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(Field Level Media) Based on past performance, it’s unlikely that generating good offense will be a problem for either team when the Indiana Pacers visit the Boston Celtics for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night.

Kuru Kuru ‘A’ were crowned champions of the second edition of the PPP-sponsored Soesdyke/ Timehri Highway Cluster Futsal Championship on Sunday amid light showers of rain.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Explosive batsman Jake Fraser-McGurk has been added to Australia’s T20 World Cup squad as one of two reserve players after his dominant performances in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

On Sunday, members of the East Demerara Football Association (EDFA) gathered at the Golden Grove/Haslington Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) Boardroom to conduct their elections.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) will become the first-ever naming partner of the WTA’s rankings, the two organisations announced yesterday, as part of a multi-year partnership.

NSC Independence 3-Stage Road Race By Michelangelo Jacobus In what many former cyclists and officials in cycling contend is an unprecedented feat, United We Stand’s Briton John turned in another masterful performance yesterday to clinch the third and final stage of the NSC Independence 3-Stage Cycling Road Race, in the process making a clean sweep of the event.

GTA Novices Championship Alicia Greene, Tisel Patterson, Joshua Kennedy, and Osafa Dos Santos recorded contrasting wins when the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) Novices Championship commenced at the National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue and Camp Street.

Richmond and Dominators secured hard-fought victories when the Essequibo Coast/Pomeroon Football Association’s (ECPFA) U-13 Championship commenced yesterday at the Anna Regina Multilateral Ground.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition Three-time defending champions Swag Entertainment, Silver Bullets, and YMCA secured quarterfinal berths in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden edition following victories in the round of 18 segment on Saturday evening.

Ravens and Colts recorded contrasting wins when the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s (GABA) U-23 Men’s Championship continued Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Guyana is set to be represented at the World Open Powerlifting Championship in Lithuania, slated for June 15-23, by France-based Dominic Tyrell and Carlos Peterson-Griffith in the open category.

– 24 teams to descend on Mocha Arcadia The inaugural edition of the ‘Settlement of All Arguments’ street-ball competition will commence on Thursday evening at the Mocha Community Centre, Tarmac.

(CMC) – West Indies will be without their ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup captain Rovman Powell and deputy Alzarri Joseph when they play against South Africa in three Twenty20 Internationals this coming week in Jamaica.

(Reuters) – Oleksandr Usyk scored a razor-thin split decision over Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion in a thrilling contest at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh.

NSC Independence 3-Stage Road Race By Michelangelo Jacobus It was a record-breaking performance from Briton John as he shattered the stage one and two records as the highly anticipated National Sports Commission’s (NSC) Independence 3-Stage cycling road race pedalled off with a feverish pace from the Corriverton Police Station in Berbice yesterday.

– GASA executive no shows at meeting with Sport Minister Following the filing of a complaint by Dolphin Speed Swim Club to the World Aquatic Integrity Unit on allegations of misconduct by the Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA), the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), and the National Sports Commission (NSC) after a meeting on Thursday, has suspended funding to the entity.

Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship YMCA, Silver Bullets, Turf President, and DC Ballers secured their berths to the round of 16 segment in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Linden Championship on Friday evening at the Silver City Hard-court. 

Guyana’s Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) combatant Carlston Harris was defeated in his return to Octagon last evening, as he lost via knockout to American Khaos Williams at the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s (UFC) Fight Night 241 at the Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada.

(Reuters) – Iga Swiatek beat Aryna Sabalenka 6-2 6-3 to win her third Italian Open title yesterday as the Pole came out on top once again in a battle between the top two in the women’s rankings following her Madrid Open triumph earlier this month.

P.J. Washington made two free throws with 2.5 seconds left and the Dallas Mavericks advanced to the Western Conference finals for the second time in the past three seasons with a 117-116 victory over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder last night.