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Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club will be looking to cement their status as one of the top cricket clubs in Berbice when they contest two finals this weekend.

Brandon Ingram scored a career-high 49 points and won a shootout with Donovan Mitchell as the host New Orleans Pelicans ended the Utah Jazz’s 10-game winning streak with a 138-132 overtime victory Thursday night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Ash Barty faces the double burden of being world number one and the focus of an expectant host nation as she seeks to win the Australian Open amid challenges from record-chasing Serena Williams and a host of other Grand Slam winners.

PORT ELIZABETH, (Reuters) – South African coach Mark Boucher said he was concerned about the disciplinary regulations in cricket which led to fast bowler Kagiso Rabada being handed a one-match ban due to his overexuberant celebration during the third test against England.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU)’s domestic season is scheduled to commence today at the National Park from 15:00hrs.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) will host its third event for the 2020 season and the second ‘Development Meet’ tomorrow at 10:30am at Mackenzie Sports Club Ground in Linden.

Unbeaten Victory Valley Royals will battle Retrieve Raiders in the final of the 2019 Linden Amateur Basketball Association [LABA]/Youth Basketball Guyana [YBG] Inter Club Championships tonight from 19:30hrs, following semi-final wins on Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hard-court.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India’s rejigged batting order fired yesterday as the hosts beat Australia by 36 runs in the second one-day international at Rajkot to level the three-match series.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) will bowl off its 2020 season today with a number of exciting second-division clashes. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul’s defiant half-century kept champions Guyana Jaguars afloat after seasoned Test seamer Kemar Roach grabbed four wickets to undermine the innings, on the opening day of their second round encounter here yesterday.

TAROUBA, Trinidad, CMC – Test left-hander Darren Bravo was eyeing a half-century as Trinidad and Tobago Red Force took the upper hand on the opening day of their second round Regional four-day contest against Leeward Islands Hurricanes here yesterday.

PORT ELIZABETH (Reuters) – Ben Stokes survived several scares but featured in a 76-run late afternoon partnership with Ollie Pope as England reached 224 for four wickets at close on the opening day of the third test against South Africa yesterday.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard has urged his side to pay attention to the small details and improve their bowling discipline, as they seek to come from behind and win the three-match Twenty20 series against Ireland.

LONDON (Reuters) – Eliud Kipchoge and Kenenisa Bekele, the only men to go under two hours, two minutes for the marathon, will go head-to-head over the classic distance in this year’s London Marathon, organisers said on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Kavem Hodge and veteran opener Devon Smith fashioned half-centuries as Windward Islands Volcanoes produced a solid batting display, to keep Jamaica Scorpions in the field for the entire first day of their second round fixture at Sabina Park.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has shortlisted 60 local players to commence training at the National Training Centre, Providence, for the impending CONCACAF Men’s U20 Championships, which is slated to be hosted in Nicaragua from February 15th-23rd.

NAIROBI (Reuters) – A top Kenyan athlete ran away from anti-doping testers who had visited their training camp unannounced to take samples, a senior athletics authority official said, as the East African nation ramps up efforts to combat doping.

Colours Boutique has maintained its longstanding partnership with the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Championship, donating the team uniforms for the 2020 season, which is slated to kick-off on January 24th.

PORT ELIZABETH (Reuters) – Paceman Jofra Archer will stay on tour as England hope to get him fit for the last test against South Africa in Johannesburg next week, officials said yesterday.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board signalled it is ready for life without Mahendra Singh Dhoni after dropping the long-serving wicketkeeper from its list of centrally contracted players yesterday.