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(Field Level Media) Jaylen Brown had 31 points and 11 rebounds to lead the visiting Boston Celtics to a 108-96 win over the stubborn Washington Wizards in an NBA Cup game Friday night.

(Field Level Media) Jared McCain scored 30 points, Tyrese Maxey added 26, and despite playing without Joel Embiid or Paul George, the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a five-game losing skid on Friday with a 113-98 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets for their first NBA Cup victory.

(Field Level Media) Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen enters today’s Las Vegas Grand Prix on the verge of clinching his fourth consecutive Formula 1 world championship.

LAS VEGAS, (Reuters) – It is business as usual for Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton at the moment but emotions will no doubt kick in as the Briton’s move to Ferrari next season edges closer to becoming a reality, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said yesterday.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – At tea on day one of the first test in Perth, India’s stand-in skipper Jasprit Bumrah would have been ruing his decision to bat first after his side were skittled for 150 by Australia’s experienced seam attack.

(Sportsmax) Mikyle Louis and Alick Athanaze came heartbreakingly close to maiden Test centuries but fell in the nineties as the West Indies closed the opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh at 250-5 at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.

DUBLIN,  (Reuters) – Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor sexually assaulted a woman at a party in Dublin in 2018 and must pay her nearly 250,000 euros ($259,950) in damages, a jury decided on Friday.

-Tournament bullies off on November 28 By Michaelangelo Jacobus Excitement is building for the 19th staging of the Diamond Mineral Water International Indoor Hockey Festival, set to run from  November 28-December 1 at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Statement from Dr. Kishore Shallow, President of Cricket West Indies, on the 50th Anniversary of Sir Gordon Greenidge and Sir Vivian Richards’ Test Debuts On behalf of Cricket West Indies, I extend my warmest congratulations to Sir Gordon Greenidge and Sir Vivian Richards on the 50th anniversary of their remarkable Test debuts.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Jannik Sinner enjoyed an unforgettable season marked by his first two Grand Slam titles and ending the year as world number one but the Italian heads into 2025 with the cloud of a potential doping ban still hanging over his head.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Cricket stadiums will fly flags at half-mast and players will wear black armbands as Australia marks the 10-year anniversary of former test opener Phillip Hughes’ death.

Port Mourant won the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB)/Orvin Mangru U-19 50-Over Cricket Championship after defeating Rose Hall Community Centre by nine wickets.

Victory Valley Royals and Kwakwani advanced to the semifinal round in the Guyana Basketball Federation Elite 16 Championship following contrasting wins on Wednesday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

– event ended in August Despite concluding the KFC Elite League since August 24th, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is yet to remunerate the prizes to the top four finishers in the championship.

– team last featured at the 2021 edition Guyana will once again not feature in the CONCACAF Beach Championship, which is slated for March 11th-16th, 2025, at the Malcolm Park Beach Soccer Facility in Nassau, Bahamas.

(Reuters) – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at the club until 2027, the Premier League champions said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Australia set up a Davis Cup semi-final clash with defending champions Italy as doubles pair Matthew Ebden and Jordan Thompson sealed victory against the United States yesterday.

U-17 International Football Guyana’s U-17 men’s and women’s football teams departed local shores yesterday for Suriname to compete in respective international series as part of their preparation for the impending divisional CONCACAF Qualifiers in 2025.

Following consecutive wins against Barbados in the CONCACAF Play-in series, Golden Jaguars caretaker manager Wayne Dover stated that his goal is to once again be the permanent head-coach of the senior men’s programme.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Bangladesh will get their usual Caribbean welcome. They will play the first Test at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, where they have opened the two previous tours with scores of 103 and 43 all out.