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ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Seasoned Test all-rounder Roston Chase will lead a 15-man West Indies A-side on an historic five-match Twenty20 tour of Nepal starting Saturday.

Safely strapped into his trustworthy KTM X-Bow, Vishok Persaud picked up where he left off from last season by turning in stellar performances in Group Four (highest category) races of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Circuit Racing Series on Sunday at the South Dakota Circuit.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Rookies Mikyle Louis and Joshua Bishop topped the aggregates during the West Indies Championship which concluded last weekend.

(Field Level Media) Donovan Mitchell recorded 23 points and eight rebounds and Jarrett Allen collected a personal-playoff-high 20 boards to pace the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 96-86 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic last night to take a 2-0 lead in an Eastern Conference first-round series.

(ESPN) Sandeep Sharma announced his return from injury with magnificent figures of 5 for 18, the best by any bowler in this season’s IPL, before Yashasvi Jaiswal blazed back to form with a sparkling 59-ball century, as Rajasthan Royals signed off from the Jaipur leg of their campaign with a seventh statement win in eight matches to cement their table-topping status.

(Field Level Media) Donte DiVincenzo hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 13.1 seconds left last night for the host New York Knicks, who scored the final eight points in the last 28 seconds to stun the Philadelphia 76ers 104-101 and take a 2-0 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.

(Reuters) – With T20 cricket becoming increasingly more batter-dominated, bowlers with the ‘X-factor’ could make all the difference in the World Cup in June, West Indies head coach Daren Sammy told Reuters.

Well done  Harpy Eagles, you won the war and  battle at the same time.

(Reuters) – Gukesh Dommaraju became the youngest player to win the men’s Candidates chess tournament after a draw against Hikaru Nakamura on a nail-biting final day of the double round robin event in Toronto on Sunday.

– Allicock victorious on pro debut A large crowd of boxing fans were treated to a dominant display of clinical boxing as US-based Guyanese boxer Elton ‘The Bully’ Dharry administered a third-round knockout of his opponent Dexter ‘The Kid’ Marques en route to lifting the WBA Super Flyweight Gold belt.

Milo Secondary Schools Football Former champion Chase Academy, Waramuri, President’s College, and Dolphin earned semifinal berths following quarterfinal wins yesterday in the Milo Secondary Schools Football Championship at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

Vishok Persaud took the South Dakota Circuit by storm yesterday, securing two first-place finishes and a second to unofficially go top of the Group 4 class after the first round of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) Circuit Racing Series.

Defending champion and unbeaten outfit, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), climbed atop the KFC Elite League standings, defeating Anns Grove 3-0 on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence.

Yesterday, Guyana’s Junior National Table Tennis Team departed Guyana’s shores for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, where they will participate in the 27th Caribbean Youth Championships scheduled for April 23-30.

Mackenzie High and Harmony recorded victories to seal their respective berths in the semifinal segment when the ExxonMobil Linden Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Wisburg ground.

Speightland, Platinum, and Pro Ballers recorded comfortable wins in the women’s and men’s divisions, respectively, when the King and Queen Beach Football Championship continued on Saturday evening at the PPP office compound in Mackenzie, Linden.

– six franchises from the three counties to feature The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) will run off their inaugural T10 tournament, titled the ‘Guyana T10 Blast’ which bowls off tomorrow, with an exciting double-header slated for the Enmore ground, East Coast Demerara.

2024 Caribbean Table Tennis Championship The team of Shemar Britton and Chelsea Edghill fell at the semifinal stage in the Mixed Doubles division of the 2024 ITTF Caribbean Championship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

(CMC) – Karishma Ramharack had a day to remember when she followed up a penetrative spell with a boundary off the last ball to hand West Indies Women a thrilling, two-wicket win against hosts Pakistan Women in their second ICC Women’s Championship One-Day International yesterday.

(CMC) – Openers Rashawn Worrell and Kadeem Alleyne struck contrasting but critical half-centuries as West Indies Academy produced a clinical run chase to stun Barbados Pride by three wickets and return the regional first-class title to the Guyana Harpy Eagles yesterday.