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Excelsior and Dolphin will contest the Region #4 Georgetown divisional final, following semifinal wins yesterday in the 8th edition of the Digicel Schools Football Championship Staged at Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, Excelsior bested Charlestown 4-2 on penalty kicks after regulation time ended 1-1. 

The national team’s forgettable campaign at the Rugby America’s North (RAN)  Men’s U19 XVs tournament ended yesterday without them scoring a single point at the Mona Campus in Jamaica. 

Standout athlete, Quamel Prince once again rewrote the record books, lowering the national 800m record on Friday at the 40th Harry Jerome Classic staged at the McLeod Athletic Park in Langley, British Colombia, Canada. 

Local golfers are for the first time competing in this weekend’s Tobago Open being hosted at the Tobago Plantations Magdalena Golf Resort. 

Star cyclist, Briton John made hay in the brilliant sunshine yesterday in the National Park, winning the feature 40-lap race of the Team Alanis-organized event. 

Vengy and Georgetown Football Club (GFC) played to a 1-1 stalemate when the Georgetown Football Association Senior Men’s League continued on Friday evening.

DALLAS, Texas, CMC – There were a series of tidy performances from all the players with ties to Caribbean that appeared for teams in Major League Cricket on Friday in the United States.

(Reuters) – From selling street food in Mumbai to winning the player-of-the-match award in his test debut in Roseau, India opener Yashasvi Jaiswal is international cricket’s latest rags-to-riches story.

(Reuters) – Former Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has been moved to a hospital in the Netherlands but remains in intensive care after a brain bleed last week, his wife Annemarie said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Former Australian coach Justin Langer will replace Andy Flower as head coach of the Lucknow Super Giants, the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket franchise said.

MORZINE, France, (Reuters) – In 1989, Greg LeMond won the Tour de France by a mere eight seconds over Laurent Fignon in a nail-biting finale but this year’s edition might well provide an even closer ending as Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vingegaard are locked in a classic battle.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Hosts Trinidad & Tobago are the champions of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 Women’s Championship again.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – When Marketa Vondrousova punched away a volley and fell to the ground after completing one of the most unexpected runs to the Wimbledon title, a jumble of thoughts must have been running through her head.

(Field Level Media) LeBron James is switching back to No. 23 for the 2023-24 season.

(Reuters) – Argentine great Lionel Messi has completed his signing for Inter Miami on a deal that will keep him in Florida until 2025, the Major League Soccer side said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Australian wicketkeeper Alex Carey has said he would not hesitate to repeat his controversial stumping of England’s Jonny Bairstow should a similar opportunity arise in the final two tests of the ongoing Ashes series.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Former Leeward Islands captain Ralston Otto died on Friday at his home in Antigua.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Three batsmen got half-centuries and Barbados made a strong start against Guyana to the West Indies Men’s Under-19 three-day championship yesterday in St Vincent.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz will have to kick Novak Djokovic off his Wimbledon throne in Sunday’s final because he will not be given an inch, according to seven-time Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – West Indies sank to a depressing innings and 141 runs defeat against India in the first Test yesterday in Dominica after Ravichandran Ashwin preyed on their supine batting with a destructive spell of off-spin bowling.