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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – When West Indies batsman Jermaine Blackwood struck 68 in the first innings of Jamaica Scorpions’ seventh round  match of the Regional Four-Day Championship against Windward Islands Volcanoes, the innings brought him little joy.

Postponing the Olympic Games to next year was the right thing to do.

PERTH, Australia,  CMC – Several Jamaican stars who compete in Australia’s Super Netball League have opted to hunker down here together after the tournament was suspended until June 30 due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

After years of lawsuits and negotiations, Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer cleared the way for his long-desired new arena.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working with sports bodies to arrange for a July-August 2021 Summer Games in Tokyo and is hoping to announce a decision within the coming month, an official was quoted as saying in Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he’s hopeful the NBA can resume playing games on TV, without crowds, by May.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been accused of irresponsibility after two Turkish boxers and a trainer caught the coronavirus during a qualifying event in London this month.

I’m not quite sure whether there is going to be a National Sports Award in 2020 with all that is unfolding in Guyana – the national elections and COVID-19.

UFormer chairman of the 2014 FIFA Normalisation Committee appointed in Guyana, Clinton Urling, says that there are some things certainly not normal about FIFA’s recent takeover of the T&T Football Association (TTFA).

Discarded West Indies left-arm spinner has once again lit a fire under the selectors’ chairs for a recall with an impressive run in the West Indies Championship.

V&V All-Stars defeated Belle Vue by 102 runs to win the Elroy round robin T20 tournament Sunday at Belle Vue Sports Club, West Demerara.

Mabaruma’s Barbina XI defeated Sebai XI by seven wickets to win the 15-overs-a-side friendly hardball competition Sunday at Sebai Recreational Ground, Sebai Village, Port Kaituma, Region One.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies has aborted the remaining two rounds of the domestic first class championship and declared leaders Barbados Pride champions of the 2020 season.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies players yesterday were anxiously keeping watch on the fate of the lucrative Indian Premier League which hung in the balance after India Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a nationwide lockdown due to the threat of the coronavirus pandemic.

(Reuters) – Tom Brady is eager to develop a rapport with his new Tampa Bay Buccaneers teammates, but the star quarterback faces an unfamiliar challenge with the sporting world ground to a halt amid the coronavirus outbreak.

* IOC and Japan agree to delay Games to next year * 2021 Games to be celebration of defeating coronavirus * Anxious athletes relieved after training disrupted * Postponement is first in Games’ 124-year history * Leaves big questions about Olympics’ appeal, credibility TOKYO/ATHENS, (Reuters) – The Tokyo Olympics were postponed yesterday to 2021, the first such delay in the Games’ 124-year modern history, as the coronavirus crisis wrecked the world’s last sporting showpiece still standing this year.

Following the infamous cash-for-votes scandal in, coincidentally, Trinidad and Tobago, in 2011, that literally brought the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) into disrepute and forced the body to undertake reforms, it was the general consensus that FIFA, under new leadership, was charting the right course.

Former Managing Director of the Guyana Beverage Company Incorporated and sport enthusiast Robert Selman passed away on Monday in his native land of Trinidad and Tobago.

TOKYO/ATHENS, (Reuters) – Japan and the Olympics movement decided today to delay this year’s Tokyo Games into 2021 as the coronavirus crisis obliterated the world’s last major imminent sporting event.

TORONTO/TOKYO, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound said yesterday.