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Guyanese marksman Lennox Braithwaite retained the West Indies Individual shooting title while US-based compatriot Sigmund Douglas won the ‘O’ Class honours on the final day of Individual competition at the West Indies Fullbore Rifle Shooting Championships being held at the Crabbs Rifle and Pistol Ranges in Antigua/Barbuda.

The local track and field athletes will have a busy latter half of the month with several meets on the horizon.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies pacer Kemar Roach was upstaged by a spectacular 26-ball burst of five wickets for one run from fellow pacer Dan Worrall that torpedoed Middlesex in the London derby against Surrey in the English County Championship yesterday.

(Reuters) – Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal became the leading wicket-taker in Indian Premier League (IPL) history yesterday after he picked up four wickets in their win over the Kolkata Knight Riders.

LONDON, CMC – A defiant top score of 41 from Barbadian Nico Reifer helped Surrey overcome a stiff challenge and set Gloucestershire 277 to win their contest in the English County Second XI Championship yesterday.

(Reuters) – Locked in battle for a place in the Champions League final, AC Milan and city rivals Inter are also vying with each other in Serie A for a spot among Europe’s elite next season and will treat their remaining league tests as seriously as their semi.

Jalen Brunson scored 38 points and joined Quentin Grimes in playing all 48 minutes Wednesday night for the host New York Knicks, who staved off elimination by beating the Miami Heat 112-103 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – St Vincent and the Grenadines will host the marquee men’s Rising Stars Under19 Championship this July, Cricket West Indies said Wednesday.

MUMBAI, CMC – West Indian trio of Shimron Hetmyer, Andre Russell, and Sunil Narine were footnotes on a record-breaking night in the Indian Premier League yesterday when Rajasthan Royals climbed to third in the points table with a nine-wicket win against hosts Kolkata Knight Riders.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – It has been nearly four years since Mahendra Singh Dhoni quit international cricket, but the 41-year-old continues to deliver the goods for Chennai Super Kings after reinventing himself as a lower-order enforcer with the bat this season.

(Reuters) – Rajasthan Royals opener Yashasvi Jaiswal scored the fastest fifty in Indian Premier League (IPL) history when he raised his half-century in 13 balls in a nine-wicket victory over the Kolkata Knight Riders yesterday.

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ROME, (Reuters) – World number two Aryna Sabalenka suffered an early shock at the Italian Open yesterday as the in-form Belarusian crashed to a 7-6(4) 6-2 defeat by American Sofia Kenin in a high-octane second-round match.

Stephen Curry scored a game-high 27 points, Draymond Green chipped in with 20 in a rare offensive explosion and the Golden State Warriors stayed alive in the Western Conference semifinals with a 121-106 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday in San Francisco.

The Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) has thrown its support behind Special Olympics Guyana whose athletes are set to compete at the 2023 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Berlin, Germany from June 17-25.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cricket West Indies, Johnny Grave confirmed on Tuesday that Guyanese coach, Rayon Griffith, will be the head coach of West Indies for their A-team tour of Bangladesh.

Female fighters are set to take centre stage on the amateur segment of the ‘Return of the Scorpio’ Pro/Am card set for  May 21 at the National Gymnasium.

Sparta Boss, Back Circle, Campbellville, Mackenzie All-Stars and North East La Penitence secured quarterfinal berths when the ‘One Guyana’ Futsal Championship continued on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Barbados and West Indies wicketkeeper Thelson Payne died here Monday, following a battle with illness.

In their second match of the Cricket West Indies Women’s Super50 tournament, Guyana suffered a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Barbados Women yesterday at Conaree Sports Club.