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Lancelot Loncke
Lancelot Loncke

DC Jammers fly past Ravens 74-69

A fourth quarter blitz propelled the Washington-based DC Jammers Basketball Club to a 74-69 come-from-behind win over Ravens when the four-match Goodwill series commenced Saturday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Team 25, Classic-6 favoured

Pulsating matchups are expected to be on show tonight when Team 25 tackles High Rollers and Classic-6 battles Wisroc in the semi-final round in the Guinness of the Streets Linden edition at the Amelia Ward Hardcourt.

Exaggerator wins Preakness, Nyquist third

(Reuters) – Exaggerator took advantage of sloppy conditions and a “dream trip” to win the 141st running of the Preakness Stakes by 3-1/2 lengths in Baltimore Saturday ending Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist’s bid for the Triple Crown.

Fernandes, Wiltshire reach final

Top players Larissa Wiltshire and Taylor Fernandes will meet sometime today in the final of the Girls’ U19 division of the Guyana Squash Association sanctioned Woodpecker Products Limited Junior National Championships after semi-final wins yesterday at the Georgetown Club courts.

B/ce crush E’bo to reach final

A ruthless bowling performance by Berbice enabled them to easily crush Essequibo by 79 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis method yesterday and book a place in today’s final of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 Inter-county 50 over tourney against Demerara.

West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Smith … stroked an unbeaten 37 in Gujarat Lions win. (file photo)

Smith cameo takes Lions into top spot

KANPUR, India, CMC – Dwayne Smith’s late cameo earned Gujarat Lions a convincing six-wicket victory over Kieron Pollard’s Mumbai Indians with 13 balls to spare here Saturday, and propelled them to the top of the Indian Premier League standings.

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Sachia Vickery in French Open main draw

Guyana’s Sachia Vickery has advanced to the main draw of this year’s French Open lawn tennis competition and will open her campaign at Roland Garros today against Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova.

The body of the late Tony Cozier lies in the chapel of the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens on Friday.

Media giant Cozier laid to rest

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket media titan Tony Cozier was laid to rest here Friday, following a service at the Coral Ridge Memorial Gardens which was attended by several dignitaries and influential members of the regional cricket community.

Hockey team loses to Mexico

Guyana hopes of qualifying for the semi-final round of the Pan American Junior Hockey Championships were all but extinguished as they lost to Mexico 1-7 yesterday in Toronto, Canada.

Anthony wins PowerAde feature event in National Park

Add another trophy to Michael Anthony’s cabinet. One week after placing second in the Golden Jubilee Independence Three-Stage road race, the Team Evolution standout took his talents to the National Park yesterday and sprinted off with the spoils of the feature 35-lap event of the sixth annual PowerAde 11-race programme.

Mayor’s Cup finally up and running

Victoria Kings overcame Agricola Red Triangle 3-1 on penalty kicks when the 22nd edition of the Mayor’s Cup Football Championships commenced Friday at the Victoria Community Centre Ground.

Guyana Football Federation President Wayne Forde (centre) addressing the gathering while Golden Jaguars Head-coach Jamaal Shabazz (right) and GFF Director of Communications Debra Francis looks on.

Forde calls for patience

Following their 5-1 thrashing by Canada’s Olympic team, Guyana Football Federation (GFF) President Wayne Forde is calling on the populace to be patient with the Golden Jaguars as they aim to develop against quality opposition.

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