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Young Warriors Cricket Club’s Carl Gilgeous is working hard to secure a spot in the Guyana under-19 team.

Not too many athletes make the successful transition from one sport to another, but, for Nicholas Verwey, the move from the football pitch to the squash court has seen him establish himself as one of Guyana’s premier junior squash players. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 2, CMC – All-rounder Jason Holder says he does not want to be pigeon-holed as simply a Test player but believes he has a contribution to make to West Indies cricket in all three formats.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Shannon Gabriel says motivation is key to remaining focussed during the current lockdown caused by the outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Chief Executive Officer of Cricket West Indies, Johnny Grave has confirmed that West Indies players will be tested for the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) upon arrival in England.

The International Association of Federation Basketball (FIBA) Americas via its Zone Board has enacted several changes to their youth tournament qualifying systems and as such, simplifying and making it easier for smaller members such as Guyana to qualify for Centrobasket championships.

(BBC) Britain’s Chris Froome thinks the Tour de France can work without spectators but does not know how organisers can stop large crowds from attending.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s Jason Roy is ready to play in empty stadiums if the post-coronavirus situation demands so, said the opener who got a taste of it in his last outing.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Usman Khawaja believes he is still among Australia’s top six batsmen and can force his way back into the squad after being dropped a few days ago from the list of contracted players.

(Reuters) – Premier League clubs are bleeding money and their finances would be entering “uncharted waters” if the season that was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic is not finished, Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish has said.

(Reuters) – Former Olympic pole vault champion Renaud Lavillenie of France and Sweden’s world record holder Mondo Duplantis shared the spoils in the Ultimate Garden Clash, despite competing in locations 8,000km apart during the COVID-19 lockdown.

(BBC) Manchester United will speak to defender Marcos Rojo about his conduct after apparently flouting Argentina’s coronavirus lockdown rules.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) continues to fight on the ropes for the safe return of the four boxers stranded in Cuba.

The name Cherry-Ann Fraser oftentimes flies under the radar or gets lost in Guyana’s most recent sporting catalog, but she is easily one of the leading women in sports locally. 

LONDON, (Reuters) – The United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll rose 621 to 28,131 as of May 1, just short of Italy which has so far had the world’s second most deadly outbreak of the disease after the United States.

In an attempt to return to cricket, Cricket West Indies (CWI) and England Cricket Board (ECB) are exploring the possibility of using bio-secure venues for their three-Test series in July.

The economic impact of the Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) has devastated sports all over the world in a little over two months.

-hopes the GFF will provide funding to affected clubs Frank ‘English’ Parris, Vice-President of traditional football heavyweight and Elite League member Santos Football Club says that the current Covid-19 pandemic will have a substantial financial impact on the operation of the club.

Following a highly publicized round of 16 section, the quarterfinal zone in the inaugural iBet Supreme FIFA 20 ‘League of Champions’ eSports Championship, will kick-off tonight with the respective opening legs of the two match series.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Legendary West Indies wicketkeeper, Jeffrey Dujon, believes the remainder of the year will be an “economic write-off” for sports because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and says any lingering hope by authorities that cricket can resume in coming months was empty optimism.