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(Reuters) – England bowler Reece Topley has suffered an injury setback ahead of this year’s Cricket World Cup after being ruled out of the Indian Premier League due to a dislocated shoulder.

Due to the impending Easter Weekend, the Regional Conference Championships in the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) Competition will now resume on April 14th.

(CMC) – Title-holders Barbados suffered their second straight defeat in the West Indies Rising Stars Under-15 Championship when they collapsed to a four-wicket defeat to Leeward Islands yesterday.

Middle Mazaruni and Eteringbang recorded contrasting semi-final wins, when the Bartica Football Association ‘Regatta Championship’ continued on Wednesday evening at the Community Centre ground.

With just a day remaining before their departure to compete in the Pan American Junior Hockey championships, Sabor Restaurant and Catering Service has provided uniforms to the national U21 female squad.

Fitness Express has once again answered the call of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG).

Athletes and fans will cash in from the generosity of DeSincoTrading Limited which has signed on as a premium sponsor for the Kares CrossFit Caribbean Championship.

The round of 16 section in the 9th Milo Secondary Schools U18 Football Championship will commence this Saturday at the Ministry of Education (MOE) ground, Carifesta Avenue.

The United States of America-based, Pele FC Alumni will today stage two football matches to celebrate youth education.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Karim Benzema struck a hat-trick as Real Madrid thrashed arch-rivals and league leaders Barcelona 4-0 to reach the Copa del Rey final in stunning fashion yesterday.

WINDHOEK, Namibia, CMC – A destructive, career-best spell from Guyana-born pacer Jeremy Gordon enabled Canada to finish the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier Playoff with a 90-run win against Papua New Guinea yesterday.

KOWLOON, Hong Kong, CMC – Former West Indies Women’s all-rounder Deandra Dottin failed to catch afire, and adverse weather prevented West Indies Women’s pair of former captain Stafanie Taylor and Shamilia Connell from making a mark in the FairBreak Invitational Twenty20 tournament yesterday.

Joel Embiid scored 52 points on 20-of-25 shooting and added 13 rebounds, six assists and two blocks to lead the host Philadelphia 76ers to a 103-101 win over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday in a showdown between Eastern Conference contenders.

GUWAHATI, India, CMC – A fighting 36 from embattled Guyanese left-hander Shimron Hetmyer narrowly failed to get Rajasthan Royals over the finish line, and they fell to a five-run defeat against Punjab Kings in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

LEEDS,  CMC – Yorkshire managing director Darren Gough hailed the signing of West Indies One-day International captain Shai Hope on a short-term overseas contract for the start of the English County Championship, starting tomorrow.

(Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said yesterday that it would oppose a move by the Ukrainian government to strip national sports governing bodies of their national status if their athletes compete against Russians or Belarusians.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Newcastle United bolstered their place in the Premier League’s top four and took a huge step towards Champions League qualification as Callum Wilson and Joelinton both scored twice in a 5-1 rout of woeful West Ham United yesterday.

LIPPSTADT (Germany), (Reuters) – Hussain Besou was just four when he started asking his father to teach him chess, hovering around the board as he played in the evenings in the Middle East until he said yes.

Half centuries from Tilleya Madramatoo and  Demerara captain Kaysia Schultz led Demerara to a 135-run victory over Essequibo in the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Women’s Inter-County Super50 tournament.

The Kares CrossFit Caribbean champions, set for April 15-16 at the National Aquatic Centre and the National Park, continues to gain support from the corporate community.