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(Reuters) – Sri Lanka crushed New Zealand by an innings and 154 runs to complete a 2-0 series sweep yesterday, quelling some late fightback from the tourists in the second test in Galle.

Melanie and Beterverwagting (BV)/Triumph played to a 1-1 draw when the East Coast Demerara Senior Men’s League continued last evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

(Reuters) – Atletico Madrid’s Angel Correa bundled home an equaliser deep into added time against Real Madrid to snatch a 1-1 draw yesterday in a nervy LaLiga derby that was suspended for just over 20 minutes after the home fans hurled objects onto the pitch.

Beavers climbed atop the standings in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League, dismantling Uprising by a 3-0 score yesterday at the Uitvlugt Community Centre ground.

(Reuters) – Ross Adair scored a century, and his younger brother Mark took four wickets as Ireland beat South Africa by 10 runs yesterday in the second of their Twenty20 internationals to tie the two-match series.

(CPL) – The top two sides in this year’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) duked it out in Providence, with the reigning champions, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, winning by a sizeable 35-run margin against their nearest rivals at the top of the table, the Saint Lucia Kings.

Pan American Hockey Challenge Guyana secured an historic bronze medal in the Pan American Hockey Federation Challenge, defeating hosts Bermuda in the third-place playoff yesterday at the National Sports Centre.

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Defending champion St. Pius, as well as Santa Rosa and Tapakuma Lake, tallied comfortable wins when the Courts Pee Wee U-11 Boy’s Football Championship resumed yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground on Carifesta Avenue.

Uitvlugt maintained their perfect record in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League, dismantling Belle West by a 3-1 score yesterday.

Mahaica Determinators handed Airy Hall their first loss in the East Coast Demerara Senior Men’s League, triumphing by a 2-0 score-line on Friday evening at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka stood on the verge of a 2-0 series sweep after their spin duo of Prabath Jayasuriya and Nishan Peiris wrecked New Zealand, who also suffered the ignominy of a follow-on, in the second test in Galle yesterday.

(CPL) As the 2024 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) heads towards its final week of competition it was another disappointing night for Barbados Royals who suffered their fourth defeat in a row at the hands of fellow title hopefuls Trinbago Knight Riders. 

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England annihilated Australia by 186 runs in a rain-shortened ODI at Lord’s with Harry Brook and Liam Livingstone laying waste to the visitors attack before Matthew Potts took four wickets as the hosts tied the series at 2-2 yesterday.

KANPUR, India,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh made 107 for three against India in a little over one session before heavy rain washed out the remainder of the opening day’s play in the second test in Kanpur on Friday.

The 5-a-side streetball tournament, the Campbellville Cup will culminate in a highly anticipated North East La Penitence versus Z-Tekk Family fixture on October 4 after those sides managed semi-final wins on Thursday night at the Campbellville Tarmac.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka took complete control of the second test against New Zealand yesterday as batting sensation Kamindu Mendis scored the fifth century of his young career and helped the hosts post a mammoth 602-5 declared on day two in Galle.

The Pan American Hockey Federation Women’s Challenge currently being staged in Bermuda, continued yesterday with the Guyanese Women’s team in action.

NEW YORK, CMC – The Dominica Republic’s Olympic gold medalist Marileidy Paulino and Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn both walked away with US$60, 000 after winning their respective events at the inaugural, prestigious, all-female Athlos NYC track meet here Thursday.

CASTRIES, St Lucia,  CMC – As part of celebrations to mark the national holiday named in her honour, St Lucia’s sprint queen Julien Alfred was gifted $75, 000 and a special award here yesterday.