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Gudakesh Motie is the latest Guyanese bowler to join the 100 first class wickets club, a feat that has motivated him to double that over the next few seasons.

The Centre for Guyanese Progress has handed out scholarships to three underprivileged students.

With the threat of the coronavirus (CoViD-19) epidemic rising, CONCACAF, the football governing body for the Caribbean, Central and North America, has officially cancelled the 2020 Women’s U17 Championship and 2020 Futsal tournament.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) on March 15, announced the postponement of the last two rounds of its marquee first-class championship as a precautionary measure to dodge the impact of the deadly new coronavirus. 

Amid the hysteria due to the global new Coronavirus pandemic, Guyana’s table tennis player Miguel Wong, who is currently in Germany fortifying his table tennis craft, is embracing the unique opportunity to eat, sleep and breathe table tennis after being quarantined at the facility where he trains. 

President of the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Steve Ninvalle and Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) Aubrey Hutson yesterday weighed in on the Olympic Games in Tokyo which International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound said yesterday would be postponed.

With the Coronavirus pandemic putting a halt to cricket tournaments nationwide, Spice XI strolled to a comfortable six-wicket win over Belle Vue Sports Club in a practice match on Sunday at Belle Vue Community Center, West Demerara.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 23, CMC – Trinidadian Amir Jangoo says he is disappointed at failing to notch his maiden first class hundred, despite twice flirting with the landmark during the current first class championship.

(Reuters) – Nearly 400 miles away from his coach, world 100 metres champion Christian Coleman trains for an Olympics that may never take place in 2020.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Caribbean Premier League organisers said Monday they had taken no decision to reschedule the upcoming tournament due to the coronavirus pandemic, but would continue to monitor the “evolving situation” in coming months.

TORONTO/TOKYO, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee has decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games because of the coronavirus pandemic, IOC member Dick Pound said today, as a window slowly began to open that would allow the showcase to be staged next year.

TORONTO/TOKYO,  (Reuters) – Major sporting nations Australia and Canada quit the Tokyo 2020 Olympics today as organisers faced global pressure to postpone the Games due to the coronavirus crisis for the first time in their 124-year modern history.

Asks Royston Alkins  With cricket’s next major event seven months away and the sporting landscape at a standstill due to the rapid spread of the new Coronavirus, fans are on edge as to whether the 2020 ICC Twenty-20 World Cup will also be affected by the pandemic. 

Twenty-year-old off-spinning all-rounder, Richie Looknauth has blossomed into one of the shining lights around the local cricket fraternity and now sets his sights on breaking into the Guyana Jaguars side.

“NBA Basketball gets pulled and the players still get paid but boxers, we have to fight to get paid, so I have to continue doing my work so when they say it’s go time, I have to be ready” Words mentioned by Lennox ‘Too Sharp’ Allen after he got word that his WBA super middleweight world title bout versus David Morrell Jr.,

Asks Emmerson Campbell As the globe grapples with the pandemic, COVID-19, everyday brings more calls for a rethink of this year’s Olympic Games scheduled to open in four months to the day in Tokyo, Japan.

(Reuters) – A round-up of reaction to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announcing it is considering postponing the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, while ruling out cancelling the Games.

TT’s first-ever Olympic-bound female cyclist, Teniel Campbell, has described eerie scenes throughout the streets of Italy as a result of the extensive outbreak of covid19 in the world’s second most affected country.

(Reuters) – The Tokyo Olympics are not feasible at their current July starting date because of the coronavirus pandemic and must be delayed, World Athletics president said yesterday.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee is stepping up its “scenario planning” for the Tokyo 2020 Games — including a possible postponement — as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, it said after an emergency meeting yesterday.