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Fresh from participating in the South American Youth Championships where he  surpassed expectations Guyana’s Jonathan Van Lange will turn his attention to the Caribbean table tennis championships looking to medal.

Defending champion Swag Entertainment will engage fierce rival Silver Bullets and DC Ballers will oppose the experienced Amazings unit in the semifinal round Saturday at the Christianburg Hard-Court, following quarterfinal wins on Tuesday in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition.

After the conclusion of the group stage, an exciting round of 16 section will take place s this evening with eight titanic matchups in the fourth Magnum Independence Cup at the National Park Tarmac, Thomas Lands.

DUBAI, CMC – The West Indies cricket team has held steady in the International Cricket Council (ICC) men’s world rankings across all three formats of international cricket after the annual update carried out yesterday.

PUNE, India, CMC – Former West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was again a non-starter, and Chennai Super Kings stumbled to a 13-run defeat against Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League yesterday.

Jaylen Brown scored 30 points on 11-for-18 shooting, including 6 of 10 from beyond the arc, and the host Boston Celtics stormed to a 109-86 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night in Game 2 of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series.

Ja Morant exploded for 47 points, tying his postseason high, and scored Memphis’ final 15 points as the Grizzlies evened their Western Conference semifinal series against the visiting Golden State Warriors at a game apiece with a 106-101 victory on Tuesday night.

DUBAI, CMC – A tidy all-round display from West Indies Women’s all-rounder Hayley Matthews was overshadowed by a stunning hundred from Chamari Athapathu that led Falcons to a commanding eight-wicket victory over Warriors in the Fairbreak Invitational Women’s Twenty20 yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Real Madrid fought back from the brink of elimination to beat Manchester City 3-1 after extra time and 6-5 on aggregate in an enthralling and dramatic Champions League semi-final yesterday.

The Guyana Harpy Eagles players wore black arm bands yesterday as a mark of respect for the passing of West Indies and fellow Eagles, Veerasammy Permaul’s mother.

Andrew’s Supermarket of Aubrey Barker Road, South Ruimveldt, became the latest entity to throw its support behind the Magnum Independence Cup, donating an undisclosed sum during a simple presentation ceremony yesterday.

Candidate Master Taffin Khan with seven and one half points, was the winner of the second Gaico-sponsored Guyana Chess federation (GCF) Grand Prix tournament which ended Monday.

4R Lions registered successive victories over the weekend while Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) whipped Malteenoes Sports Club by 266 runs as the Georgetown Cricket Association/Ramchand Auto Spares/Survival Group of Compaines/Trophy Stall under-19 50-over tournament continued.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has appointed Nicholas Pooran as the new white-ball captain, the left-handed batting star set to oversee the Caribbean side’s navigation of two major International Cricket Council tournaments.

VILLARREAL, Spain, (Reuters) – Liverpool survived a first-half scare to reach the Champions League final with a 3-2 win at Villarreal yesterday, for a 5-2 aggregate victory, after the night had threatened to turn sour for Juergen Klopp’s side.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies pacer Alzarri Joseph had negligible impact for table leaders Gujarat Titans in their latest Indian Premier League Twenty20 match and Punjab Kings beat them by eight wickets yesterday.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – Jamaica will have to literally pull out all the stops when they face reigning champions United States in quarterfinals of the Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Championship today at the Pan American Stadium in San Cristobal.

Tyler Herro scored 25 points, Bam Adebayo added 24 points and 12 rebounds and the host Miami Heat defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 106-92 in Game 1 of an Eastern Conference semifinal series on Monday.

(Reuters) – New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is set to return to test cricket for the first time since November after being included in their initial 20-man squad for next month’s tour of England.

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