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Brandon Ingram returned from a four-game absence caused by a concussion to score a game-high 26 points as the host New Orleans Pelicans held off the short-handed Golden State Warriors 114-105 on Friday night.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – South Africa and India will look to seal places in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with regulation wins over cricketing minnows as the Super 12 phase wraps up with a flurry of matches today.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Rank underdogs West Indies Academy stunned favourites Jamaica Scorpions by 12 runs in a low-scoring contest here yesterday, to blow Zone B of the Super50 Cup wide open.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Reigning champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force quickly bounced back from defeat with a dominant seven-wicket victory over Windward Islands Volcanoes.

(Reuters) – Flightline produced one of horse racing’s all-time great performances to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic in Lexington, Kentucky yesterday, living up to sky-high expectations and lofty comparisons to icon Secretariat.

(Reuters) – People calling for a boycott of the World Cup in Qatar are from a handful of countries that do not represent the rest of the world which is looking forward to the tournament, Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has said.

Following their unbeaten run in the qualifiers to seal a berth to the main draw of the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup Championship men’s division, team Guyana was bundled out of the event yesterday, following consecutive losses to Canada and Mexico in Pool C at the AT&T East Plaza in Miami, Florida.

(Reuters) – Flightline lived up to the hype with another jaw-dropping performance to win the showpiece $6-million Breeders’ Cup Classic in Lexington, Kentucky, today, cementing his status as one of horse racing’s all-time greats.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – England qualified for the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals with a nervy victory by four wickets over Sri Lanka in their final Super 12 match today, sending hosts and defending champions Australia out of the tournament in the process.

The curtain came down on the Inter Services Annual Athletics Championship (ISAAC) yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre and once again the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) marched away with the coveted champions’ trophy. 

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Allrounder Ashmini Munisar will lead the West Indies Women’s U19 squad for the upcoming tour of India that will give selectors an idea of who they should be looking at for the World Cup, the Cricket West Indies Selection Panel said on Friday.

After two nights of elimination matches, four teams will, this evening, contest for the coveted Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ East Coast Demerara Championship tonight at the Haslington Market Tarmac.

Guyana was eliminated from the women’s division of the FIBA 3×3 AmeriCup Championship after losing convincingly to defending champions USA and Colombia at the AT&T East Plaza in Miami, Florida.

With several berths to the knockout round still up for grabs the final round of group-stage matches in the MVP Sports Futsal Championship will commence this evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

The grand final in the ExxonMobil Futsal Championship will be staged this evening at the Retrieve Hard-court when Unknown lock horns with Achievers for the coveted title at 20:00hrs.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A peaking England find themselves in a three-way tussle for a place in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup but skipper Jos Buttler will have the advantage of knowing exactly what they need to do in their final group match against Sri Lanka.

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant took to Twitter in an attempt to clarify his remarks earlier yesterday when asked about the fallout surrounding Kyrie Irving’s social media posts that centered on an antisemitic book and movie.

(Reuters) – Mohammad Nabi stepped down as Afghanistan captain yesterday after the Asian country were eliminated from the Twenty20 World Cup without winning a single match.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Outgoing president of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) Brian Lewis is anticipating a keen and fair election when members of the organisation vote for his successor today.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies discard Andre Russell is set to feature in the Big Big Bash League when he turns out in four games for Melbourne Renegades next month as a replacement for England’s Liam Livingstone.