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By Rory Carroll NEW YORK, Sept 12 (Reuters) – When Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer eventually loosen their stranglehold on the Grand Slams, pundits may view Carlos Alcaraz’s U.S.

DOHA, (Reuters) – “Stop! Can’t you see the metro station is full?

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India welcomed back Jasprit Bumrah in their Twenty20 World Cup squad yesterday, also recalling a fit-again Harshal Patel to bolster their pace bowling department.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A despondent New Zealand face a period of introspection on home soil after a stinging white-ball series loss against Australia rocked the Black Caps’ confidence ahead of the T20 World Cup.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots looked anything but defending champions as brittle batting sent them to a heavy 61-run defeat to St Lucia Kings here Sunday night.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – South Africa coach Mark Boucher will leave his post after the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia later this year to pursue “other opportunities in line with his future career and personal objectives”, officials said yesterday.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Natasha McLean and right-arm off-break bowler Sheneta Grimmond have returned to the West Indies Women’s team as part of the 17-member provisional squad announced by Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday for the upcoming three-match ODI series against New Zealand, on the back of impressive performances in two recent tournaments.

(Sydney, Australia)- Guyana has a new boxing world champion.  Georgetown’s Stephan Da Silva defeated Fiji’s William Mel at the Gairy St Clair Superhero Pro Fight Night in Sydney, Australia  to become the new WBL Junior Lightweight World Title holder.

Guyana’s Ezekiel Newton took his talents to São Paulo, Brazil, and ran off with a silver medal in the boys 200m event at the South American U-18 Championships. 

Camptown crushed Black Pearl 5-0, when the Georgetown leg of the National Milling Company (NAMILCO) U17 Football League continued yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

GT Panthers and Camptown recorded contrasting victories, when the Georgetown Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League continued yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Guyana’s four-member outfit which competed at the FESUPO Powerlifting and Bench Press Championship which concluded yesterday in Brazil will return home with precious metal.

(Reuters) – Australia beat New Zealand by 25 runs in the third one-day international yesterday to complete a 3-0 series sweep and give captain Aaron Finch a winning farewell in his final 50-overs appearance.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka were crowned Asia Cup champions for the sixth time after Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s batting pyrotechnics and Wanindu Hasaranga’s all-round brilliance secured their 23-run victory against Pakistan in the final yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Unbeaten Barbados Royals won their fifth on the trot to send their clearest signal yet of their Caribbean Premier League title challenge, when they defeated Jamaica Tallawahs by eight wickets here yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Spanish teenager Carlos Alcaraz claimed his first Grand Slam title and took the world number one ranking with a 6-4 2-6 7-6(1) 6-3 win over Norway’s Casper Ruud in the U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Openers Alex Lees and Zak Crawley steered England to the brink of victory over South Africa in the decisive third test at The Oval as the home side reached 97 without loss chasing a modest 130 before bad light intervened on the fourth day yesterday.

History was created last evening as Charlestown Secondary became the first school to secure the boy and girl’s ExxonMobil football championships at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.