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Former West Indies batting coach, Toby Radford, has thrown his support behind Guyanese coach, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, to be the next coach of the West Indies senior men’s team.

(Reuters) – Australia’s men’s team has withdrawn from their one-day international (ODI) series against Afghanistan in March following further restrictions on women’s and girls’ rights imposed by the Taliban, Cricket Australia (CA) said yesterday.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – World number eight Daria Kasatkina stumbled to close out the match but progressed to the semi-finals of the Adelaide International 2 with a 6-3 7-6(3) win over Petra Kvitova yesterday.

PRETORIA, South Africa, CMC – West Indies Women’s Rising Stars head coach, Steve Liburd, says he is comfortable with his side’s preparation ahead of next weekend’s start of the inaugural ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup.

(Reuters) – Joao Mendes, son of former Brazil and Barcelona forward Ronaldinho, is undergoing trials with Barca’s youth team, Spanish media reported yesterday.

(Reuters) – A Saudi Arabian businessman is leading bidding to watch the latest chapter in Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s celebrated rivalry in global soccer with a 10 million riyals ($2.66 million) offer for a ticket to a showpiece game.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Former England batsman Gary Ballance contributed 30 runs on his international debut for Zimbabwe as they beat Ireland by five wickets yesterday to win the opening Twenty20 international of their three-match series.

Jrue Holiday scored 27 points and Brook Lopez added 20 points and 12 rebounds to help the visiting Milwaukee Bucks hold off the Atlanta Hawks 114-105 on Wednesday.

(Reuters) – Argentina featured heavily in shortlists for FIFA’s Best awards following their World Cup triumph, with forwards Lionel Messi and Julian Alvarez, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez and coach Lionel Scaloni receiving nominations in their categories.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan is considering his future in the Big Bash League (BBL) after Australia’s men’s team withdrew from their one-day (ODI) series against Afghanistan, citing the Taliban’s restrictions on the rights of women and girls.

(Reuters) – India’s Kuldeep Yadav and Mohammed Siraj wreaked havoc with the ball as the hosts completed a four-wicket victory over Sri Lanka to triumph in the One-Day International series with a game to spare at Eden Gardens yesterday.

DURBAN, South Africa, CMC – Joburg Super Kings owed their opening win in the SA20 in large part to Romario Shepherd’s 19-ball cameo as they beat Jason Holder’s Durban Super Giants by 16 runs here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Thibaut Courtois saved Jose Gaya’s poorly-struck spot kick to give Real Madrid a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Valencia after the teams had finished level at 1-1 after extra time in their Spanish Super Cup semi-final in Saudi Arabia yesterday.

SOUTHAMPTON, England, (Reuters) – Champions Manchester City crashed out of the League Cup after suffering a shock 2-0 defeat at struggling Southampton in the quarter-finals yesterday.

(Reuters) – Four times Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka said yesterday that she is expecting her first child, days after withdrawing from the Australian Open.

(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma said he withdrew a ‘Mankad’ run-out appeal against Dasun Shanaka in Tuesday’s one-day international as that was not how they envisioned dismissing the Sri Lankan skipper, who scored a century in a game his team could not win.

Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 35 points, and the Miami Heat set an NBA record by making all 40 of their free throws in a 112-111 win over the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night.

Pretoria, South Africa- West Indies Women’s Rising Stars knocked off the 71-run target, set for them by Zimbabwe, in 12.5 overs. 

(Reuters) – Devon Conway and Kane Williamson led New Zealand to a comfortable 79-run win over Pakistan in the second one-day international in Karachi yesterday to level the series at 1-1.

The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) has postponed the start of the first of two practice matches aimed at arriving at the Guyana national team for the upcoming Cricket West Indies’ Regional first class season.