risk turning up under-prepared for the Ashes series against England later this year.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa has turned up the heat on Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) embattled Members Council after stripping them of the right to run the game, putting the country’s participation in future international tournaments in doubt.

(BBC) Japan has announced emergency Covid measures in Tokyo and three other areas in a bid to curb rising infections, just three months before the country is set to host the Olympics.

Option Group of the United States of America has joined forces with the ‘Cricket gear for young and promising cricketers in Guyana’ project.

A number of West Indies stars past and present are rallying to assist West Indies all-rounder Kesrick Williams and the people of St Vincent and the Grenadiers who have been affected by the eruption of the La Soufriere volcano.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday last partnered with J’s Supermarket to host a 40-over cricket tournament as it continues to prepare for another restart of the 2021 season.

Tomorrow, the St Stanislaus College auditorium will be transformed into a battleground for some of the strongest men and women in Guyana.

Luka Doncic finished with 30 points, nine rebounds and eight assists to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 115-110 victory at against the visiting Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies Test captain, Kraigg Brathwaite, hit his maiden half-century for Gloucestershire while Alzarri Joseph completed another for Worcestershire, both knocks helping to put their respective teams in strong positions in the third round of the County Championship.

Brief Scores: Punjab Kings 132/1 (KL Rahul 60*, Chris Gayle 43*; Rahul Chahar 1/19) beat Mumbai Indians 131/6 (Rohit Sharma 63, Suryakumar Yadav 33; Ravi Bishnoi 2/21, Mohammad Shami 2/21) by 9 wickets.