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St. Cuthbert’s Mission defeated Laluni 4-2 on penalty kicks, after regulation ended 1-1 in the Region #4 Heritage Games Playoff yesterday at the St Cuthbert’s Mission ground.

VALENCIA, Spain,  (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League debut forJuventus lasted only 29 minutes as he was red-carded but the Italians began their Group H campaign impressively with a 2-0 victory at Valencia yesterday.

BERN,  (Reuters) – Captain Paul Pogba produced an outstanding performance garnished by two goals to help Manchester United to a resounding 3-0 win at Swiss debutants Young Boys Bern in their Champions League Group H opener yesterday.

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany, (Reuters) – Tommie Smith, the former U.S. sprinter who won Olympic gold 50 years ago, is glad his decision to raise a black-gloved fist on the podium has inspired others even if it cost him his running career, as he sees a groundswell of support for equality.

LONDON, CMC – Sussex’s Barbadian fast-bowling star Jofra Archer moved his tally for the season to 42 scalps, after his four-wicket haul triggered a late Warwickshire collapse yesterday.

A week before the start of training camp, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler reportedly has requested a trade.

(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency will vote today on whether to lift its ban on Russia, in the face of outrage and revolt from athletes and the anti-doping establishment after its advisory committee recommended Moscow be let back in.

ZAGREB, (Reuters) – The Croatian state attorney has charged Croatia international and  Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren with giving false testimony in a trial against officials of his former club, the attorney’s office in the eastern city of Osijek said yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Leeward Islands Hurricanes head coach, Winston Benjamin, has lamented his non-involvement in the selection of the squad for the Professional Cricket League season and has lambasted the process as “dictatorial”.

(Reuters) – England captain Joe Root has given his backing for seamer Stuart Broad to be included in the test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka amid speculation that the new-ball bowler could be dropped.

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada Invitational Inc, the company which spearheaded the organising of the Grenada Invitational, will be looking to appoint a new chairman shortly following the resignation of Michael Bascombe.

The Petra Organization officially launched the 2018 Courts Pee Wee U11 Football Championship yesterday at the National Library.

Beharry Group of Companies Limited has once again partnered with the Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) to sponsor the Guyana Sevens Rugby team, Green Machine on their trip to the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Championships in Barbados this weekend.

With the second round of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) 50-overs Franchise League set to play today, the returning Caribbean Premier League players will be available for their respective franchises even as defending champions, Georgetown and runners up Essequibo gun for another win this season.

Swan defeated St. Cuthbert’s Mission by a 4-2 score line in the Region #4 Heritage Games Playoff on Sunday at the St Cuthbert’s Mission ground.

Despite failing to qualify from the CFU Women’s Challenge Series and the CONCACAF Women’s Qualifiers, the Lady Jaguars Senior Squad has climbed 35 places to achieve a FIFA ranking of 83rd.

The finalists of the Berbice Cricket Board/Elizabeth Styles Under-21 tournament has been decided with Blairmont Cricket Club defeating Albion Cricket Club by 56 runs and Rose Hall Town Gizmos and Gadgets (RHTGG) whipping  Tucber Park Cricket Club by eight wickets recently.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Women’s coach Gus Logie has backed his side to put Sunday’s opening loss to South Africa behind them, and come out swinging in today’s crucial second One-Day International of the three-match series.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Fitness concerns have forced Alzarri Joseph out of the upcoming Test tour of India, with the little known West Indies A seamer Shermon Lewis named as his replacement.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England all-rounder Ben Stokes and batsman Alex Hales will appear before a disciplinary hearing in December after being charged yesterday with bringing the game into disrepute for a fracas outside a Bristol nightclub a year ago.