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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Off-spinner Ashley Nurse believes confidence will be one of West Indies’ assets in the upcoming World Cup in England.

Damian Lillard capped a 50-point game by sinking a long three-pointer as time expired to give the Portland Trail Blazers a 118-115 victory over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night and a five-game series win.

Winners Connection clinched the inaugural Linden Town Week Mayor’s Cup Football Championship, upsetting highly touted Eagles FC 4-2 via penalty kicks on Tuesday at the Mackenzie Sports Club [MSC] ground, Linden.

(BBC) Long-serving former West Indies captain and wicketkeeper Merissa Aguilleira has retired from international cricket.

(Reuters) – India’s Mahendra Singh Dhoni will not hesitate to take time off before World Cup if his niggling back problem worsens during the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), the stumper-batsman has said.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Lazio reached the Coppa Italia final and ended AC Milan’s hopes of snapping an eight-year trophy drought when a breakaway goal from Joaquin Correa gave them a 1-0 win at a restless San Siro in the second leg of their semi-final yesterday.

A historic night brought the curtain down on the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara Championships as Melanie `B’ defeated Paradise `A’ 2-1 in a nerve-wracking penalty shoot-out to lift the coveted title for the second time on Monday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Ricky Skerritt, has lauded the contribution of the late Sir Alister McIntyre to the develop of the game in the region, especially in the area of governance reform.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Stroke-maker Darren Bravo and all-rounder, Raymon Reifer, both gathered half-centuries while speedsters Shannon Gabriel and Sheldon Cottrell snatched three-wicket hauls, as they all warmed up for the Tri-Nations Series starting in Ireland next week with strong performances Playing in a practice game against a Barbados Cricket Association XI at 3W’s Oval, UWI Cave Hill Campus yesterday, Bravo top-scored with 64 and fellow left-hander Reifer carved out 62, as the West Indies XI tallied 326 for seven off 50 overs.

Team Evolution’s Paul De Nobrega rode away with the third annual Chin Chan road race last Sunday on the East Bank of Demerara.

At least one Inter County cricket match will be played this year in Berbice, Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) president Hilbert Foster says.

A maiden century from Devon Allen saw Transport Sports Club defeating GYCEA/ Better Hope by 35 runs in the final preliminary match to book their spot in the semifinal of the Georgetown Cricket Association/ AYCPL Under-19 tournament at the Muslim Youth Organisation ground yesterday.

(IPL) The Chennai Super Kings returned to the top of the VIVO IPL 2019 standings after they defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by six wickets at the MA Chidambaram Stadium last night.

Guyana’s `Golden Girl’ swimmer Aleka Persaud gained further success in the pool at the ongoing CARIFTA Championships in Barbados by capturing her second gold medal at the swim meet on Monday. 

A half-century from national youth batsman Shamar Yearwood which was backed up by his side’s bowlers secured a semi-final spot for the Malteenoes Sports Club (MSC) who defeated GNIC by 61 runs in the final round of the GCA/American Youth Premier Cricket League Under-19 Cricket Competition, at MSC yesterday. 

The street football phenomenon known as the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Championship will resume tonight with the commencement of the Linden Zone at the Mackenzie Market Tarmac.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Elite League will continue today at the Georgetown Football Club [GFC] ground with a doubleheader.

Donovan Mitchell scored 19 of his 31 points in the fourth quarter to propel the Utah Jazz to a 107-91 victory over the Houston Rockets on Monday night at Salt Lake City.

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – Barcelona have one hand firmly on the La Liga title after winning 2-0 at Alaves yesterday, leaving them 12 points clear at the top of the table with four games to play.

Gold medal efforts by Claudrice McKoy, Chantoba Bright, Anisha Gibbons and  Matthew Gordon highlighted Team Guyana’s performance at the CARIFTA Games which saw the local outfit earning a record 10 medals, four of them gold.