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PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Taskin Ahmed took five wickets and captain Tamim Iqbal followed up with an unbeaten 87 as Bangladesh cruised to a nine-wicket victory over hosts South Africa in the final one-day international yesterday to complete a 2-1 series win.

Mo Bamba hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 52.2 seconds left and the host Orlando Magic handed the Golden State Warriors their third straight loss with a 94-90 comeback victory on Tuesday night.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies Women bowler Anisa Mohammed says the performances of the teams participating in this year’s ICC Cricket World Cup demonstrate that women in the sport are improving their game.

(Reuters) – Australian fast bowling pair of Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc carved through the Pakistan batting late yesterday, sharing nine wickets between them to hand the touring side a first-innings lead of 123 in the deciding third and final test.

(Reuters) – Ash Barty’s decision to retire at the very top of her game, on her own terms and with absolutely no regrets stunned the world of tennis, but the overwhelming reactions were of support and admiration for the 25-year-old Australian.

Golden Jaguars head-coach Jamal Shabazz, has recalled the trio of Sam Cox, Neil Danns, and Terell Ondaan, as part of their six-member overseas contingent which will form a portion of the roster for the Courts Caribbean Classic in Trinidad and Tobago this weekend.

Guyana XI registered a 76-run win over American Cricket Society (ACS) yesterday at Everest Cricket Club.

The Demerara Inter-Association Under15 cricket competition continued with Georgetown continuing their run with a nine-wicket win over East Bank Demerara yesterday.

The last time the Leeward Islands played Guyana in the regional cricket competition, they won.

LeBron James erupted for a game-high 38 points along with 11 rebounds and 12 assists to power the visiting Los Angeles Lakers to a 131-120 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday.

 (Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a proclamation yesterday acknowledging Emma Weyant as the winner of a women’s college swimming event after her recent loss to a transgender athlete and accused the NCAA of destroying opportunities for women.

(Reuters) – Russian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin has been banned from competition for six months because of his support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Chess Federation (FIDE) said on Monday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies Women’s bowling coach Corey Collymore believes a defeat like the one to Pakistan Women had always been on the cards, especially with the Caribbean side failing to resolve their inconsistency with the bat.

(Reuters) – Australia’s relentless march through the Women’s World Cup continued with captain Meg Lanning thrashing an unbeaten century as the tournament favourites dealt South Africa a humbling five-wicket defeat in Wellington yesterday.

(Reuters) – Kazakh weightlifter Nijat Rahimov, who won gold in the 77kg at the 2016 Rio Olympics, has been banned from the sport for eight years for a doping offence and will be stripped of his medal, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said yesterday.

Following the successful staging of the Guinness senior national squash championships, Guinness Brand Executive Lee Baptiste has expressed his pleasure with the Guyana Squash Association.

President of the Guyana Boxing Association Steve Ninvalle said yesterday that the  AMBC Elite Continental Championships this week will be a test for the boxers.

Everest Cricket Club yesterday handed American Cricket Society (ACS) their first loss, a six wicket defeat, on their Goodwill tour of Guyana.

Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) topped Zone B after a draw against Transport Sports Club in the Georgetown Cricket Association/Noble House Seafoods two-day second-division tournament over the weekend.

Trinidad and Tobago’s left arm orthodox spinner Akeal Hosein has received a call to join the West Indies test squad for the deciding third test which gets underway Thursday in Grenada.