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Elton `The Bully’ Dharry, is widely considered the torchbearer of an overlooked tradition.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Ben Stokes expects to play a full part with the ball and bat as his side begin their Ashes preparations in earnest today with a four-day test against Ireland.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Jimmy Adams will leave his role as Cricket West Indies’ director of cricket when his contract expires next month.

While “Dynamic Duos” and “Big 3s” have defined recent champions, the 2023 NBA Finals are set up not only to be a crowning achievement for one team, but a showdown between two of the top individual performers in the playoffs.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – Kevin Sinclair continued to press his case as an all-rounder with his second fifty of the tour and third in his last six innings as West Indies “A” took full control of the final four-day “Test” against Bangladesh A here yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the French Open third round yesterday, but all the focus was on Novak Djokovic as a political row sparked by the two-times Roland Garros champion intensified.

Winners of the One Guyana Futsal football championships Bent Street, yesterday received the first prize of one million dollars from the sponsors.

The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) continues to garner support from the corporate community ahead of the U-19 Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s Championships.

A total of 13 overseas born and/or based players have so far arrived in Jamaica as part of the Golden Jaguars senior men’s training camp ahead of their CONCACAF Gold Preliminary campaign which commences June 17th.

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown owned up to his lackluster performance in the team’s season-ending loss against the Miami Heat on Monday in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Golden State Warriors president and general manager Bob Myers is stepping down after 12 years and serving as the architect of four NBA championships.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Cricket’s cash-starved associate member nations fear the proposed new international revenue distribution model, which heavily favours the game’s superpowers, could potentially stall the growth of the game.

(ICC) Former India coach Ravi Shastri believes having the right blend of youth and experience has been pivotal in helping his former side maintain their stranglehold at the top of the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Team Rankings.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Daniil Medvedev became the highest-ranked player to exit the French Open after losing a marathon encounter against Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild on a windy day yesterday while Novak Djokovic found himself at the centre of a political storm.

(Reuters) – Worcestershire seamer Josh Tongue is set to make his England debut in this week’s one-off test against Ireland at Lord’s, the country’s cricket board (ECB) said yesterday.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Jamaican defenders Shamera Sterling and Latanya Wilson produced outstanding performances as Adelaide Thunderbirds edged Jhaniele Fowler’s West Coast Fever in a thriller here last weekend, to remain on top of the Australian Super Netball Championship.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – Tagenarine Chanderpaul and Test counterpart Joshua Da Silva both squandered golden opportunities to notch their first hundreds of the tour, as West Indies `A’ dominated yesterday’s day one of the final four-day “Test” against Bangladesh `A’.

National first-class opening batsman Matthew Nandu returned to the country of his birth, Canada and smacked consecutive centuries recently.

SYLHET, Bangladesh, CMC – Test opener Tagenarine Chanderpaul said he was “thankful” for his form despite twice missing out on hundreds in the ongoing three-match “Test” tour of Bangladesh.

(Reuters) – England head coach Brendon McCullum said the team will head into the Ashes series against Australia without fear of defeat and he sees no reason to rein in their high-risk, high-reward ‘Bazball’ approach that has proven so successful over the last year.