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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) and the Suriname Football Association have wrapped up a series of friendly matches to prepare both nations for the upcoming FIFA U-17 Women’s and Men’s World Cup qualifiers scheduled for February. Under a bilateral agreement, each team competed in two matches in Suriname and two in Guyana, providing essential exposure
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The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) announced that the Regional Four-Day tournament would return to Guyana in 2025, giving the defending champions – Guyana Harpy Eagles – to play at home since the 2023 season. In 2024, none of their matches were held at home, as the tournament ran from February 7 to April 19. In
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Brazil legend Ronaldo has announced he will run for the presidency of the country’s football association and wants to “recover the prestige” of the national team. The 48-year-old, who was capped 98 times, will run as a candidate to replace current Confederation of Brazilian Football (CBF) president Ednaldo Rodrigues. Brazil, record five-time winners of the
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India battled hard to successfully avoid the follow-on against Australia and leave the third Test in Brisbane looking destined to be drawn. The tourists were reduced to 213-9 on a rain-affected fourth day, needing 33 more to make Australia bat again. However, last-wicket pair Jasprit Bumrah and Akash Deep played superbly and an upper cut
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With the Round-of-32 dye cast on Monday evening at the National Gymnasium when the final Round-of-64 matches were contested, action in the inaugural Kashif and Shanghai Organisation, M.S, year-end football extravaganza, powered by the Government of Guyana, will intensify from Tuesday night. Five potentially explosive showdowns are carded with the respective winners stamping their tickets
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Josh Hazlewood is likely to miss the remainder of the Test series against India after suffering a calf strain during warm-ups on the fourth day in Brisbane meaning Scott Boland will be set to return to the side for the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Hazlewood, who returned in this game after missing Adelaide with a side
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A 63-year-old taxi driver collapsed and subsequently died while in custody at the Alberttown Police station Monday night. Dead is Bryan Lychcott of Meadow Bank Gardens, Georgetown. According to a police report, Bryan was arrested at about 18:30hrs while on Durban Street for dangerous driving after he hit two parked cars. Police said he appeared
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The government has categorically refuted claims made by Nigel Hughes and the Alliance for Change (AFC) that a group of Warrau people was invited to Georgetown and subsequently abandoned. Lieutenant Colonel Earl Edghill, aide-de-camp to President Irfaan Ali, provided a detailed account to clarify the situation after Mr Hughes showed images of the group of
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See below full statement from Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Goverance: I am deeply saddened by the tragic loss of Toshao Ridley Joseph, who was recently elected to head the village of Tassarene; the loss of anyone should be mourned with respect – more so, someone whose life was so brutally and senselessly lost. Such
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Police on Sunday arrested four men after an illegal 9MM pistol with ten matching rounds of ammunition were discovered at Caria Caria, Essequibo River. According to reports, police ranks acting on information received, went to the area and found Brian Jackson, a 24-year-old miner of Half Mile, Linden, at a house owned by a farmer.
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