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The Police Falcons defeated the Panthers Rugby Club 21-12 on Sunday in the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) 10-a-side tournament which was staged at the National Park.

Amelia’s Ward Panthers and Eagles United recorded hard-fought wins in the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League and Namilco U17 championship respectively on Monday evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

Badminton and table tennis will finally be able to call somewhere home.

Silver Shattas and Capital FC secured contrasting wins when the Upper Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League and Namilco U17 Championship continued on Sunday evening.

James Harden compiled 29 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers to their first win of the season, a 120-106 decision over the Indiana Pacers.

Following two nights of elimination playoffs, the group stage section in the MVP Sports Futsal Championship will commence this evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) is not ruling out the possibility of having separate coaches for the white-ball and red-ball teams when they replace Phil Simmons who has resigned as head coach.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies (CWI) CEO Johnny Grave has disclosed that despite head coach Phil Simmons’ resignation on the heels of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup debacle, he had the vote of confidence from the Test hierarchy to lead the side into the series against Australia later this year.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Tim Paine has accused South Africa of ball-tampering in the match that immediately followed the infamous 2018 Newlands test which saw the Australian team engulfed in the ‘Sandpaper-gate’ scandal.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies head coach Phil Simmons apologised for the side’s disappointing performance that resulted in their shock exit from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia but said his decision to resign was not a knee-jerk reaction to that situation.

With 10 matches played Sunday in the Georgetown Cricket Association/GTT Fibre T10 tournament, Kemol Savory’s half-century highlighted the day’s action.

(Reuters) – Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram suggested Virat Kohli might be from another planet after the Indian batter’s superb half-century guided them to a four-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan at the Twenty20 World Cup.

(Reuters) – Banned Russian athlete and 2012 Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Natalia Antyukh is set to lose her gold medal from the London Games after the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) disqualified her results from July 2012 to June 2013 yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Barbados secured their spot in the Netball World Cup in South Africa after a 68-29 victory over Antigua and Barbuda, as the regional qualifiers ended over the weekend.

Lauri Markkanen scored 31 points and Kelly Olynyk made a layup with 3.1 seconds left in overtime as the visiting Utah Jazz defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 122-121 on Sunday night.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermudian Andre Lambe made his 10-year age advantage count as he captured the vacant American Boxing Federation regional welterweight title after defeating American Jose Ceja at The Shed in Dockyard on Saturday night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock’s blistering knock nearly handed South Africa victory over Zimbabwe before rain played spoilsport in their T20 World Cup opener in Hobart yesterday and both teams ended up sharing the points.

(Cricinfo) Kieron Pollard has described West Indies’ failure to make the Super 12s of the 2022 T20 World Cup as a “sad day” for Caribbean cricket.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh paceman Taskin Ahmed took four wickets as they kicked off their T20 World Cup with a laboured nine-run win over the Netherlands in Hobart yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester United may not have won their first game since banishing Cristiano Ronaldo from the squad but Saturday’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea seemed to confirm the belief they are better off without the individualistic superstar.