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BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Australian Peter Bol endured an anti-climatic appearance at the World Athletics Championships yesterday as, having had a doping suspension lifted only weeks before the event, he looked well off the pace in the 800m heats and failed to progress.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Kenyan middle-distance superstar Faith Kipyegon capped a year that brought her a trio of world records by claiming a hat-trick of world 1,500 metres gold medals as she ran a perfect race to come home in 3:54.87 in yesterday’s final.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Olympic gold medallist Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco claimed his second consecutive world championship title in the men’s 3,000 metres steeplechase yesterday.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Laulauga Tausaga obliterated her personal best by over four metres to take a stunning world discus gold yesterday just as fellow American and hot favourite Valarie Allman had been seemingly cruising towards the title.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Reigning champion Tobi Amusan of Nigeria won her qualifying heat in the women’s 100-metres hurdles yesterday to secure a spot in the semi-finals amid a cloud of controversy.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Italy’s Olympic champion and showman Gianmarco Tamberi captured the world high jump title yesterday, in a dramatic finish against young American JuVaughn Harrison.

Defending champions Guyana successfully retained their overall title in the Winfred Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Championships Sunday night with local star Shaquain James being adjudged the overall best fighter at the event’s conclusion on Sunday evening.

In what was a virtual final, Jessica Callender checkmated Sasha Sharriff to become the new national women’s chess champion playing unbeaten in the Guyana Chess Federation’s Diamond Insurance Women’s national championships at the School of the Nations last weekend.

Some 11 young chess players are participating in the XIV CAC Youth Chess Festival in Trinidad and Tobago.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango soared to victory in the men’s triple jump for the country’s first-ever World Athletics Championships gold yesterday, while 18-year-old title favourite Jaydon Hibbert of Jamaica pulled out injured.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – West Indies stars Lendl Simmons and Dwayne Smith produced cameos but their efforts went in vain as Atlanta Riders slipped to a seven-wicket loss to New York Warriors in the US Masters T10 yesterday.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Olympic champion Daniel Stahl won a dramatic World Championship discus gold with the final throw yesterday just minutes after Kristjan Ceh thought he had done enough to retain his title when his final throw edged him in front of the Swede.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Rain has forced the abandonment of the nightcap game in the Caribbean Premier League between St Lucia Kings and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots without a ball bowled here Sunday.

Action will continue today in the Republic Bank nationwide U23 Inter-Club Super50 tournament on the East Coast and Berbice.

Aug 21 (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association’s New York Knicks sued rivals the Toronto Raptors in Manhattan on Monday, accusing the Raptors’ new coaching staff of hiring a “mole” who gave the team their scouting reports and other confidential material.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Three veterans from last year’s Under-19 World Cup have been named in a 15-member West Indies Under-19 squad to tour Sri Lanka later this month.

MADRID, (Reuters) – The Spanish soccer federation chief apologised yesterday after an unsolicited kiss on player Jenni Hermoso’s lips during celebrations of the country’s Women’s World Cup victory sparked outrage, with Spain’s second deputy prime minister calling for his resignation.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Sha’Carri Richardson finally delivered on three years of promise when the American overcame the challenge of being stuck out in lane nine by delivering a late surge to win world 100 metres gold in a championship record 10.65 seconds yesterday.

Aug 21 (Reuters) – Argentina’s men’s basketball team spurned their last chance to reach the Paris 2024 Olympics after losing 82-75 to the Bahamas in the FIBA Olympic pre-qualifying final, marking the first time they have failed to reach the Games in more than two decades.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – United States sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson said winning the world 100 metres final from lane nine yesterday was fitting after a lifetime of being in her own world.