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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran coach Roddy Estwick has been snapped up by the Barbados Cricket Association, just over a month after being released by Cricket West Indies.

oung Achievers brushed aside newcomer Alpha by a 3 – 0 score-line when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued on Monday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

(Reuters) – Bangladesh have appointed Chandika Hathurusingha for a second spell as head coach, with the former Sri Lanka batsman signing a two-year deal, the country’s cricket board announced yesterday.

Paolo Banchero had 29 points and nine rebounds, Moritz Wagner added 22 points and the Orlando Magic rallied from a 21-point deficit for a 119-109 victory over the host Philadelphia 76ers on Monday.

There were no losers Sunday night. All of the Sportsmen and Women of the Year- awardees and their runners-up at the National Sports Commission’s National Sports Awards ceremony for the 2021-2022 period  at the National Cultural Centre, were, in our opinion, winners.

Following his stellar exploits in the ring, standout boxer, Desmond Amsterdam capped his historic season with one of his biggest wins, earning the coveted Sportsman-of-the-Year award on Sunday.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – Injury-riddled West Indies Women slumped to an eight-wicket loss to India Women in their final game of the Twenty20 International Tri-Series, to extend their depressing losing streak to nine games here  yesterday.

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, CMC – Fast bowler Shannon Gabriel and left-arm spinner Gudakesh Motie collected two wickets apiece as West Indies’ three-day game against a Zimbabwe XI finished in a draw here yesterday.

A two-day session hosted by the Ministry of Education Unit of Allied Arts for 13 Secondary Schools and 22 Physical Education Teachers concluded with a bang Friday at the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary. 

Incumbent Michael Singh was returned as president of the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) when the entity staged its Electoral Congress Sunday at the Guyana Olympic Association headquarters, Liliendaal.

Monedderlust and Buxton Stars secured victories when the East Coast Mash Cup football championships continued Sunday evening at the Golden Grove Community Centre ground.

Georgetown and East Coast ATCs jumped to the top of the table after the third match day of the Inter-Association/Club leg of the Tiger Rentals-sponsored Guyana Football Federation (GFF) National U-13 development football initiative Saturday.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 50 points and 13 rebounds and the host Milwaukee Bucks rolled to a 135-110 victory over the reeling New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday night.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – All-rounder Cameron Green has not been ruled out of facing India in the first of four tests next month despite his finger injury, Australia coach Andrew McDonald said yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia run machine Steve Smith clinched his fourth Allan Border Medal yesterday, becoming only the third player, after Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke, to achieve the feat.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s stand-in captain Hardik Pandya has criticized the pitches used for the first two T20 Internationals against New Zealand and hopes a better surface will be rolled out for tomorrow’s decider in Ahmedabad.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A triumphant Novak Djokovic paraded the Australian Open trophy around the gardens of Melbourne’s Government House on Monday, his 10th title having added another notch in the plus column for those who argue he is the Greatest Of All Time (GOAT).

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia opener David Warner has expressed concern for the future of test cricket, with emerging players focusing on “short term” interests as lucrative T20 leagues proliferate globally.

KYIV,  (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee yesterday rejected fierce criticism from Ukrainian officials, who have accused it of promoting war after the body said Russians could potentially be given the opportunity to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

BRIGHTON, England,  (Reuters) – Holders Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup after losing 2-1 at Brighton & Hove Albion in the fourth round on Sunday as Kaoru Mitoma struck a late winner, before fifth-tier Wrexham were held to a thrilling 3-3 draw by 10-man Sheffield United.