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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Last year’s losing finalists Barbados Royals will raise the curtain on this year’s Women’s Caribbean Premier League when they clash with Guyana Amazon Warriors in front of their home crowd at Kensington Oval.

CARDIFF, Wales, CMC – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine etched his name in history here yesterday when he became only the third bowler to take 500 wickets in Twenty20s.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi on Wednesday announced that he intends to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami as a free agent after parting ways with French champions Paris St Germain and snubbing a lucrative contract offer in Saudi Arabia.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Travis Head’s counter-attacking hundred and his unbroken 251-run stand with Steve Smith put Australia in charge on 327-3 after an absorbing opening day of the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India yesterday.

BLACKPOOL, England, CMC – Deandra Dottin failed for the second straight time but Thunder won for the fourth time in seven matches, with a dominant seven-wicket victory over Northern Diamonds.

Following a six-year hiatus and amid much pageantry, the holy grail of secondary schools football triumphantly returned as the 8th edition of the Digicel Championship was officially launched yesterday at the Marriott Hotel, Kingston.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Opener Johnson Charles struck a robust half-century in only his second One-Day International in seven years as West Indies clinched a series win with an uncomplicated 78-run victory over United Arab Emirates here yesterday.

Castrol Strikers maintained their perfect record in the Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) Senior Men’s League, overcoming Eagles 3-2 on Tuesday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

With the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games just weeks away, the Barbados Boxing Association has sent a team of four boxers and a coach to Guyana to prepare for the upcoming games under the auspices of the Guyana Boxing Association.

The SHC Sensations were in dominant form with three emphatic victories in the girls’ division when the Oceaneering U14 Indoor Hockey League continued over the weekend at the Marian Academy Court.

(Reuters) – England all-rounder Moeen Ali is considering a comeback to test cricket ahead of the Ashes against Australia after spinner Jack Leach was ruled out with a lower back stress fracture, British media reported.

LONDON, (Reuters) – India’s batters should be prepared to grind out runs in tricky English conditions against Australia’s fiery pace attack in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at the Oval, skipper Rohit Sharma said on Monday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed fellow fast bowler Scott Boland will play the World Test Championship (WTC) final against India beginning at The Oval today.

(Reuters) – India will decide their lineup for the World Test Championship (WTC) final only once they have assessed the pitch at The Oval, captain Rohit Sharma said, as uncertainty remains over whether Ravichandran Ashwin will feature against Australia.

PARIS, (Reuters) – World number two Aryna Sabalenka reached the French Open semi-finals yesterday beating Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, who accused the Belarusian of fanning the flames of controversy for waiting at the net for a handshake she knew would never come.

Guyana’s Jason Ray Khalil failed to advance further and all the other local players exited the singles competition on Sunday’s day one of the Pan American Squash Qualifiers being played in Cartagena, Colombia.

(Reuters) – A duel between India’s formidable top order and Australia’s fiery pace attack could determine who comes out on top when the World Test Championship (WTC) final gets underway at the Oval tomorrow.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Casper Ruud continued his bid to reach back-to-back finals at the French Open by fending off Chile’s Nicolas Jarry in a 7-6(3) 7-5 7-5 fourth-round win yesterday as Tunisian trailblazer Ons Jabeur also stayed on course for a maiden Grand Slam crown.

Haslington and Beterverwagting (BV) secured comfortable victories when the East Coast Demerara leg of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) u17 Football League continued on Sunday evening.

The Miami Heat benefited from a late finishing kick against the Denver Nuggets on Sunday to send the NBA Finals back to South Beach all square at one victory apiece.