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Cricket in the Capital City and like many other parts of Guyana continues to be a backyard past time since the outbreak of the Coronavirus. 

An analysis of Guyana’s U20 football programme Guyana’s return to local shores and the subsequent praise afforded to the team for a successful campaign in the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Football Qualifiers, though justifiable, has piqued interest from many pundits in a thorough analysis of their performance.

An unbeaten century from Ramesh Narine as well as a seven-wicket haul from Punraj Singh were the stand out performances as the Essequibo Coast T20 bash continued on Sunday at several venues.

West Demerara Cricket Association  Saturday hosted its first of three trial matches for their Inter-Association Under-19 squad with Ameir Khan and Nityanand Mathura picking up five-wicket hauls at Joe Vieira Park.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Jermaine Blackwood, who entered the record books last weekend with a massive double century for Jamaica Scorpions against Leeward Islands Hurricanes, has credited his fitness routine for helping him reach the monumental score.

LONDON, England, CMC – England’s upcoming Test series against West Indies could be played in the Caribbean if an offer by Cricket West Indies (CWI) is accepted.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – The Australian Football League (AFL) will press ahead with the opening weekend of the top flight Australian rules season despite new measures to control the coronavirus introduced by the government.

(Reuters) – Laver Cup organisers say the exhibition event will go ahead in September as planned despite the French Open moving to the same dates as the implications of the French Tennis Federation (FFT)’s shock gambit began to reverberate yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Football’s world governing body, FIFA, has appointed a normalisation committee to run the affairs of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association, in an attempt to restore governance and financial stability to the beleaguered organisation.

ATHENS, (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee is facing its strongest headwinds in decades as it briefed national committees yesterday on the state of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics amid the coronavirus pandemic, with voices of dissent growing louder.

PARIS, (Reuters) – The coronavirus pandemic has left many professional riders unable to compete or train with the biggest race in the world, the Tour de France, due to start in just over three months.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The ATP and WTA have extended the suspension of their tours until June 7, the two tennis bodies said in a joint statement yesterday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to shred the sporting calendar.

(BBC) The England and Wales Cricket Board will discuss the possible rescheduling of the domestic season in response to the coronavirus outbreak tomorrow.

(Reuters) – England fast bowler Jofra Archer has posted an image of racist abuse he received on social media and called on authorities to deal with the issue properly.

LAHORE, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Super League (PSL) has been postponed with immediate effect after an overseas player showed symptoms of coronavirus, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee does not plan any “drastic” decisions about the Tokyo 2020 Games, saying yesterday it remains fully committed to the event being staged in four months’ time despite the global spread of the coronavirus.

(Reuters) – Roger Mayweather, trainer to nephew and champion boxer Floyd Mayweather, has died at 58 after a long battle with diabetes, his camp said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Euro 2020 soccer Championship, trumpeted as a continent-wide feast of football to mark the 60th anniversary of UEFA’s flagship tournament, was postponed for a year yesterday as the coronavirus pandemic claimed its biggest sporting casualty yet.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant has tested positive for coronavirus, the Athletic reported yesterday, less than a week after the global outbreak prompted the suspension of the NBA season.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Mar 17, CMC – Cricket West Indies says it will face a logistical nightmare in rescheduling its international home series if the coronavirus pandemic results in a disruption to these fixtures.