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(Reuters) – A 36-year-old runner who took part in the London Marathon on Sunday has died after he collapsed during the race, organisers said yesterday.

(Reuters) – India’s pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah has been ruled out of the Twenty20 World Cup due to a back injury, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) announced yesterday.

(Reuters) – Iga Swiatek will not play for Poland in next month’s Billie Jean King Cup finals in Glasgow, the world number one said yesterday as she took issue with the sport’s governing bodies and their handling of the tournament calendar.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s cricket board has apologised to survivors of child sexual abuse who were involved in the sport and called on its members to join a national redress scheme.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Forced to carve out a career outside the professional ranks, T20 specialist Tim David gave little thought to playing for Australia until just before his surprise selection in the World Cup squad.

GOLD COAST, Australia, CMC – Surprise T20 World Cup pick Yannic Cariah says he is focussed on adapting to the new conditions on his first international tour with the West Indies.

(Reuters) – Manchester United midfielder Christian Eriksen said Sunday’s 6-3 thrashing by Manchester City was “far from acceptable” and that they had allowed Pep Guardiola’s side to play to their strengths instead of imposing their own game.

(Reuters) – Liverpool are conceding too many similar goals in their matches this season and the players may need to get “back to basics” to tighten the defence to return to winning ways, manager Juergen Klopp said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Real Madrid President Florentino Perez said European football is “sick” and that changes are needed to stop younger fans drifting away from the sport, again touting the prospect of a Super League made up of the continent’s elite clubs.

(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.