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West Indies legend, Deryck Murray believes that having the desire to succeed is one of the integral factors to coming out on top.

Attorney-at-Law Arudranauth Gossai has filed an injunction in the High Court seeking to declare that the January 26, 2020 elections of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) was unlawful, null, void and in contravention of the Guyana Cricket Administration Act.

Following the announcement of Vurlon Mills’ retirement from national men’s football programme, Golden Jaguars captain Sam Cox, has hailed the contribution of the midfield dynamo, citing him as perfect example for the next generation of locally based players.

Former West Indies seamer, Kenny Benjamin has jumped to the defence of  Rahkeem Cornwall’s bowling action which came under scrutiny recently from former  world record holder for the most test wickets Lance Gibbs.

(Reuters) – England all-rounder Ben Stokes says playing in closed stadiums would not dampen the competitive side of matches and that players “would do anything” to get cricket back on television screens for fans to watch during the COVID-19 crisis.

(Reuters) – The English Premier League season could be cancelled if teams did not agree to play the remaining 92 fixtures in neutral venues amid the COVID-19 pandemic, League Managers Association (LMA) chief executive Richard Bevan said yesterday.

ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey plans to host the Champions League final in late August, the head of its football federation said yesterday, and will resume domestic soccer leagues without fans on June 12 after a three-month suspension caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – NBA teams are expected to get the go-ahead to reopen practice facilities for limited use as early as tomorrow, less than two months after the coronavirus outbreak forced the suspension of the season.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Former West Indies T20I skipper Carlos Brathwaite is reportedly set to join Jamaica Tallawahs as Chris Gayle’s replacement, after not being retained by the franchise he captained in the last Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s World Cup winning captain Eoin Morgan says cricket’s 10-overs format would be ideal for a global multi-sport event such as the Olympics as the entire tournament could be squeezed into 10 days.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will be offered a one-year extension as president of the Marylebone Cricket Club in the “extraordinary circumstances” resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the MCC said yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Staff of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) who have not received salaries since February, are pleading with deposed president William Wallace to end his battle for control of the organisation’s bank accounts, which they say is standing in the way of them being paid.

ROME, (Reuters) – An unidentified player at Serie A club Torino has tested positive for the coronavirus in the first round of testing ahead of the club’s planned return to training tomorrow.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee is considering hosting its 136th session in July via livestream amid social distancing measures due to the COVID-19 outbreak that forced the delay of the 2020 Tokyo Games.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Two former national cricketers have warned that the exit of T20 stars Chris Gayle and Andre Russell from the Jamaica Tallawahs will have repercussions for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise team.

Pernell Cummings, Emuwnah Pross and Jonathan Hutson scored commanding wins in the first leg of their quarterfinal, two-round series when the inaugural iBet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ e-Sports Championship continued Monday night.

– encourages sportsmen and women to educate themselves more on anti-doping Caribbean Director of the Regional Anti-Doping Organisation (RADO), Dr.

Attorney-at-law Arudranauth Gossai, who has been at the forefront of trying to resolve Guyana’s administrative cricket deadlock has commended the subtle approaches taken by President of Cricket West Indies (CWI) Ricky Skerritt to resolve the matter here. 

By Eion Jardine In my last article I looked at the legendary Patrick Forde, rated among the crème-de la crème of Guyanese boxers, where I described him as possibly one of, if not the greatest professional boxer born here.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Tennis governing bodies should use the time during the lengthy coronavirus shutdown to align their interests and fix the imbalance in the calendar, six-times Grand Slam winner Boris Becker told Reuters yesterday.