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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.

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.