Sports

Cevons Waste Management has thrown its financial support behind the ‘Salute to Mothers’ dominoes competition by donating the first prize package of $150,000 and a trophy.

The Police Falcons was the last team standing yesterday when the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) staged the Trophy Stall 7s tournament at the National Park. 

Horace Burrowes defeated Linden Dowdrige to become the new president of the Guyana Cycling Federation following its annual general meeting Friday at the National Racquet Centre, Woolford Avenue.

Bishops’ High and President’s College recorded contrasting wins in the female section when the Youth Basketball Guyana coordinated ExxonMobil Regional Conference continued Friday at the Marian Academy hard court, Carifesta Avenue.

Malik Monk and De’Aaron Fox combined for 54 points and the Sacramento Kings forced a seventh and decisive game in their Western Conference first-round playoff series against the Golden State Warriors with a front-running, 118-99 victory in San Francisco on Friday.

The United States will face Greece, New Zealand and Jordan in group play of the FIBA World Cup this summer as Team USA seeks to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

D’Angelo Russell scored a playoff-career-best 31 points on 12-of-17 shooting and the Los Angeles Lakers punched their ticket into the Western Conference semifinals with a 125-85 trouncing of the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Friday in Game 6 of their series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Crystal Palace scored three rapid-fire goals in the first half and then held on to beat West Ham United 4-3 in a full-throttle thriller yesterday, lifting them further away from the Premier League’s relegation zone.

LONDON,  CMC – A destructive spell from Barbados Pride and West Indies pacer Kemar Roach including his 500th first-class wicket, blew Warwickshire away and set up defending champions Surrey for a nine-wicket win in the English County Championship yesterday.

ST JOHN’S,  CMC – A resolute half-century from West Indies Test opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul was the main attraction when the second Headley-Weekes Tri-Series match between Team Weekes and West Indies Academy ended in a draw yesterday in Antigua.

MUMBAI, CMC – West Indies left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein played a supporting role in helping Sunrisers Hyderabad get a welcome win under their belt after three losses in a row when they beat Delhi Capitals by nine runs in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

Sebert Blake has added another accolade to his post retirement resume’.

Sportsman-of-the-Year, Desmond Amsterdam and Olympian, Keevin Allicock currently have their hard hats on in Uzbekistan, focused and training for  the stern test that is imminent.

ST JOHN’S, CMC – A majestic, maiden first-class double hundred from opener Kirk McKenzie and a composed maiden first-class hundred from Kevin Wickham led dominant West Indies Academy batting against Team Weekes in the second match of the Headley-Weekes Tri-Series yesterday in Antigua.

The fourth ExxonMobil boy’s and girl’s U14 football competitions was launched yesterday at the Cara Lodge Hotel on Quamina Street.

Guyanese field standouts, competing for Jamaica College, Gabriel Lim and Trevon Hamer won their respective events on the opening day of the 127th Penn Relays at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

MUMBAI, CMC – West Indies left-handed batting duo of Kyle Mayers and Nicholas Pooran teed off in a run fest that catapulted Lucknow Super Giants to a 56-run win against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

Jaylen Brown scored 32 points and Jayson Tatum added 30 to give the visiting Boston Celtics a 128-120 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday, ending their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series in Game 6.

Beterverwagting (BV) upset Gold is Money by a 1-0 score-line when the One Guyana Futsal Championship continued on Thursday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Defending champion Swag Entertainment, Silver Bullets, Axe, Universal Ballers, and Everybody Got It recorded contrasting wins when the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship resumed on Wednesday evening at the Amelia Ward/Wisroc Car Park.