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An unchanged Guyana Jaguars cricket team will look to overcome hosts Barbados Pride when the two sides face off in the second round of Cricket West Indies Professional Cricket League (PCL) from today.

Southpaw Shemar Britton is keen to capture his maiden senior national Table Tennis title at the upcoming national senior Table Tennis championships to be held from January 31 to February 2 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. 

Following its latest round of trial simulations at the weekend, the Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) has trimmed Guyana’s male and female under 21 volleyball  squads  ahead of competition in next month’s Inter Guiana Under – 21 volleyball tournament in Cayenne from February 27-29, 2020.

Left-arm spinner Raj Nannan produced a spell of sorcery on Tuesday evening to spur Malteenoes All-Stars in the semifinal of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Twenty20 tournament after securing a crushing eight-wicket win over the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) in the Twin Island Republic. 

Guyanese all-rounder Kevlon Anderson yesterday stroked an unbeaten century to help the West Indies beat Scotland by 126 runs at Pretoria, South Africa in their final warm up of the International Cricket Council Under-19 World Cup.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) has partnered with Nand Persaud and Company Limited to bowl off a three-team, female 50-over competition.

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An International Olympic Committee (IOC) Boxing Task Force, led by Japanese IOC member Morinari Watanabe, who is also the head of the Japanese International Gymnastics Federation, will be in charge of the boxing competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. 

DHAKA, Bangladesh, and CMC – A scintillating Andre Russell half-century trumped Chris Gayle’s, as Rajshahi Royals stunned Chattogram Challengers by two wickets to storm into the Bangladesh Premier League final here yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Australia openers David Warner and Aaron Finch both hit centuries to complement their bowlers’ inspired display as the touring side handed out a 10-wicket thrashing to India in the opening one-day international yesterday.

The Shivnarine Chanderpaul Practice Facility worth approximately G$3.5M was yesterday handed over to the Everest Cricket Club by the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB).

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) is moving apace to bowl off the 2020 cricket season during the coming weekend and chairman of the association’s competition committee Shaun Massiah is calling on all affiliates for their continued support. 

National Table Tennis (TT) player Miguel Wong continues to fortify his development in Germany after he extended his stay to participate in another training camp and to get an opportunity to play professionally. 

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) will serve off its 2020 calendar of events by hosting the BCQS International Guyana Masters Squash Tournament from January 23-25. 

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo does not believe his match fitness will be a major issue in the Twenty20 International series against Ireland starting tomorrow in Grenada, and said he was anxious to make his presence felt in the squad.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] has confirmed that provisional local squads for the CONCACAF U20 women’s and men’s teams will commence training this week at the National Training Center, Providence.

The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) Moo Milk National Under-12 championship is booked for the weekend at School of the Nations, New Market Street.

(Reuters) – AB de Villiers has confirmed there have been talks about his return to South Africa’s team for this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Barcelona are on the verge of sacking coach Ernesto Valverde and apppoint former Real Betis coach Quique Setien as his replacement, Spanish media reported on Monday.

(Reuters) – Australia’s one-time child prodigy Bernard Tomic was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open qualifiers in Melbourne yesterday, saying he couldn’t breathe because of bushfire smoke hanging over Melbourne Park.