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DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies opener Lendl Simmons stroked his second half-century of the Bangladesh Premier League but it failed to prevent leaders Chattogram Challengers from suffering their third defeat of the campaign here yesterday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – England will be “cautiously” backing a proposal to make four-day tests mandatory from 2023 under the World Test Championship, joining a growing push to shorten the game’s longest format.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – England are thinking of bringing a specialist spinner back into the line-up after going with an all-pace attack in their last two outings, coach Chris Silverwood said as they arrived in Cape Town for their second test against South Africa starting on Friday.

The Georgetown Football Club [GFC] will come alive this evening when National champion Fruta Conquerors lock horns with the Guyana Defence Force [GDF] in the final of the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] year-end football tournament from 22:00hrs.

In what was dubbed ‘old versus new’ at the Blairmont Community Center Cricket Club (BCCC), the President’s XI defeated Emerging Starters by two runs on Sunday to cap off 2019.

(Reuters) – At the start of this decade, clashes between Arsenal and Manchester United were still potentially title-deciding affairs, but when the pair meet today (New Year’s Day) at the Emirates they will have more modest goals in mind.

Shabazz Napier scored eight of his season-high 24 points in overtime as the Minnesota Timberwolves snapped a nine-game home losing streak with a 122-115 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night in Minneapolis.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Celtic midfielder Ryan Christie risks a two-match ban after allegedly trying to grab Rangers’ Colombian striker Alfredo Morelos by the genitals in Sunday’s Old Firm clash between the Glasgow sides.

A five-wicket haul from Keon Joseph followed by an unbeaten half century from Anthony Bramble saw Johnson’s XI to a five-wicket win yesterday against Anthony Adams’ XI on the final day of the Guyana Jaguars three-day practice match at Providence.

After the dust settled at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground, Golden Grove and Friendship emerged victorious from their semi-final matches in the inaugural 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival on Sunday.

Members of the Enmore Community Centre Cricket Club (ECCCC) on Sunday gathered to recognize the club’s top players, officials and fans of 2019.

Fruta Conquerors and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will battle in the GFF Super 16 championship final after claiming semifinal wins on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Former Warwickshire batsman, Trevor Penney, has replaced Guyanese Rayon Griffith as West Indies fielding coach for the white-ball sides.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – West Indies players had a day to forget in the Bangladesh Premier League here yesterday, as all suffered failures in heavy defeats for their respective franchises.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar, dogged by injury, said he was not yet thinking about next year’s Twenty20 World Cup in Australia and that his main target was to get fit first.

Anthony Davis had 23 points and nine rebounds as the host Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 108-95 on Sunday night at Staples Center.

FIDE Master, Anthony Drayton completed a dominant weekend at the National Stadium, Providence by adding the Guyana Chess Federation’s National Rapid Championship to his long list of accolades.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s absence from Britain’s New Year’s honours list has angered his Formula One fans and triggered fresh debate about the sport’s status and whether the six-times world champion is sufficiently appreciated at home.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India will participate in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham reversing earlier plans to boycott the event over the absence of shooting as a medal sport, the country’s Olympic association and the Games organisers announced yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia have added D’Arcy Short to their one-day squad for next month’s tour of India after seam bowler Sean Abbott was ruled out of the trip with a side strain, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.