Sports

Nikola Jokic had a triple-double and scored the winning basket with 16 seconds left as the visiting Denver Nuggets defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 99-98 on Tuesday night.

This year will usher in the enactment of the Sports Policy along with the completion of the two eight-lane synthetic tracks in Region 6 and 10.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The world’s most affluent cricket board, India, got further richer by $572.72 million after unveiling five franchises for an Indian Premier League-style T20 tournament for the women yesterday.

President of the Guyana Golf Association (GGA), Aleem Hussain, has endorsed the 2023 budget, especially the allocation for sports which he believes will help athletes from all sports disciplines excel in their respective fields.

Castrol Strikers (CS) defeated the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 3-1 when the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s League continued on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Culture, Youth and Sport Minister, Charles Ramson Jr., says Guyana’s bid to host the semi-finals and finals of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) from 2022-2024, did not incur a cost to the national coffers.

Former Golden Jaguar international Charles ‘Lilly’ Pollard has been reinstated as the head coach of West Demerara outfit Slingerz FC, replacing incumbent Vurlon Mills, who will now serve in the capacity of Assistant Coach.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – Cameos from West Indies all-rounder Jason Holder and Kyle Mayers went in vain as Faf du Plessis plundered an unbeaten hundred to fire Joburg Super Kings to a comprehensive eight-wicket win over Durban Super Giants here yesterday.

Jalen Green scored 11 of his career-high 42 points in the fourth quarter and the Houston Rockets held on for a 119-114 home victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday, snapping a 13-game losing skid.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Out-of-favour Test gloveman Shane Dowrich has been appointed captain for Barbados Pride’s opening two matches of the regional first class championship.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) urged Formula One’s governing body yesterday to allow seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and other drivers to speak freely on ‘political’ issues.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Ex-West Indies white-ball captains Kieron Pollard and Nicholas Pooran smashed half-centuries and but Sherfane Rutherford responded in similar vein, as Desert Vipers made light work of their target to beat MI Emirates by seven wickets yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Sebastian Korda thought he had seen the back of a wrist problem that sprang up in Adelaide before subsiding earlier this month, but it returned with a vengeance at the Australian Open yesterday to derail the American in the quarter-finals.

(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma and opener Shubman Gill each scored a century as they defeated New Zealand by 90 runs in the final one-day international in Indore yesterday, completing a 3-0 series sweep.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite has been named in the International Cricket Council’s men’s Test-team-of-the-Year, following a successful year with the bat.

ROME, (Reuters) – Lazio humbled AC Milan with a superb 4-0 home victory in Serie A yesterday, extending the champions’ winless run to five games in all competitions.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Victoria Azarenka showed glimpses of the form that took her to the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open titles with a vintage display to reach the semi-finals yesterday, before Stefanos Tsitsipas continued his march towards a maiden Grand Slam title.

(BBC) The  “door is open” for Ben Stokes to come out of 50-over retirement and play at the World Cup in India later this year, says England coach Matthew Mott.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) kicked off its 2023 calendar of activities on Sunday at the National Track and Field Centre and some usual suspects were among the standout performers.

The Berbice Cricket Board (BCB), Sunday last hosted two seminars at the Albion Sports Complex as the board expanded its developmental programme.