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CAPE TOWN, South Africa, CMC – Odean Smith and Jofra Archer found themselves among the wickets but both failed with the bat when runs were needed as MI Cape Town slumped to their fourth defeat in seven outings with a 52-run loss to Pretoria Capitals.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 34 points, including a go-ahead bucket with 9.2 seconds left, and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 101-99 on Sunday night.

EAST LONDON, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Women buckled under the pressure of unbeaten half-centuries from Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur, to crash to a 56-run defeat in their second game of the Twenty20 International Tri-Series here yesterday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC – Johnson Charles’s top score played a key role as Comilla Victorians brushed aside Dhaka Dominators by 60 runs, and climbed to third in the Bangladesh Premier League standings here yesterday.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Women slumped a surprise four-wicket defeat to African nation Rwanda Women in their opening game of the ICC Under-19 Women’s Twenty20 World Cup here yesterday, to suffer a massive setback in their quest for a semi-final berth.

Jaylen Brown scored 27 points and the visiting Boston Celtics defeated the Toronto Raptors 106-104 on Saturday to extend their winning streak to nine games, matching their longest of the season.

Briton John kicked off the local 2023 cycling calendar of activities in fine style on Saturday, winning the invitational event which was staged in the National Park. 

In what was easily the biggest victory of the day and the competition, Swan swamped Timehri `B’ 11-0 Saturday when the Guyana Football Federation (GFF)/Tiger Rental’s U-13 competition continued at the National Training Center (NTC), Providence.

The opening night of the East Coast Mash Cup Football Championship got off to an inauspicious start, as the feature encounter between Buxton United and Dynamic FC was abandoned, after the former opted against taking the playing area, citing the poor quality lighting and surface as the primary reasons.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Top seed Iga Swiatek was bundled out of the Australian Open fourth round yesterday, with title threat Coco Gauff also exiting in tears, as a pair of underestimated Grand Slam champions tore open the women’s draw.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Shimron Hetmyer helped mastermind Gulf Giants’ fourth win of the International League T20, the leaders producing a clinical run chase to beat Sherfane Rutherford’s Desert Vipers by five wickets and keep intact their unbeaten status.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Andre Fletcher’s half-century condemned star-studded Abu Dhabi Knight Riders to yet another defeat in the International League T20, as MI Emirates marched to a five-wicket win in a last-ball finish here Saturday.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Rovman Powell out-gunned his former West Indies captain Kieron Pollard in a high-scoring blockbuster here Sunday, both players unleashing stunning half-centuries before Dubai Capitals emerged with a thrilling 16-run victory over MI Emirates.

“It is going to be an exciting year.” So said Minister of Sport, Charles Ramson Jr.,

Kevin Sinclair ended the second Guyana Harpy Eagles match with a fine half-century that inspired Tevin Imlach’x XI to a 143-run win over Gudakesh Motie’s XI despite Anthony Bramble’s half-century.

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat and Minister of Local Government, Nigel Dharamlall last week injected a major boost into the developmental plans of the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB).

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) is elated to witness the record allotment of $4.3B that was allocated to the sports sector in the 2023 National Budget.

Known as the Cinderella County, Essequibo has produced a number of talented players that have graced the cricket field.

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF) has commended the government’s significant allocation of $4.3B in the 2023 National Budget, which is also suggestive of a concerted focus on sports tourism.

Russell Westbrook scored 29 points, LeBron James added 23 and the Los Angeles Lakers used some late-game heroics from Dennis Schroder to earn a 122-121 victory over the visiting Memphis Grizzlies.