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DOHA,  (Reuters) – Croatia beat injury-hit Morocco 2-1 in the World Cup third-place playoff yesterday to leave Qatar on a high after again surpassing expectations following their run to the final in 2018.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Despite the high profile performances of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe in Qatar, Argentina and France can create danger all over the pitch, so stopping the superstars is only one battle in today’s World Cup final war.

DOHA, (Reuters) – If today’s World Cup final becomes the third to go to penalties then coaches Didier Deschamps of France and Argentina’s Lionel Scaloni should avoid the temptation to throw on a “penalty specialist” at the end of extra time – because it never works.

(Reuters) – Left-arm spinner Axar Patel picked up three wickets yesterday as India edged closer to a comfortable win in the opening test against Bangladesh, reducing the hosts to 272-6 in their second innings at the end of day four in Chittagong.

(Reuters) – Italian jockey Frankie Dettori, who has ridden more than 3,300 British winners and has 21 British Classic triumphs, said 2023 will be his final year in the saddle as he plans to retire after one last race at the Breeders’ Cup.

(Reuters) – Travis Head struck a belligerent half-century to give Australia the upper hand on day one of the series-opening test against South Africa after the home side’s bowlers dominated on a green Gabba wicket yesterday.

(Reuters) – A World Cup that has defied all expectations reaches its climax today when Lionel Messi could join Diego Maradona in Argentine immortality by taking the south Americans to the title or France could become the first nation to retain it since 1962.

(Field Level Media) It’s been almost a decade since the New York Knicks won consecutive playoff games.

KARACHI, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – England dismissed Pakistan for 304 on the first day of the third and final test of the series at Karachi’s National Stadium yesterday, with home side skipper Babar Azam and Agha Salman putting on defiant half-centuries.

(Field Level Media) The scorching Brooklyn Nets can complete the sweep of a four-game road trip with a victory over the Detroit Pistons today.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Jamaican pacer Oshane Thomas and Grenadian wicketkeeper-batsman Andre Fletcher anchored Kandy Falcons to a convincing nine-wicket win against Colombo Stars in the Lanka Premier League yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – The Adelaide Strikers produced an astonishing bowling performance to dismiss Sydney Thunder for 15 in Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL), a record low total in a professional T20 match.

The inclement weather had the final say last evening, as the feature contest between Region #3 and Region #2 in the One Guyana President’s Cup Football Championship was abandoned due to the torrential downpour which inundated the playing area of the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Keevin Allicock recorded a first round technical knockout (TKO) of Guyana Defence Force (GDF)’s Clinton Clarke in their featherweight encounter, when the Terrence Ali National Open Boxing Championship commenced last evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, following a two year absence.

Following a two year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Run Barbados Marathon recommenced on December 11 to 12 at the Barclays Park on the picturesque east coast of the island and attracted hundreds of runners of local and foreign persuasion.

The 3rd edition of the KFC Goodwill Schools Football Series which commenced on Thursday at the National Training Centre, Providence, will resume today at the same venue with another doubleheader.

(CMC) – Barbadian Zane Maloney, who notched up three successive feature race wins to take Formula 3 by storm this year, has been named Rookie of the Year.

(Reuters) – The ghosts of Newlands still haunt Australia as the hosts prepare for their first test series against South Africa nearly five years after the ball-tampering scandal rocked the cricket world.

(Reuters) – Shubman Gill and Cheteshwar Pujara smashed hundreds against a listless Bangladesh attack to put India on course for a comprehensive victory in the opening test in Chittagong yesterday.

The opening action at the 3rd edition of the KFC Goodwill Schools Football Series which commenced yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence, saw DC Caesar Fox crush Golden Grove 6-0, while defending champion Annai going up against Christianburg/Wismar, played to a 2-2 stalemate.