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(Reuters) – Former Brazil striker Pele yesterday dismissed talk he is depressed and reclusive and assured fans he is doing well and maintaining a busy schedule.

Following the conclusion of the group stage on Wednesday, the round of 16 section in the Lets Bet Sports-sponsored Mocha ‘Village Cup’ Streetball Championship commences this evening at the Mocha Primary School tarmac with four slated matches.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Five-time reigning champions Guyana Jaguars will not be pressing the panic button on their four-day title defence just yet, batting coach Shivnarine Chanderpaul has assured.

A fine all-round display from Sarwan Chitnarine guided defending champions No.

The Flying Ace Cycling Club will pedal off their first event of the 2020 season with a 40-mile road race Sunday sponsored by Massy Distribution Limited under their Seven Seas brand.

Akshaya Persaud’s half century and Anthony Adam’s three-wicket haul helped Southside to a 219-run win over Ruby in the third round of the East Bank Essequibo Cricket Association/Dwayne Stephens 40-over tournament.

(CWI) The West Indies Women yesterday defeated Pakistan women by 19 runs in the third unofficial practice match at the Tewantin cricket ground, winning the three-match series two nil.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor says her side needs to repeat the intensity of their title-winning campaign four years ago, in order to prevail at the Twenty20 World Cup starting later this month.

Georgetown spinners were too much for East Bank as they crumbled to a six-wicket defeat in the opening round of the Under-17 Inter-Association competition at the Everest Cricket Club yesterday.

Aurora Knight Riders defeated Affiance Sports Club by 58 runs while Bacchus Bulls handed Invaders Masters a 50-run defeat to book their spot in Sunday’s final of the South/Central Essequibo T20 tournament.

LONDON,, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor has joined English county Gloucestershire on a three-year deal that will see him turn out for the southwest England club across all three formats.

Guyanese duo Trevon Griffith and Joshua Persaud are both keen on making their presence felt in the 2020 season of the Trinidad and Tobago (TT) Cricket Board National League Premiership three –day competition.

National junior player Mohryan Baksh completed a clinical opening-round win in the 2020 Bounty Farm Ltd.

Wayne Dover, head coach of the Golden Jaguars U20 team which departed local shores Monday for the CONCACAF Qualifiers in Nicaragua from February 15th-23rd.

Rookie Zion Williamson had a career-high 31 points, and Josh Hart scored 12 of his 17 points in a pivotal third quarter as the host New Orleans Pelicans defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 138-117 on Tuesday night.

Former national winger, Ryan Dey, was elected  president of the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) when the body held its Annual General Meeting recently.

PORT OF  SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Injury-prone West Indies star Andre Russell is set to undergo an injury assessment to determine his fitness, as Cricket West Indies begin to hone their plans for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

The Guyana Squash Association will continue its 2020 calendar with its second tournament for the year the annual Bounty Farm Ltd.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Off-spinner Pete Salmon says he will not be carried away by his superb seven-wicket haul on debut last week, stressing he still had much to learn in his first class career.

(CWI)Rain forced the second unofficial practice match between the West Indies Women and Pakistan Women to be cancelled yesterday.