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Giannis Antetokounmpo posted just the third triple-double in Milwaukee Bucks playoff history, helping his team complete a four-game sweep of their Eastern Conference first-round series with a 120-103 win over the host Miami Heat on Saturday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka was fined $15,000 by tennis’ Grand Slam organisers yesterday and warned of possible ejection from the French Open and suspension from future majors after the world number two skipped a news conference after her opening win at Roland Garros.

GROS ISLET, Saint Lucia – The leading red ball players in the Caribbean will be on show from today, as the West Indies training squad stage an intra-squad four-day “Best v Best” match as part of their intense preparations for the upcoming Test Series against South Africa.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Colombia’s Egan Bernal won the Giro d’Italia yesterday, keeping his composure throughout a tough final week to claim his second grand-tour victory with a ruthlessly efficient performance.

The Golden Jaguars, the Guyana men’s senior football team arrived in Antigua & Barbuda yesterday to commence a training camp on their path to their final destination of St.

PORTO, Portugal, (Reuters) – Chelsea won their second Champions League title and denied Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City their first after Kai Havertz grabbed a first-half goal to secure a 1-0 win in yesterday’s all-English final at the Estadio Do Dragao.

Yusuf Khan, Aliya Wong and Michael Sampson took their talents to Linden yesterday and posed and flexed their physiques to the marquee titles at this year’s Novices Bodybuilding Championships.

Team Guyana snatched three medals on Day One of the Senior South American Championships yesterday in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The opening match of the inaugural Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Under-19 franchise competition was abandoned yesterday after consistent rain at the National Stadium, Providence.

Top female player Priyanna Ramdhani and Akili Haynes will represent Guyana at the 2021 Pan American Games in Colombia in November.

One day after landing a one-year sponsorship deal with the Guyana Lottery Company, Guyana’s Chelsea Edghill was the recipient of the largesse of the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) which plunked down US$12000 towards her training for the Tokyo Olympic Games.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF), the local governing body, has postponed its  Ordinary Congress which was scheduled to be held yesterday.

LONDON, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite twice got starts but failed to carry on while West Indies Test colleague Alzarri Joseph played a small role in Worcestershire’s victory push, on the penultimate day of matches in the County Champion-ship here yesterday.

(Reuters) – The remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which was suspended earlier this month, will be completed in the United Arab Emirates in September and October, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) said yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – New South Africa captain Dean Elgar says his “frustrated” side are fired-up to perform on their two-match tour of the West Indies after being starved of test cricket for much of the past year.

Jayson Tatum scored a playoff career-high 50 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 125-119 victory over the visiting Brooklyn Nets in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference first-round series Friday night.

BELGRADE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic enjoyed success at his own tennis centre when he won the Belgrade Open with a 6-4 6-3 win over Slovakian Alex Molcan in yesterday’s final but his performance left a lot to be desired ahead of the French Open.

(Reuters) – The remaining matches of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which was suspended earlier this month, will be completed in the United Arab Emirates in September and October, the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) said today.

Table Tennis star, Chelsea Edghill continues to grab the headlines for all the right reasons.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)’s U19 limited overs competition gets underway today and the GCB has earmarked some  four matches to take place at the Providence National Stadium.