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MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz made a winning return to the Australian Open yesterday but the Spanish second seed faced some early resistance from French veteran Richard Gasquet before cruising to a 7-6(5) 6-1 6-2 victory in the opening round.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa,  CMC – A useful all-round performance from former West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard failed to inspire Mumbai Indians Cape Town, and Sunrisers Eastern Cape clinched a tense, four-run win in their SA20 match yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Under-19s endured a setback to their preparations for the ICC Men’s Under-19 Cricket World Cup when their second and final warm-up match against Nepal Under-19s was rained out and ended in a no-result yesterday.

The 2024 edition of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) is set to be staged in Cayenne, French Guiana, from October 24–26.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek came through an opening test of fire in her hunt for a first Australian Open title yesterday as the world number one battled past 2020 champion Sofia Kenin 7-6(2) 6-2 while blazing heat and blustery conditions made things difficult for players.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago Red Force bowling stock for the upcoming West Indies Championship four-day tournament has taken another hit, with Shannon Gabriel being unavailable for the first three rounds of the competition next month.

(Reuters) – Colombian authorities yesterday opened an investigation into the country’s sports minister Astrid Rodriguez after Barranquilla was stripped of the 2027 Pan Am games hosting rights earlier this month.

-as Sankar and Looknauth run through Adams XI’s batting  By Michaelangelo Jacobus In brilliant sunshine and on a ground made for batting, day one of the Guyana Harpy Eagles Trial Match at the Meten-Meer-Zorg Community Ground on the West Coast of Demerara, saw Matthew Nandu’s XI outclass Antony Adams’ XI in every department. 

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Retired West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman Shane Dowrich is seeking close to U.S.

(ESPN) Zimbabwe allrounder Luke Jongwe had Angelo Mathews wallpaper when he was younger (whether this was a physical poster or the background screen on a device wasn’t clear).

(Reuters) – AS Roma named their former player Daniele De Rossi as their new manager until the end of the season, hours after parting ways with manager Jose Mourinho on Tuesday.

 (Reuters) – Bangladesh allrounder Nasir Hossain has been banned for two years from all forms of cricket, with six months suspended, for breaching the sport’s anti-corruption code, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday.

At press time the West Indies were tottering at 159 for nine in the first Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval.

ADELAIDE, Australia,  CMC – West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite has urged administrators to schedule more Tests to help his fledgling side improve.

(Field Level Media) Joel Embiid had 41 points and 10 rebounds to lift the host Philadelphia 76ers past the Houston Rockets 124-115 yesterday.

YAMOUSSOUKRO,  (Reuters) – Senegal began their Africa Cup of Nations title defence with a 3-0 victory over 10-man Gambia helped by Lamine Camara’s double in Group C yesterday, bringing an end to a sequence of surprise results at the tournament in the Ivory Coast.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Naomi Osaka did not enjoy the fairytale return she hoped for at the Australian Open as the twice champion lost 6-4 7-6(2) to French 16th seed Caroline Garcia in the opening round yesterday.

(CPL) Junior Sinclair won the Lasco Food Drink Emerging Player award at the 2023 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, but he made his T20 debut in 2022.