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LAHORE, (Reuters) – The remaining 20 matches of this year’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) will take place in Karachi’s National Stadium with the final on June 20, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

AUGUSTA, Ga., (Reuters) – Hideki Matsuyama overcame a potentially ruinous moment to become the first Japanese man to win a major championship with a one-shot Masters victory over Will Zalatoris at Augusta National yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Opener Mohammad Rizwan smashed an unbeaten half-century to lead Pakistan to a nail-biting four-wicket victory over inexperienced South Africa in the first Twenty20 International at The Wanderers on Saturday.

(CWI) ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Ricky Skerritt and Dr Kishore Shallow have been re-elected unopposed to the posts of President and Vice President respectively, of Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Brief Scores: Delhi Capitals 190/3 (Shikhar Dhawan 85, Prithvi Shaw 72, Shardul Thakur 2-53) beat Chennai Super Kings 188/7 (Suresh Raina 54, Moeen Ali 36, Chris Woakes 2/18) by 7 wickets Delhi Capitals (DC) started their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign with a seven-wicket victory against the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai yesterday.

Following the Lady Jaguars decision to solicit government intervention into the unequivocal allocation of resources by the federation, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has acknowledged the issues and said that it is committed to resolving all matters plaguing the programme.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA), have thrown their support behind the senior men’s basketball team in its bid to qualify for the second round of  the FIBA 2023 World Cup Americas Pre-qualifiers.

Fezal Mohammed was elected chairman of the executive committee when the South Essequibo Cricket Committee held elections recently.

The Lusignan Golf Club will host a memorial tournament dubbed “Colin’s Life Celebration” today at the East Coast Demerara facility.

NORTHAMPTON, England, CMC – West Indies pacer Miguel Cummins struck late to break a threatening opening stand after earlier flourishing with the bat, to give Kent a strong finish to day two of their Group 3 County Championship contest against Northamptonshire here Friday.

Jayson Tatum scored 35 of his career-high 53 points after halftime as the Boston Celtics erased a 17-point deficit to outlast the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves 145-136 in overtime Friday night.

CHENNAI, India, (Reuters) – Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli believes Harshal Patel has solved the team’s death-overs woes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) following the seamer’s bowling masterclass in Friday’s victory against champions Mumbai Indians.

Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) kicked off their VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 campaign with a two-wicket win against the Mumbai Indians (MI) yesterday at the M.

The sports fraternity on Thursday paid its last respects to Samuel Colin Ming, a long time businessman and generous benefactor of sports disciplines and athletes.

Former West Indies Under-19 batsman, Kevlon Anderson is savoring a successful debut in the Georgetown Cricket Association and is enthusiastic about putting Police Sports Club into the final of the GISE/Star Party Rental/Trophy Stall first-division two-day tournament.

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) had aspired to send a four-member team of boxers to Poland to compete at the Youth World Boxing Championships. 

Former president of the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) Nigel Hinds is of the opinion that Jamaica should not have been included in the upcoming FIBA Pre Qualifiers in El Salvador which get underway next week.

Tucber Park Cricket Club (TPCC) held its elections Thursday at the Berbice High School where long-serving cricket administrator, Carl Moore, who now resides overseas, was re-elected president.

Wicketkeeper/batsman, Joshua Da Silva says that he is happy with his performance since making his Test debut and is comfortable with batting at the number six position.

Donovan Mitchell scored 37 points and Rudy Gobert contributed 18 points and 20 rebounds to lift the Utah Jazz to a big 122-103 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.