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Gandhi Youth Organisation (GYO) secured first innings points over Ace Warriors yesterday in the weekend’s lone fixture of the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA), Noble House Seafoods, second-division, two-day competition at GYO.

Adrian Sukhwa guided Albion Community Center Cricket Club to a nine-wicket win over Rose Hall Town and lift the Berbice Cricket Board/Raffik 100-ball second division title yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Former West Indies Test captain Denesh Ramdin believes his presence will be an asset to the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force, after being recalled to the side for the next two rounds of the Regional Four-Day Championship.

Damian Lillard scored 29 of his 48 points in the second half, and the visiting Portland Trail Blazers posted a 127-119 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday as the Lakers paid tribute to the life of Kobe Bryant.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Sofia Kenin showed grit and combativeness on the way to her maiden Grand Slam title yesterday, as the 21-year-old American fought her way back from a set down to beat Spain’s Garbine Muguruza in the Australian Open final.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – An Australian Open that has seen the men’s establishment shaken by young talent comes to a fitting close today when defending champion Novak Djokovic takes on Dominic Thiem in an intergenerational decider.

This weekend, the Lusignan Golf Club (LGC) will devote activities to honor the lifetime achievements of some of its outstanding members along with the birthday celebrations of Maurice Solomon and Hemraj Kissoon. 

The penultimate group stage of the Magnum Tonic Wine Mashramani Cup Futsal competition commences this evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue with eight fixtures.

The annual Mocha Village Cup’ Streetball Championship officially kicks off this evening at the Mocha Tarmac with 10 matches.

For the past five years whenever the calendar flips to February, the nation’s fittest athletes prime their bodies for the gruelling Crossfit-style Fitness Games Challenge.

The Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) is set to stage the first of three CARIFTA Games trials at the National Track and Field Centre tomorrow.

The 2020 edition of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) senior national championships got underway last evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] has approved the staging of the ‘East Coast Jubilee Republic Football Tournament’, which is set to get underway tomorrow and end February 28th.

On January 29th 2020, Stabroek Sport published an article headlined ‘UDFA clubs suspended, fined in absentia’, which stated that the Upper Demerara Football Association (UFDA) had suspended and fined Eagles United and Botofago Football Clubs for one year and fined $50,000 each for their non-participation in the year-end competition.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers will pay tribute to Kobe Bryant today when the team plays its first game since the NBA great died, although details of what that will entail remain unclear.

Mocha brushed past Alexander Village 3-1 when the Magnum Tonic Wine Mashramani Cup Futsal Championship continued yesterday at the  National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic once again beat great rival Roger Federer at a Grand Slam yesterday with a 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3 win to reach the Australian Open final and remain on course for a record-extending eighth title at Melbourne Park.

The support of government is necessary if Guyana is to successfully stage the Golden Jubilee edition of the CARIFTA Games next year.

(Reuters) – Three days after Los Angeles basketball great Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daugther and seven others perished in a helicopter crash, his wife, Vanessa, broke her silence with an Instagram message saying she was “completely devastated” by their loss.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Cricket West Indies president, Ricky Skerritt, has accepted an invitation to join the Marylebone Cricket Club’s (MCC) World Cricket Committee.