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Sri Lanka U19 female team defeated their West Indian counterparts by six wickets yesterday in the third match of their quadrangular T20 series in India.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul believes some regional players are more interested in making money from the sport wherever they can than on representing the Caribbean.

Bam Adebayo scored 14 of his season-high 30 points in the fourth quarter, helping the host Miami Heat rally to a 113-112 win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.

TURIN, Italy, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal was eliminated from the ATP Finals as Casper Ruud beat American Taylor Fritz in their round-robin match in Turin yesterday, which also guaranteed that teenager Carlos Alcaraz would end the year as world number one.

(The Cricketer) West Indies great Carl Hooper has joined Adelaide Strikers as an assistant coach for the upcoming Big Bash.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana and Trinidad will next month take part in a bilateral Regional Under-13 Tournament that Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) president Bissoondyal Singh said is another significant step in youth cricket development.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar kicks off on Sunday when the host nation plays Ecuador in Group A.

(NSW) A selection of NSW and ACT’s rising talents have been called up to face a touring West Indies test side in a 3-day fixture at Canberra’s EPC Solar Park, commencing tomorrow.

Powered by Torginol, Kristian Jeffrey painted the picture perfect ending, coming from behind to win the Radicals Caribbean Cup series on Sunday in the highlight of the Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club’s (GMR&SC) International Race of Champions meet at the South Dakota Circuit.

Fitness Express, Guyana’s leading supplement and gym equipment supplier is the latest corporate sponsor to sign on to the third and final leg of the South American 10k event scheduled for Sunday.

It was an evening of contrasting victories, as Paradise and Rosignol advanced to the second round in the Region #5 leg of the One Guyana President’s Cup, which kicked off Sunday evening at the Rosignol Community Centre ground, West Coast Berbice.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – West Indies cricketer Kieron Pollard has called time on his Indian Premier League (IPL) career after playing for Mumbai Indians (MI) for 13 seasons but will continue with the league’s most successful team in the role of batting coach.

Western Tigers was crowned the Georgetown Football Association ‘Super-8’ Champions after defeating Georgetown Football Club (GFC) 2-1 on Sunday evening.

The Demerara Cricket Board (DCB) has identified four teams with a fifth to follow for its U15 Inter Association tournament which is scheduled to commence next month at venues to be identified.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Shai Hope constructed a high class half-century to power Barbados Pride to a five-wicket victory over Leeward Islands Hurricanes and into the semi-finals of the Super50 Cup here late Sunday night.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and cricket great Imran Khan led tributes to Pakistan’s valiant fight in Sunday’s Twenty20 World Cup final against England saying the country was proud of the team led by Babar Azam.

Joel Embiid had a massive performance, scoring a career-high 59 points and flirting with a quadruple-double, to lead the host Philadelphia 76ers to a 105-98 win over the Utah Jazz on Sunday night.

(Reuters) – Ecuador have left defender Byron Castillo out of their 26-man squad for the World Cup despite the player being deemed an Ecuadorean national by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

(Reuters) – South Africa have selected fast bowler Gerald Coetzee for the first time and handed a recall to batsman Theunis de Bruyn for their crucial three-test tour of Australia that starts next month.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Ben Stokes held his nerve with an unbeaten half-century as England claimed their second Twenty20 World Cup title with a five-wicket win over Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground yesterday.