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(The Sports Xchange) – Russell Westbrook scored 24 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 108-70 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday at the Chesapeake Energy Arena.

Slingerz FC maintained their grip atop the GFF Stag Beer Elite League standings overcoming the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 2-1 Friday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground.

Mahaicony United recorded their first win in the Berbice Football Association (BFA) ‘West Berbice League’, downing Hopetown United by a 2-0 score line yesterday.

All-round efforts allowed Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to secure first inning points against the Guyana Defence bid Force (GDF) in day one of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA)/General Industrial Supplies Enterprise (GISE)/Trophy Stall/Star Party Rentals 1st Division 2-day finals.

  HIS unforgettable six-hitting spectacle that sealed the West Indies’ unlikely last over conquest of England in the men’s final of the World T20 in Kolkata transformed Carlos Brathwaite into an overnight superstar.

Action in the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) First Division League will resume today at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground in Bourda with a triple-header.

Christianburg Wismar Secondary School (CWSS) emerged winner of the inaugural Jubilee Relay Festival which was staged at the National Track & Field Centre at Leonora on Friday.

Different race same script for Team Gillette Evolution (TGE). Two weeks after placing 1-3 in the Powerade 33-mile road race at West Demerara, the wheelsmen in their crisp black and white team kit took their talents to the National Park Circuit yesterday and once again swept the podium in the feature event.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies all-rounders, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard, both failed, but new boys Gujarat Lions remained unbeaten with a three-wicket victory over Mumbai Indians off the last ball, in the Indian Premier League here yesterday.

The upcoming international fixture between Guyana and the Canada u23 unit was officially launched yesterday at a simple ceremony staged at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Headquarters in Section-K Campbellville.

Not satisfied with their silver medal finish in the boys 18 years and under team event at the 21st annual Caribbean and Cadet table tennis championships in the Dominican Republic, Guyana last night added gold in the boys doubles through the efforts of Elishaba Johnson and Kyle Edghill.

Demerara romped to an easy seven wicket win over the U17 Select XI as the opening round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/Hand-in-Hand three-day Inter-County competition concluded at the Wales Community Center ground, yesterday.

Albion Masters, Untouchables and Tropical Masters were early winners when the Wolf’s Memorial Challenge Cup organized by the Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) got cracking last Sunday at various venues.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – Cricket Australia has appointed former Tasmania fast bowler Adam Griffith and ex-England batsman Graeme Hick, to the coaching staff for Australia’s outing in the Tri-Series in the Caribbean this June.

(Reuters) – When the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls set the former record of 72 wins in one season they coined an accompanying phrase: “72-10 don’t mean a thing without the ring.”

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Roger Federer was knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters when he slumped to a 3-6 6-2 7-5 defeat by local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter-finals yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua has already began preparing to host a Test during the upcoming India series in anticipation of getting official word from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Legendary former pacer Sir Curtly Ambrose says tweaks need to be made to the controversial eligibility rule, in order to have the best players available for West Indies duty.

(Trinidad Guardian) The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has written to four regional governments, asking for their support in the upcoming four-Test series against India. The

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne says the problems plaguing West Indies cricket cannot be attributed exclusively to governance and has argued that the CARICOM-commissioned Governance Panel recommendation calling for the “immediate dissolution” of the West Indies Cricket Board, would lead to “further chaos and confusion.”