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President of the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Frankie Farley said yesterday that like all the other sports disciplines, the Coronavirus pandemic has affected immensely, his federation’s plans for 2020.

Lance Gibbs, from the little that was told to me, was a fierce competitor on the field.

The second annual Tyrone Alphonso Johnson Memorial T10 competition scheduled for Saturday at the Parika-Salem ground has been postponed owing to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic.

Explosive opening batsman, Chandrapaul Hemraj, is eyeing a return to the West Indies side and is hopeful a positive season can lead to a recall.

West Indies Twenty20 sensation Sherfane Rutherford is still optimistic that this year’s edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will bowl off amid growing threats from the deadly Coronavirus pandemic.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Club rugby’s top organising body is exploring holding a Club World Cup after French federation president Bernard Laporte proposed a radical new competition to replace the existing European Champions Cup.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Captain Kavem Hodge believes Windward Islands Volcanoes’ lack of consistency cost them dearly during the just-concluded domestic first class championship.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors yesterday accused two former 21st Century Fox Inc executives of paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure lucrative rights to soccer matches, the latest charges in a long-running investigation of corruption surrounding FIFA, soccer’s world governing body.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – Bowling coach Waqar Younis wants Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to formulate a policy to stop players from abruptly dropping the test format, the former captain said yesterday.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – The mother of Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has died after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, the English Premier League champions said yesterday.

Former West Indies captain, Darren Sammy is fostering the idea of a mentorship role with the Caribbean side for the upcoming International Cricket Council’s T20 World Cup.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricketers who have interests beyond the sport are likely to cope better with the shutdown forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, said mental conditioning coach Paddy Upton.

ORK, (Reuters) – The upcoming NFL draft will take place in a “fully virtual format,” the league confirmed in a letter to teams yesterday, with personnel advised to stay at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

(Reuters) – A large portion of fines levied on Brazilian football clubs and players will be paid into a fund to help in the fight against the new coronavirus, Brazil’s sports tribunal said yesterday.

West Indies wicketkeeper/batsman Chadwick Walton was overjoyed to see his young son, after spending 14 days in self-quarantine after returning home from a one-month stint in the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

The decision of the T&T Super League (TTSL) to throw financial support behind the former T&T Football Association (TTFA), four executive members, in their efforts to fight the world governing body for football, FIFA, through the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Switzerland, for removing them from office on March 17, is being challenged.

Across the world in different sporting disciplines, siblings playing together are unique.

Cricket West Indies (CWI), for some reason, has not been able to ink lucrative television endorsements in an era where the region is home to some of the world’s most iconic T20 players.

(BBC) The power struggle over how Premier League footballers can financially assist in the fight against coronavirus is “a disgrace” and has players in a “no-win situation”, says Wayne Rooney.

BUJUMBURA, (Reuters) – Burundi is to continue playing league football despite the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, its football federation decided yesterday after a meeting of its clubs.