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Briton John once again finished on the podium following stage two of the Jamaican Cycling Classic Montego Bay race yesterday.

Kwakwani, Lower Corentyne, Vryman’s Erven and New Amsterdam Multilateral recorded victories when the Regional Conference in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Secondary School Championship continued.

Jalen Brunson scored a career-high 48 points and outdueled Donovan Mitchell in a potential postseason preview Friday night, when the visiting New York Knicks pulled away in the fourth quarter for a 130-116 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki are among 12 inductees in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2023.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Fortune favoured West Indies all-rounder Kyle Mayers, and he played a starring role with the bat on his debut in the Indian Premier League yesterday and set up a 50-run win for Lucknow Super Giants against Delhi Capitals.

West Indies U-19 player Releanna Grimmond scored a half century as Berbice defeated Demerara by 82 runs in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Women’s Inter-County T20 tournament played at the  Georgetown Cricket Club ground,  Bourda.

Guyana’s Jonathan Van Lange got his revenge on Ramon Vila of the Dominican Republic  via a four game straight whipping to move into the quarterfinals of the boys U19 singles event of the Caribbean Regional Table Tennis Federation’s U19 and U15 events.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Red Force clinched their only victory of the West Indies Championship when they whipped bottom-of-the-table Jamaica Scorpions by nine wickets inside three days here yesterday.

Port Mourant defeated Rose Hall Town by 104 runs at the Port Mourant Community Development Centre Ground yesterday as the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Government of Guyana (GOG) Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), Under-19 Boys Inter-Club Super-50 tournament got underway.

Georgetown defeated East Coast to book their place in the final of the Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) Under-19 Inter-Association tournament while East Bank Demerara got the better of West Demerara in another fixture.

 Despite half centuries from Kemol Savory and Veerasammy Permaul, Leeward Islands Hurricanes moved within grasp of victory at the end of day three against Guyana Harpy Eagles.

Local star cyclist, Briton John finished on the podium in the initial stage of the Jamaican Cycling Classic Montego Bay race yesterday.

Fruta Conquerors and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will contest the final of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Women’s Developmental League Championship tomorrow following contrasting semi-final wins on Thursday evening at the Eve Leary ground.

In preparation for the Bartica Easter Regatta 2023 “We Outside”, Regional Chairman of Region Number Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), Kenneth Williams, who also Chairs the Organising Committee for the Easter Regatta met with representatives of the Maritime Administration (MARAD), the Director of Maritime Safety, Captain Courtney McDonald, competitors of the Regatta, representatives of Farm Supplies Ltd.,

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former Barbados and West Indies all-rounder Vasbert Drakes has had his claim for breach of contract for services – which he contended was unlawfully terminated by Cricket West Indies – dismissed in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court on Thursday, and ordered to pay costs.

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – West Indies quick Alzarri Joseph wasted little time in making an instant impact for Gujarat Titans, grabbing a brace of wickets to help them beat star-studded Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in yesterday’s opening match of the cash-rich Indian Premier League.

BENONI, South Africa, (Reuters) – Captain Temba Bavuma scored an unbeaten 90 to steer South Africa to an easy eight wicket victory over the Netherlands in their one-day international yesterday and take his side a step closer to automatic World Cup qualification.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC –  The Windward Islands Volcanoes were eyeing victory after dominating the third day of their final round encounter in the West Indies Championship yesterday.

Malik Monk scored 19 points off the bench and the Sacramento Kings ended the longest playoff drought in NBA history with a 120-80 thumping of the host Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday night.

The 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 Football Championship will resume today at the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) grounds respectively on Carifesta Avenue with the final round of group stage matches.At