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GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Rain allowed only three overs before forcing a no-result in the third game of the Caribbean Premier League between Trinbago Knight Riders and St Kitts and Nevis Patriots here yesterday.

Briton John, in a time of one hour and 19 minutes yesterday won the Carlton Wheelers/Ricks and Sari, Regan Rodrigues Memorial cycle race around the inner circuit of the National Park.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC – Jamaican Oblique Seville clocked a personal best 9.86 seconds to win his heat and cruise into the next round of the 100 metres, on the opening day of the World Athletics Championships here yesterday.

TORONTO, Canada, CMC – United States will join the likes of former champions West Indies at next year’s ICC Under-19 World Cup in Sri Lanka, after defeating Canada by seven wickets in a winner-takes-all qualifier here Friday.

(Reuters) – Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah made a winning return to international cricket after 11 months on the sidelines in a major boost to India’s campaign at the home World Cup in October-November.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports Gymnasium Courts set of activities will climax tonight with the staging of the Winfield Braithwaite Schoolboys and Junior boxing championships.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – England and Spain go head-to-head in the final of the Women’s World Cup today, capping off a tournament that has broken attendance and TV records and raised hopes of a surge in interest for the women’s game.

The Winfred Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Championship got underway yesterday at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, following the arrival of Barbados, St.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Forty years after its first edition, the world athletics championships get underway in Budapest today with over 2,000 athletes from 202 countries taking part over nine days of what could be record-breaking action.

Fifteen-year-old Alexander Leung will be the `man’ to beat this morning when the 17th annual Regan Rodrigues Memorial cycle event takes place around the inner circuit of the National Park.

Four table tennis players reportedly left Guyana Thursday for a training stint in China.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – New Barbados Royals captain Rovman Powell has urged patience with his young side after they suffered a chastening 54-run defeat to St Lucia Kings.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – The mixed 4×400 metres relay has been a bit of a slow burn since joining the world athletics championships in 2019, with star athletes often giving it a miss, but Gabby Thomas said she, and the United States, were taking it very seriously in Budapest.

The NBA champion Denver Nuggets will kick off the 2023-24 NBA schedule Oct.

BUDAPEST,  (Reuters) – Portugal’s Olympic triple jump champion Pedro Pichardo will not defend his world title in Hungary because of lower back pain.

(Reuters) – World number one Carlos Alcaraz ended Australian qualifier Max Purcell’s dream run with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 win to reach the Cincinnati Open semi-finals yesterday, while Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz got past lucky loser Alexei Popyrin 6-1 7-6(8).

NEW YORK/LONDON, (Reuters) – When England and Spain face off in today’s Women’s World Cup final, there will be more than sporting pride at stake.

After calling 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey a “liar” earlier this week, All-Star guard James Harden made it clear that he doesn’t intend to play in Philadelphia again.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s Victoria state will pay A$380 million ($243 million) to Commonwealth Games organisers, Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said yesterday, after it withdrew as 2026 event host citing a projected cost blowout.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially confirmed that the Lady Jaguars U17 programme will not compete in the Concacaf Qualifiers but instead will participate in a tri-nation international series featuring Suriname and French Guiana.