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For many Caribbean cricket lovers, it seemed as if Tagenarine Chanderpaul would have followed in his father, Shivnarine’s shoes and transitioned to Test cricket a long time ago but this season of the West Indies Championship has underlined that his time is now.

Dynamic FC downed Elite League outfit Victoria Kings 2-0 yesterday in the East Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League at the Buxton Community ground.

Berbice continued their domination of women’s cricket by clinching the Guyana Cricket Board’s female under-19 inter-county title yesterday with a convincing 95-run win over Demerara at the Everest Cricket Club.

Hosts Georgetown Football Club (GFC), created the first major upset in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Senior Men’s League, defeating two-time national champion Fruta Conquerors 2-1 last evening.

The feature contest between Airy Hall Stars and Buxton Stars in the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) Senior Men’s League, was abandoned due to a power failure at the Buxton Community Centre ground on Saturday evening.

(Field Level Media) Jayson Tatum registered 26 points, 10 rebounds and six assists to help the Boston Celtics notch a 100-96 victory over the host Miami Heat to win Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Sunday night and reach the NBA Finals.

(Reuters) – Bora–Hansgrohe rider Jai Hindley became the first Australian winner of the Giro d’Italia yesterday, after safely coming through the final stage, a 17.1-kilometre time trial around Verona, to stay ahead of Ecuadorian challenger Richard Carapaz.

(Reuters) – Sergio Perez won a rain-delayed, crash-halted and ultimately nail-biting Monaco Grand Prix for Red Bull yesterday to make his dream come true as another evaporated for Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

(Reuters) – McLaren have given a permanent home on their cars to a logo paying tribute to late Formula One great Ayrton Senna after rivals Williams removed it at the start of the season.

(Reuters) – Chaotic scenes at the French national stadium before and during Saturday night’s Champions League final were branded a national embarrassment, while French ministers blamed Liver-pool fans for the trouble.

(CMC) – Defending champions Barbados Pride have maintained their position at the top of the West Indies Championship table, but they have Leeward Islands Hurricanes and Guyana Harpy Eagles on their heels going into the fifth and final round which starts on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal overcame a sluggish start and a stiff challenge from Canadian ninth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime with an enthralling 3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-3 win yesterday to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final with world number one Novak Djokovic.

(Reuters) – Former champion jockey Lester Piggott, who won the Epsom Derby nine times and was widely considered one of the greatest riders of all time, has died at the age of 86, his family said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former champion jockey Lester Piggott, who won the Epsom Derby nine times and was widely considered one of the greatest riders of all time, has died at the age of 86, his family said on Sunday.

The fourth-round clash between Guyana Harpy Eagles and Jamaica Scorpions ended in a draw yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Reuters) – Real Madrid secured a record-extending 14th European Cup when they beat Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final delayed for more than half an hour after police tried to stop people trying to force their way into the Stade de France yesterday.

Team Executive were crowned the inaugural champions of the first ever, Prime Minister’s Independence Dominoes Competition on Friday at Aubrey ‘Shanghai’ Major’s residence in Linden.

Carlston Harris is renowned for his exploits in the octagon as a mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the largest and most lucrative MMA promotional company in the world.

Western Tigers and Pele battled to a 2-2 stalemate when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Senior Men’s League continued at the Georgetown Football Club ground, Bourda, on Friday evening.

(Reuters) – Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah beat American Sha’Carri Richardson in the 100 metres at the Prefontaine Classic yesterday in 10.79 seconds.