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After getting her glistening stilettos wet with a second place finish in her professional debut last weekend, a new fire has been lit under IFBB Elite Wellness Pro, Rosanna Fung.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia were within touching distance of capturing the World Test Championship title as India’s hopes of chasing down a monumental 444-run victory target appeared to be slipping away after they ended day four on 164-3 yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Five Under-19 Women’s World Cup players have been named in a West Indies Women’s 18-member training squad to prepare for the upcoming series against Ireland starting later this month.

WORCESTER, England, CMC – Deandra Dottin’s cameo was of little help as Thunder crashed to an 18-run defeat to Southern Vipers here yesterday, to miss out on the final of the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Alick Athanaze’s One-Day International debut coincided with West Indies’ sweep of the three-match series against United Arab Emirates, and the left-hander said entering a winning setup was a major boost for his confidence.

ISTANBUL, (Reuters) – Manchester City finally expanded their domestic domination across the continent as they beat Inter Milan 1-0 with a second-half Rodri goal to win the Champions League for the first time and complete a rare treble on a nervous Saturday evening.

Two nights after Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray put on historic performances, neither player was the key cog for the Denver Nuggets in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Poland’s Iga Swiatek continued her dominance on Parisian clay with a third French Open crown in the last four years, defeating unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-4 in a thrilling final to capture her fourth Grand Slam title yesterday.

HOVE, England, CMC – Sunil Narine carried his wickets tally for the T20 Blast to 14, following a three-wicket haul on Friday which helped lift Surrey to a crushing 124-run win over Sussex.

Guyana men and women’s pairs  advanced to the doubles quarter-finals following victories against Barbados and Bolivia players respectively on the penultimate day of the Pan American Squash qualifiers yesterday in Cartagena, Colombia.

The Guyana Tennis Association (GTA) now has the National Racquet Centre to call its home.

Asks Allan la Rose It is no secret who is the overwhelming global favorite to lift the prestigious UEFA’s Champions League (UCL) “Big Ears” Cup when the final of the 68th edition is played in Istanbul today.

Realeanna Grimmond and Tia Issacs piloted Berbice U19 to a crushing eight-wicket win over Essequibo Thursday in the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) girls U19 Inter-County limited overs competition.

SHARJAH, CMC – A record half-century on debut from Alick Athanaze followed up a career-best spell from Kevin Sinclair and enabled West Indies to clinch a four-wicket win against hosts United Arab Emirates in the third One-day International on Friday and complete a 3-0 series sweep.

Golden Jaguars assistant coach Wayne Dover affirmed that the absence of head-coach Jamaal Shabazz during the ongoing CONCACAF Gold Prelim preparation phase will not serve as a distraction for the squad heading into the playoff campaign.

The Elton Dharry/Hugo Hernandez clash for the World Boxing Council (WBC) silver belt has been pushed back owing to an ankle injury suffered by the former in the ring during the ‘Return of the Scorpion’ card last Saturday at the National Gymnasium.

By Julien Pretot and Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS,  (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic took a giant leap towards claiming a men’s record 23rd Grand Slam trophy with a 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 French Open semi-final victory over an ailing Carlos Alcaraz in a clash of titans that ended in anticlimactic fashion on Friday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pat Cummins produced a vicious bowling onslaught to leave India battered and bruised as Australia took a 296-run lead on day three of the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval yesterday.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – Defence Force and AC Port of Spain, the two teams challenging for the inaugural title in the Trinidad & Tobago Premier Football League Tier 1 competition this season, will renew their rivalry again when they face each other in the group stage of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup, starting in August.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will commence a four-day ‘Physical Preparation in Football’ workshop for coaches attached to Elite League clubs and the Academy Training Centres from today at the National Training Centre, Providence.