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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.

Space Gym 2.0, a state-of-the-art, family friendly facility, packed with first-class features, is now welcoming new members to sign up and enjoy their sweat sessions.

The opening day of the Guyana Harpy Eagles’ three-day practice match between Keemo Paul’s XI and Leon Johnson’s XI was dominated by the bowlers yesterday at Everest Cricket Club ground.

Devaun Barrington put the nation on notice as to who is the best 800m athlete by out sprinting his competition in the final 300 metres in the highlight of meet two of the five-part Arrowhead League staged at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora on Sunday.

Defending champions Bent Street, Future Stars, Showstoppers and Belfield Warriors all were win winners’ row Sunday as the Magnum Independence Cup continued at the National Park Tarmac, Thomas Lands.

Four exciting matches are anticipated this evening when the quarterfinals of the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Street’ Linden edition kicks off at the Silver City Tarmac.

Government Technical Institute (GTI) and the Guyana School of Agriculture recorded wins when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) tertiary league continued Sunday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) have extended condolences to West Indies test cricketer Veerasammy Permaul on the death of his mother.

The Guyana Committee of Services (GCOS) will be hosting its annual 5K Independence health fitness run and walk on May 15 in recognition of Guyana’s 56th Independence Anniversary.

(IPL) The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were back to their winning ways in the TATA Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 after registering a seven wicket victory over the Rajasthan Royals (RR) yesterday at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. 

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Chennai Super Kings skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni expects Ravindra Jadeja, freed from the burden of the captaincy, to make a bigger contribution for them, especially by fixing their sloppy catching in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Defender Raphael Varane scored his first Premier League goal as Manchester United returned to winning ways with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Brentford on a night of potential farewells at Old Trafford.

(Reuters) – Former world number one Simona Halep stepped up her French Open preparations with a 6-4 6-4 victory over American Coco Gauff to march into the quarter-finals of the Madrid Open yesterday while Andy Murray won on clay for the first time in five years.