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(Reuters) – Dinesh Chandimal’s unbeaten half-century and persistent rain in Galle delayed Australia’s push for victory in the opening test against Sri Lanka yesterday.

(Field Level Media) First-time All-Star Cade Cunningham poured in 40 points and the host Detroit Pistons snapped a three-game losing streak with a 117-102 victory over the Dallas Mavericks last  night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy due to lower back pain, a team spokesperson said yesterday.

…register workmanlike 5-wicket win in final T20 (Trinidad Express) West Indies women romped to a 3-0 series sweep when they won the third and final T20 International against Bangladesh in Basseterre.

The Seventh Annual Mashramani Street Football Championship kicks off tonight on the Tarmac of the Mocha Community Centre Ground with 16 teams starting their journey for the coveted top prize in one of the country’s premier ‘small goal’ football tournaments. 

Georgetown vs The Rest Streetball The raucous atmosphere at the Back Circle Tarmac, East Ruimveldt, was at its pinnacle on Thursday night as home favourites Back Circle B booked their spot in the final of the Georgetown vs The Rest Street Football competition.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s exiled women cricketers will be the first beneficiaries of a new refugee fund started by the Marylebone Cricket Club, the MCC said yesterday.

-Faizal Khan named as Director Slingerz Football Club has bolstered both its squad and leadership with the signing of defender Romaine Brackenridge and the appointment of British Chambers of Commerce Chairman Faizal Khan as a Director.

(Reuters) – Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White said comments made by featherweight fighter Bryce Mitchell about Adolf Hitler were “beyond disgusting”.

ECB Busta T20 Competition  National player Ricardo Adams slammed an unbeaten 78 to spur Wakenaam to a convincing, 7-wicket win over East Bank in the 2025 Essequibo Cricket Board Busta-sponsored T20 competition yesterday at Imam Bacchus ground, Affiance, Essequibo Coast.

CWI Regional 4-Day Championship By Michaelangelo Jacobus Unbeaten half-centuries from Guyana Harpy Eagles skipper Kemol Savory and middle-order batsman Kevlon Anderson ensured that the home team dominated the Barbados Pride bowlers on a thoroughly one-sided day two of their first round CWI Regional 4-Day encounter at an empty Providence National Stadium, East Bank Demerara.

(ESPN) There will be no official ICC captain’s meet or photoshoot ahead of Champions Trophy 2025.

Nicholas Zhang and Emma John delivered outstanding performances at the Readymix Concrete-sponsored National Under-14 Chess Tournament, emerging as champions in their respective divisions.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A few miles from the Melbourne Cricket Ground where Australia and England started the women’s Ashes test yesterday, a group of Afghan refugee cricketers played their first match as a team since fleeing Taliban rule.

(Reuters) – Australia’s Usman Khawaja struck a maiden double hundred and Josh Inglis got a century on his test debut against Sri Lanka to power the tourists to a mammoth 654 for six before they declared their first innings on day two of the opening test yesterday.

(Field Level Media) LeBron James had 24 points and 11 assists to help the visiting Los Angeles Lakers rout the Washington Wizards 134-96 yesterday.

(Field Level Media) Darius Garland scored 26 points and Donovan Mitchell added 24 as the Cleveland Cavaliers easily defeated the visiting Atlanta Hawks 137-115 last night.

(Trinidad Express) Veteran Trinidad and Tobago Red Force batter Jason Mohammed slammed his 14th first-class ton and went past 5,000 career runs as the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force continued to dominate the Combined Campuses and Colleges (CCC) on the second day of their day/night West Indies Four-Day Championship match at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, yesterday.

-Benjamin joins player roster In a bid to stake their claim for this season’s Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League title, Slingerz Football Club unveiled former Golden Jaguars Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz and its new Technical Director and Head Coach for the upcoming season.

CWI Regional 4-Day Championship – Looknauth captures 4/69 on debut      By Michaelangelo Jacobus The 2025 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional 4-Day Championship bowled off in entertaining fashion at the Providence National Stadium, with defending champions Guyana Harpy Eagles locking horns with Barbados Pride.