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Over 100 young cricketers participated recently in two clinics organized by the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) and sponsored by overseas-based Dr.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Left-hander Nicholas Pooran was the catalyst as Trinbago Knight Riders finally kick-started their Caribbean Premier League campaign with an emphatic six-wicket victory over beleaguered St Kitts and Nevis Patriots here late Sunday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s High Court prosecutor yesterday opened a preliminary investigation into whether national soccer chief Luis Rubiales might have committed an act of sexual aggression when he grabbed player Jenni Hermoso and kissed her on the lips after Spain’s victory in the women’s World Cup.

Ithaca upset defending champion Paradise 3-1 when the Berbice Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday evening at the Rosignol Community ground.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek got the defence of her U.S.

(Reuters) – New Zealand coach Gary Stead said he will give Kane Williamson every chance to prove his fitness over the two weeks before the World Cup squad is named but conceded the Black Caps captain still had a long way to go.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Jimmy Neesham will skip New Zealand’s Twenty20 series against England to return home for the birth of his first child, the team said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade has replaced injured all-rounder Glenn Maxwell in the Australia squad for the limited overs tour of South Africa, the team said yesterday.

The Charlotte Hornets and forward P.J. Washington have agreed on a three-year contract worth up to $48 million, according to multiple media reports on Saturday.

His Excellency, President Irfaan Ali, at the historic State House yesterday, extended a warm welcome to the Guyana Amazon Warriors Women and hosted a remarkable breakfast gathering. 

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Half-centuries from Shimron Hetmyer and Keemo Paul, along with an incisive bowling effort from Romario Shepherd, powered Guyana Amazon Warriors to a 34-run win over previously unbeaten Jamaica Tallawahs here yesterday.

DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka, CMC – Nathan Sealy shone with the bat and left-arm pacer Nathan Edward starred with the ball in an impressive new-ball spell, but neither effort was enough to prevent West Indies Under-19s from a six-wicket defeat to their hosts, in the first Youth One-Day International here yesterday.

League leader Slingerz maintained their perfect record in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League, dismantling Crane Rovers 5-0 yesterday at the Tuschen ground.

Powerlifter Carlos Peterson-Grifith  returned to the local platform yesterday and chalked up another top-of-the-podium performance at the Raw National Championships staged at the National Gymnasium Petterson-Grifith, lifting in the 105kg class, showed his strength prowess without the assistance of lifting equipment, with a mammoth squat of 310kg and a bench press of 165kg.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors women, ahead of the Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League, took a break from their busy schedules to spread inspiration and empowerment as they visited Shaheed’s Girls Home yesterday.

Soesdyke Falcons soared past Circuitville by a 6-1 score when the East Bank Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Timehri Red ground.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Rovman Powell smashed an unbeaten fifty as Barbados Royals pulled off the second highest run chase in Caribbean Premier League history to beat hapless St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by six wickets here Saturday night.

The Colts, Kwakwani Untouchables and Mambas recorded wins when the inaugural edition of the “One Guyana” Basketball Premier League continued on Saturday night at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Winfred Yavi of Bahrain stalked world record holder Beatrice Chepkoech for all but one lap of the women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, surging past the Kenyan over the final 400 metres to capture gold at the World Athletics Championships yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Spain’s soccer federation will hold an urgent meeting today as its president, Luis Rubiales, faces a FIFA suspension and a storm of criticism over allegations he gave a player an unwanted kiss on the lips after Spain won the Women’s World Cup.