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Seven-time All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement from the NBA yesterday following a health scare.

(Reuters) – Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton hailed Sebastian Vettel yesterday as his favourite Formula One rival over the years.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic crashed out in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters following a 6-4 7-5 defeat by Britain’s Dan Evans yesterday.

CMC – Former Test captain Jason Holder has been named as one of Wisden’s five Cricketers-of-the-Year, further bolstering an already mushrooming international profile and confirming his status as one of the world’s elite players.

(Reuters) – A senior Japanese ruling party official said yesterday that cancelling this year’s Olympics in Tokyo remains an option if the coronavirus crisis becomes too dire.

(Reuters) – The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) and FIFPRO, the global players’ union, have called on football’s lawmakers to consider launching trials into temporary concussion substitutes to better protect players who suffer head injuries.

(Reuters) – Michael Jordan will be Kobe Bryant’s presenter when the Los Angeles Lakers great is inducted posthumously into the Basketball Hall of Fame next month.

Guyana’s senior men’s basketball team will commence their campaign in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers this evening, when they oppose Nicaragua from 21:00hrs at the José Adolfo Pineda National Gymnasium in El Salvador.

Brief Scores: Royal Challengers Bangalore 149/8 (Glenn Maxwell 59, Virat Kohli 33; Jason Holder 3/30) beat Sunrisers Hyderabad 143/9 (David Warner 54, Manish Pandey 38; Shahbaz Ahmed 3/7) by six runs Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) yesterday won their second consecutive game, beating the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in Match 6 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 at the M.

Trevis Simon was unanimously elected president of the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee when the body held its Annual General Meeting and elections Tuesday evening at the Imam Bacchus Ground, Affiance.

Sans Souci defeated Noitgedacht Sports Club by 141 runs while Maria’s Pleasure and Sans Souci Jaguars also recorded victories in the Wakenaam Cricket Badri Prasad Memorial T20 competition.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) yesterday received a generous supply of masks and sanitizers from manager of GuyBiz, Ishwar Singh.

Hopetown Strikers battled the inclement weather and emerged as the latest club to join the Berbice Volleyball Association recently.

A busier second quarter for cycling events starts Sunday with a 60-mile road race.

 A virtual meeting is planned for today relative to the Americas Olympic Boxing qualifying event.

WORCESTER, England, CMC – Alzarri Joseph has been named in Worcestershire’s 12-man squad for the contest at Derbyshire starting today, and head coach Alex Gidman believes the West Indies paceman could be an asset for the club throughout the County Championship campaign.

Jayson Tatum recorded 32 points, nine rebounds and five assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 116-115 victory over the host Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.

PRETORIA, (Reuters) – Captain Babar Azam hit a record-breaking 122 to lead Pakistan to an impressive nine-wicket victory over hosts South Africa at Centurion yesterday and a 2-1 lead in the four-match Twenty20 series.

(Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was slapped with an eight-year ban for corruption dating back to his coaching stints with the national team and in several Twenty20 leagues, the game’s governing body said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak was slapped with an eight-year ban for corruption dating back to his coaching stints with the national team and in several Twenty20 leagues, the game’s governing body said today.