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Joel Embiid scored a season-high 38 points and added 13 rebounds as the Philadelphia 76ers handed the Boston Celtics their first home loss 115-109 Thursday night.

Two blockbuster TY20 cricket finals set for the ancient county today and tomorrow has been postponed, the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) stated yesterday.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Australia quick Mitchell Starc tore through New Zealand’s batting-order shortly before stumps on a dramatic day two as the hosts gained a stranglehold of the first test yesterday.

CHENNAI, India, CMC – Veteran all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has finally confirmed his return to international cricket, announcing early yesterday his availability for selection to the shortest format, with the Twenty20 World Cup just 10 months away.

PERTH (Reuters) – Batsman Marnus Labuschagne stroked his third straight majestic century, as Australia took advantage of a weakened New Zealand attack in fierce heat on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

Shomari Wiltshire grabbed the silver medal in the Under 17 category of the Canadian Junior Squash Open championship after losing the final to Gabriel Yun on Tuesday at the White Oaks Conference Centre, Niagara, Canada.

A delegation of 28 persons, including 16 swimmers, departed for Trinidad on Tuesday to compete in the Amateur Swimming Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ASATT) Invitational Swimming Championship, hosted by the Marlin’s Swim Club at the National Aquatic Centre in Couva, Trinidad and Tobago. 

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) will be sending an Under 15 team to participate in the annual Cricket Council USA Open Youth Tournament to be held from December 20 – 23, 2019 at the ICC-approved Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill, Florida.

There have been multiple thefts at the synthetic track site at Wismar, Linden, and residents are being asked not to traverse the construction zone.

The Golden Jaguars have drawn Barbados, the Group A winner of League C, following the official draw of the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Qualifiers on Wednesday in Miami, USA.

(Reuters) – Manchester City’s Gabriel Jesus said that he put too much pressure on himself to score and the burden of a barren run threatened to take its toll on the Brazilian striker who surpassed 100 career goals on Wednesday.

MADRID (Reuters) – Barcelona and Real Madrid are level on points at the La Liga summit and both face stern tests this weekend ahead of their rearranged Clasico clash next Wednesday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies’ freefall in the Under-19 Tri-Nations Series continued here yesterday with a five-wicket defeat at the hands of England.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Cricket West Indies has appointed Australian Chris Brabazon as it’s first-ever coach education manager, a move aimed at “producing world-class players” for the international sides.

ZURICH (Reuters) – When a Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) team played at the 1992 European championship in place of the former Soviet Union, they wore bland shirts with no badge and Beethoven’s ninth symphony replaced a national anthem before games.

Former Demerara Cricket Board executive and renowned coach, Harold Dhanraj or “Doc” as he was popularly known, passed away November 24.

“The worst officiated tournament I have ever been to,” was how Guyana’s first AIBA Three-Star Coach, Terrence Poole, dubbed the just-concluded Caribbean Boxing Championships which was staged in Trinidad.

Albion Cricket Club’s Kandasammy Surujnarine is confident his unit can dethrone Rose Hall Town Namilco Thunderbolts in Saturday’s final and lift the Berbice Cricket Board/Busta Champion-of-Champions title.

New Amsterdam registered two wins while the Muslim Youth Organisation (MYO) also secured success in the latest round of the MYO/Trophy Stall Inter-Jamaat 10 overs Softball Cricket Competition on Sunday last. 

As is the norm, Trophy Stall of Bourda Market, has officially joined the list of sponsors for the second KFC Goodwill Secondary Schools football championships.