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NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Rovman Powell hit a superb, composed unbeaten hundred as Jamaica Scorpions produced a record chase to stun Guyana Harpy Eagles by three wickets here late Friday and book their spot in the final of the Super50 Cup.

(Reuters) – Spain coach Luis Enrique has said that if his team cannot triumph at the World Cup in Qatar he would like to see Lionel Messi or Luis Suarez crowned with Argentina and Uruguay respectively.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Devon Thomas made a case for his long-awaited Test debut with a cracking unbeaten half-century for West Indies on day two of their three-day tour game against the Combined NSW/ACT XI here yesterday.

Royce O’Neale capped his first career triple-double by converting the tiebreaking tip-in with 0.7 second remaining as the visiting Brooklyn Nets earned a 109-107 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.

(Reuters) – The moment of truth for Qatar’s ability to organise the World Cup after years of failed overtures and criticism over labour rights and strict laws has come.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Steve Smith has issued a warning to the West Indies and South Africa, saying he feels in the best form with the bat in six years.

(Reuters) – A law designed to makes horse racing safer by creating and enforcing national rules governing the use of drugs and the treatment of animals is “facially unconstitutional,” a federal appeals court in Louisiana ruled yesterday.

 (Reuters) – India’s Twenty20 series opener against New Zealand was washed out yesterday without a ball being bowled, following steady rain in Wellington.

(Reuters) – The Indian cricket board (BCCI) responded to the national team’s defeat in the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia last week by sacking their senior selection committee yesterday.

The Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) are both thrilled about the highly anticipated return of ‘Nationals’ following a two-year absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

(CMC) – Jamaica Scorpions defeated Guyana Harpy Eagles by three wickets in the second day/night semi-final of the Super50 Cup at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground last night.

Mahaica/Mahaicony and Buxton/Beterverwagting recorded easy wins when the Region Four zone in the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Football Championship continued yesterday at the Buxton Community Centre ground, East Coast Demerara.

Parika crushed Belle West by a 3-0 score-line when the Region #3 zone in the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ football tournament commenced on Wednesday evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara.

(CMC) – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite tasted form on the tour of Australia, one of three players with half-centuries on day one of West Indies’ opening tour match against the Combined NSW/ACT XI yesterday.

With the Courts Pee Wee U11 Football Championship scheduled to conclude tomorrow, a pre-match press conference was staged yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground with the competing captains of St Pius and Enterprise Primary, both of whom expressed confidence in securing the title.

(Reuters) – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner can be extradited from his homeland of Trinidad to the United States to face corruption charges, a London court said yesterday.

(Reuters) – India will play fearless cricket in te limited-overs series in New Zealand while remaining tactically flexible, coach VVS Laxman said yesterday.

(Reuters) – South Africa’s director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has been handed a two-game ban from all match-day activities by World Rugby after tweets he posted that were perceived to be critical of referees.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka was granted bail in Sydney yesterday, reversing an earlier decision in the case of the alleged sexual assault of a woman while on tour in Australia for the T20 World Cup The now-suspended batsman appeared in Sydney’s Downing Centre court via video link from Parklea Correctional Centre, reported the Sydney Morning Herald, where he had been in custody since being refused bail on Nov.

(Reuters) – Senegal forward Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup in Qatar in a crushing blow to his team’s chances after officials confirmed yesterday he would need surgery on a leg injury sustained in the run-up to the tournament.