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LONDON, CMC – Shai Hope failed to add to his overnight 83 as Yorkshire’s declaration backfired in a three-wicket defeat to Leicestershire on the final day of their opening County Championship game at Headingley.

BENGALURU, India, CMC – Nicholas Pooran struck the fastest fifty of the Indian Premier League season and joint second fastest-ever as Lucknow Super Giants chased down a daunting 212 to pull off a thrilling one-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore off the last ball here yesterday.

The Minnesota Timberwolves suspended center Rudy Gobert for today’s play-in game against the Los Angeles Lakers.

AUGUSTA, Georgia, (Reuters) – Spaniard Jon Rahm captured the biggest win of his career at the Masters on Sunday and said he felt the presence of his idol, the late Seve Ballesteros, helping pull him through.

Stephen Curry poured in 26 points in 22 minutes and the Golden State Warriors produced a record-setting first quarter as they clinched a Western Conference playoff spot with a 157-101 shellacking of the host Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday afternoon.

NASSAU, Bahamas, CMC – Defending pole vault champion Brenden Vanderpool put a late night exclamation point on day two of the 50th Carifta Games, the Bahamian shaking off a stern challenge from last year’s runner-up Jeremiah Felix of St Lucia, to come away with gold in a record-breaking effort.

— as Team Guyana wins three more medals on penultimate day In a rare and historic feat, standout athlete, Anisha Gibbons, completed her third successive gold medal performance at the CARIFTA Games yesterday in The Bahamas. 

By Troy Peters Guyana men and women’s Under-21 teams will begin their quest for championship honours when the Junior Pan American outdoor hockey championships open today at the National Hockey Centre in St.

Elite League outfit Ann’s Grove and Dynamic FC recorded wins when the East Coast Reunion Cup resumed Saturday evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

Mike Mangal continued to display tremendous form winning his third tournament of the season, the Bruster Real Ice Cream and Qualitea Café Cup  tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club on Saturday.

West Indies U19 player Releanna Grimmond’s spearheaded Berbice to the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County Super50 title yesterday with a fine all round performance at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground.

Transport Sports Club will meet with the Georgetown Cricket Club tomorrow in the final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Government of Guyana (GOG) Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS), Under-19 Inter-Club Super-50 tournament.

Santa Rosa, Carmel, Mackenzie High, and East Ruimveldt clinched quarterfinal berths in the 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 Football Championship, after round of 16 victories yesterday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) on Carifesta Avenue.

LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Arsenal’s grip on the Premier League title race was loosened as Liverpool produced a storming comeback to snatch a 2-2 draw in super-charged clash at a raucous Anfield yesterday.

The Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors earned road wins yesterday, clinching the last two automatic Western Conference playoff berths on the final day of the regular season.

When Tiger Woods won his fourth Masters Tournament in nine years in 2005 by the age of 29, the question wasn’t whether he’d equal Jack Nicklaus’ total of six green jackets — but how many more would he win.

KOWLOON, Hong Kong, CMC – Retired West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin struck a half-century and grabbed two wickets in a Player-of-the-Match performance, as she propelled Barmy Army to a 17-run victory over Hayley Matthews’s Warriors in the Fairbreak Invitational here yesterday.

AHMEDABAD, India, CMC – Sunil Narine starred with ball but then failed with the bat, along with Andre Russell, but Kolkata Knight Riders withstood Alzarri Joseph’s excellence to chase down a difficult target in a grand-stand finish here yesterday.

Mere hours after arriving in The Bahamas yesterday on a late charter, Tianna Springer changed into her spikes and earned Guyana’s first gold medal of this year’s 50th edition of the CARIFTA Games. 

Several standout boxers from the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) Gym including Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Keevin Allicock, exhibited their skills yesterday at the Akbar Gym in Cornelia Ida, West Coast of Demerara.