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(Reuters) – Ukraine is set to join Spain and Portugal in their bid to host the 2030 soccer World Cup, The Times reported yesterday.

Traditional giant Topp XX mauled Blueberry Hill 7-0  when the Upper Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden.

The Caribbean Premier league was born in 2013 and in its inaugural year, the Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the Guyana Amazon Warriors to win the final.

Albion Cricket Club and Port Mourant Cricket Club will clash in the final of the Berbice Cricket Board/Kevin Sinclair Under-17 finals following yesterday’s semi-finals.

West Indies women’s captain, Hayley Matthews is calling for the batters to get more runs on the board if they are to salvage a series win over New Zealand Women.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Hayley Matthews’s all-round enterprise went to waste as West Indies Women slid to a five-wicket defeat to New Zealand Women to fall behind in the five-match series.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Sergio Perez’s Singapore Grand Prix victory was ‘world class’ and his best drive yet in Formula One, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said yesterday.

Amelia’s Ward Panthers, and newcomer Golden Star played to a 1-1 stalemate when the Upper Demerara Football Association leg of the Namilco Championship resumed at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground, Linden yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Kenyan Amos Kipruto won his first London Marathon title yesterday and Ethiopia’s Yalemzerf Yehualaw stormed to victory in the women’s race ahead of last year’s winner Joyciline Jepkosgei.

JODHPUR, India, CMC – Former West Indies off-spinner Ashley Nurse lashed a thrilling unbeaten half-century as India Capitals staged a daring run chase to beat Bhilwara Kings by four wickets in the Legends League here yesterday.

(Reuters) – India beat South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring Twenty20 international in Guwahati yesterday to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series as David Miller and Quinton de Kock’s unbeaten 174-run stand was in vain.

The X11 edition of the South American Games kicked off yesterday in Paraguay and part of Guyana’s delegation was among the welcoming ceremony.

Star cyclist Jamual John and ace runner Cleveland Thomas earned the winner’s spoils when Kaieteur Attack Racing and Team United hosted the ‘Fireworks’ Golden Mile and criterium event yesterday.

Milerock edged Capital FC 2-1 when the Upper Demerara Football Association leg of the NAMILCO U17 Championship commenced yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

North Ruimveldt handed Christianburg/Wismar their first loss in the third Guyoil/Tradewind Tankers Secondary Schools Football League, prevailing 1-0 yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – West Indies Women were involved in yet another tight finish but this time came out on the losing end in a six-wicket defeat to New Zealand Women which levelled the five-match series here yesterday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe came off the bench to give Paris St Germain a 2-1 home win against Nice as the French champions reclaimed top spot in Ligue 1 yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Arsenal meted out their usual punishment to north London rivals Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium with goals by Thomas Partey, Gabriel Jesus and Granit Xhaka sealing a 3-1 win to keep them top of the Premier League yesterday.

(Reuters) – Defending champions USA beat China 83-61 to win a record-extending 11th Women’s World Cup title in Sydney yesterday, while Australia’s Lauren Jackson brought the curtain down on her glittering career with a bronze medal.

Netrockers and Amelia’s Ward Panthers battled to a 1-1 stalemate when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.