DELHI, India, CMC – Chris Gayle’s involvement in this year’s Indian Premier League came to an unflattering end yesterday, when he failed yet again as Kings XI Punjab crashed to a five-wicket defeat to Dwayne Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings.

Joel Alleyne produced the biggest upset of the Open men’s singles division of the Guyana Table Tennis Association national championships yesterday when he defeated US-based Matthew Khan in the opening round of the last eight round robin finals.

National female table tennis player Natalie Cummings yesterday captured the vacant women’s Open title of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior national championships, played at the National Gymnasium.

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal made the best of a rain delay to come from behind in the deciding set and beat defending champion Alexander Zverev 6-1 1-6 6-3 in the Italian Open final yesterday.

(Reuters) – Fourth seed Elina Svitolina successfully defended her Italian Open title yesterday with a dominant 6-0 6-4 victory over an out-of-sorts Simona Halep.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Individual brilliance notwithstanding, cricket remains a team sport and the fancied Royal Challengers Bangalore discovered that the hard way as they exited the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoff race after yet another middle-order meltdown.

Paul DeNobrega has a knack for winning big money races. A multiple champion in Guyana’s most lucrative cycle events, the Ounce of Gold and the Digicel Breast Cancer road races, DeNobrega added to his bank account one again yesterday by carting off the spoils of the inaugural Team Alanis-organized Pre-Independence fixture to his resume.

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Boss Wayne Forde, remains tight-lipped on the status of the investigation launched into the behavior of Executive Committee Member Keith O’Jeer.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies chief executive, Johnny Grave, says no decision has been taken to reduce matches for Sri Lanka’s three-Test tour of the Caribbean.

(Reuters) LeBron James finished with 27 points and 12 assists as the host Cleveland Cavaliers sprung to life with a 116-86 win against the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night.

DELHI, India,  CMC – Chris Gayle’s involvement in this year’s Indian Premier League came to an unflattering end on Sunday, when he failed yet again as Kings XI Punjab crashed to a five-wicket defeat to Dwayne Bravo’s Chennai Super Kings.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Individual brilliance notwithstanding, cricket remains a team sport and the fancied Royal Challengers Bangalore discovered that the hard way as they exited the Indian Premier League (IPL) playoff race after yet another middle-order meltdown.

Curtis ‘Chappy’ Dey continues to be a model of consistency on the saddle this season.

Fresh off their Commonwealth Games experience, Guyana’s Shemar Britton and Priscilla Greaves captured the boys and girls’ 21 years-and-under titles at the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior national championships at the National Gymnasium yesterday.

Elton ‘The Guyanese Gladiator’ (TGG) Dharry continued his march up the bantamweight ranks with a unanimous victory over a game Mexican, Oscar Mojica in Queens, New York Friday Night.

Diamond Secondary thrashed Friendship Secondary by 65 runs to win the East Bank Zone while Chase Academic Foundation snatched a 28-run win over North Georgetown Secondary (HGS) to win the Georgetown district title at the Everest Cricket Club ground yesterday in the 2017/2018 Guyana Cricket Board/ Demerara Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited/ National Sport Commission/National Secondary School Cricket League (GCB/DMLAS/NSC/NSSCL).

The 2018 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Troy Doris is due to arrive in Guyana tomorrow as a guest of the National Sports Commission for the Independence anniversary celebrations.

Marian Academy defeated Presidents’ College under controversial circumstances in their U19 matchup when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Conference’ continued yesterday.

Plaisance Secondary blew out School of the Nations’ 100-21 in the U19 division when the Youth Basketball Guyana (YBG) ‘Regional Conference’ continued on Friday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

(IPL) The Kolkata Knight Riders became the third team to secure a playoff berth in VIVO IPL 2018 after they defeated the table toppers Sunrisers Hyderabad in their final league stage match of the season yesterday.

(IPL) The Delhi Daredevils and Mumbai Indians will clash in Match 55 of VIVO IPL 2018.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Next month’s tour of the Caribbean by Sri Lanka could be reduced to two Tests, Sri Lanka Cricket has said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Sasher-Gaye Henry is set to continue as Sunshine Girls coach following clear-the-air talks with Netball Jamaica.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Eden Hazard’s first-half penalty proved decisive as Chelsea salvaged their season by beating Manchester United 1-0 in the FA Cup final in what is widely expected to be manager Antonio Conte’s swansong yesterday.

(Reuters) – Unbeaten Justify pulled away in the fog to win the Preakness Stakes yesterday, as the Kentucky Derby winner set the stage for a Triple Crown bid next month.