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Jamal Murray scored 21 points, including Denver’s first nine to start the fourth quarter, Paul Millsap had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the host Nuggets beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 109-95 on Monday night.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Illegal medications did not play a part in the deaths of 23 racehorses at Santa Anita Park but 39% of the fatalities were on track surfaces affected by wet weather, the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) said in a report yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The Tokyo 2020 Olympics is on track for a new record – having an almost equal number of female and male athletes for the first time, the International Committee (IOC) announced yesterday.

A drawn encounter for Guyana Jaguars and a loss for Barbados Pride did little to the points table of the West Indies Championship after round seven concluded on Sunday.

He started to play volleyball a little over five years ago and today 20-year-old Kristoff Shepperd is enjoying marvellous success at the international level. 

West Indies Uunder – 19 selectee Joshua Persaud continues to draw positive attention, putting up impressive numbers in the ongoing TT Cricket Board (TTCB) National Premiership competition at the weekend. 

Cornelia Ida Cricket Club (CI) and McGill Super Stars booked their spots in the final of the West Demerara Cricket Association/Beacon Café 50-over tournament following wins over Independence `A’ and All Youths respectively Sunday.

Guyanese off-spinner, Eon Hooper bagged his second five-wicket haul of the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board National League two-day tournament to earn Barrackpore United a draw with Endeavour Sports Club over the weekend.

CAPE TOWN – West Indies Over-50s (WI O-50s) backed up a credible bowling performance with resolute batting to register a confidence-boosting two-wicket victory over India Over-50s in their second warm-up match ahead of the Over 50s Cricket World Cup (O-50sCWC) which begins tomorrow in Cape Town, South Africa.

The campaign of the Lady Jaguars in the CONCACAF Women’s U20 football championships where they created history by becoming the first national U20 female team from Guyana to play in that 16-team tournament reflected somewhat the relative uncertainties and eventual successes which occur in the beautiful game.

CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – British-Zimbabwean cricket coach and former cricketer Andy Flower has been named St Lucia Zouks head coach for the 2020 Caribbean Premier League (CPL) season.

Devin Booker scored 20 of his team-high 36 points in a 47-point first quarter for Phoenix on Sunday as the host Suns took advantage of the absence of Giannis Antetokounmpo to thump the Milwaukee Bucks 140-131.

ASUNCION,  (Reuters) – Former Brazil and Barcelona player Ronaldinho Gaucho is adapting quickly to life in a Paraguayan jail, the head of the facility told Reuters yesterday, but his lawyers are hopeful he may soon be released into house arrest while the investigation continues.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The crushing defeat in Sunday’s final against Australia will haunt Harmanpreet Kaur and her team for a while but India hope the experience will only make them better before the next Women’s Twenty20 World Cup in 2022.

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – President of the Bermuda National Athletics Association (BNAA) Donna Raynor says next month’s Carifta Games, which are set to attract more than 600 athletes from 27 Caribbean countries, should not be affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) that is spreading across the globe.

(Reuters) – Kusal Perera has returned to Sri Lanka’s squad for their two-test series against England later this month despite carrying a finger injury that could rule him out of the first match.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has postponed its 2020 Team USA Media Summit, where top U.S.

Guyana Jaguars and Leeward Islands ended their seventh round West Indies Championship match in a draw on the final day at the Providence National Stadium ground yesterday.

The National Sports Commission (NSC) continues to support the development of sports in Guyana and recently sustained that mantra by donating to the Guyana Chess Federation (GCF).

Match winning performances from Plaffiana Millington and Shabika Gajnabi ensured defending champions Berbice retain their title in the 2020 Guyana Cricket Board/Superbet 50-over senior female Inter-County tournament after defeating Demerara by seven wickets at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground yesterday.