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Melanie and Victoria Kings recorded contrasting victories when the East Coast Demerara leg of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Boys Football League commenced on Saturday evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

Jamal Murray scored 20 of his game-high 34 points in the second half and added nine assists, Nikola Jokic had 24 points and 19 rebounds and the host Denver Nuggets beat the Phoenix Suns 125-107 in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals on Saturday night.

(Reuters) – China’s Ding Liren was crowned yesterday as the 17th world chess champion in a tense match against Russian-born Ian Nepomniachtchi in Astana, Kazakhstan, in the last chapter of an odds-defying sequence of events.

(Reuters) – Formula One’s governing body opened an investigation after Alpine’s Esteban Ocon pitted on the last lap of yesterday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix with mechanics and photographers jumping out of the way.

Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sport Charles Ramson Jr., disclosed that a conference was conducted yesterday with the 12 Core Sports of the National Sports Commission to discuss the establishment of a sound framework for travelling international teams.

Following a four-year absence since its prior iteration in 2019, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially launched the Elite League 5th season yesterday during a simple ceremony at the entity’s Section K Campbellville Secretariat.

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.

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.

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,  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.