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Chief Instructor Sensei Winston Dunbar and nine-year-old black belt Sadella Britton were honoured by the Guyana Wado Ryu Karate Association at the Association’s Annual Junior championships which coincided with Guyana’s Golden Jubilee celebrations.

BANGALORE, India, CMC- West Indies opener Dwayne Smith counter-attacked with a powerful half century but AB de Villiers hit back with an equally impressive innings to mastermind a four wicket victory by Royal Challengers Bangalore over Gujarat Lions in Qualifier 1 of the Indian Premier League (IPL) yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Current Test players Shai Hope and Jomel Warrican will feature for Barbados when a Select XI take on West Indies in two day/night 50-over games today and Friday here this week.

DC Jammers maintained their unbeaten record in their four-match Goodwill Series, downing Road to Mecca Champions Colts 93-78 Sunday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Slingerz FC completed the first ever unbeaten league campaign in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, downing Monedderlust FC 5-0 on Sunday at the Leonora Sports Facility.

Green Machine’ coach Laurie Adonis insists he is not getting carried away just yet despite his team’s perfect start to the Rugby America’s North (RAN) 15s campaign.

King’s Knight trampled its opposition and galloped away with the spoils of the feature C and Lower, seven-furlong event of the Golden Jubilee Independence meet on Sunday.

Chris Gayle has responded to the criticism he received from fellow cricketers following his sexist comments during a live interview in last season’s Big Bash League with Andrew Flintoff, Chris Rogers and Ian Chappell all coming under fire in an extract from his new autobiography.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Australia captain Steve Smith has warned both West Indies and South Africa that fit-again left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc could prove a handful during next month’s Tri-Nations Series in the Caribbean.

(Reuters) – Draymond Green helped motivate Golden State to a record-breaking 73-game winning season but the struggling Warriors will be hoping their emotional forward can avoid suspension after he picked up a flagrant foul on Sunday.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – Left-handed opener Suresh Raina has been overlooked for India’s four-Test tour of the Caribbean starting in July.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Steven Smith has no qualms about playing another day-night test at Adelaide Oval but is wary of how the pink ball will perform in the humid conditions expected at Brisbane later this year.

(Reuters) – England assistant coach Paul Farbrace has lauded the efforts of Jonny Bairstow after the wicketkeeper scored an excellent 140 in England’s innings and 88 runs victory over Sri Lanka in the first test in Leeds on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Chris Woakes has replaced injured all-rounder Ben Stokes in the England squad for the second test against Sri Lanka, the English Cricket Board said yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Defending champion Stan Wawrinka breathed a huge sigh of relief and Andy Murray faced a sleepless night after both got bogged down by belligerent Czechs at a sodden French Open yesterday.

(IPL) Four teams are left standing in the VIVO IPL 2016.

Usual suspects, Rupert Perry, Natrena Hooper, Arinze Chance, Kenisha Phillips and Andrea Foster were among the standout athletes yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.

Spinners Ershad Ali and Richie Looknauth bowled Demerara to a comfortable 68 run win over Berbice at the Providence Stadium, to lift the 2016 Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/ Hand-In-Hand U19 Inter-county 50-over title.

LONDON, CMC – Somerset will speak to West Indies star Chris Gayle about his latest sexism controversy when he arrives shortly for the Natwest T20 Blast shortly but has given the assurance the player’s contract is not in danger.

Benjamin Mekdeci and Taylor Fernandes clinched the under-19 Boys and Girls titles respectively but it was Shomari Wiltshire’s day at the Georgetown Club’s squash courts yesterday.