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LONDON, CMC – West Indies Test captain, Kraigg Brathwaite, failed as Gloucestershire struggled, leaving them with a huge task of saving their County Championship game against Leicestershire.

Following the resumption of training for the locally based Golden Jaguars contingent for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers, the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has marginally increased the travelling allowance of the players to aid in their attendance at the sessions.

(CMC) – Andre Russell clobbered a late order cameo but his fireworks went in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders returned to their losing ways with a seven-wicket defeat to Shimron Hetmyer’s Delhi Capitals here yesterday.

(Reuters) – The Champions League final will definitely take place in Istanbul on May 29 despite Turkey going into a COVID-19 lockdown, UEFA said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Juventus have been reigning Serie A champions for the last nine seasons and AC Milan were top of the table at the halfway stage of the current campaign, but both teams go into this weekend battling to secure a top-four finish this term.

(Reuters) – A sports’ social media boycott against online abuse gathered strength yesterday with seven-times Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton joining sporting bodies in showing solidarity with England’s soccer leagues.

(Reuters) – There should be consequences for the six English teams who sought to join the breakaway European Super League, former Premier League executive chairman Richard Scudamore said.

(Reuters) – Bruno Fernandes and Edinson Cavani scored twice each as Manchester United took a giant step towards the Europa League final with a 6-2 drubbing of AS Roma in their semi-final first leg at Old Trafford yesterday.

(Reuters) – Royal Challengers Bangalore duo Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson arrived home in Australia yesterday, cutting short their Indian Premier League (IPL) stints amid growing concerns over India’s COVID-19 crisis.

(Reuters) – Seamers Shaheen Afridi and Hasan Ali took four wickets each as Pakistan seized control of the first test against Zimbabwe on the opening day at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

(CMC) – Teenaged fast bowlers Zaida James and Jannillea Glasgow are among eight uncapped players named in a 30-member training squad for a month-long high performance camp set to get underway here Sunday.

(CMC) – Alzarri Joseph and his veteran West Indies pace partner, Kemar Roach, were among the wickets but their respective clubs experienced contrasting fortunes on the opening day of the latest series of County Championship matches yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak, who was given an eight-year ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for corruption, yesterday, apologised and took “full responsibility” for his actions, but said he was never involved in any attempts to fix matches.

(Reuters) – When Liverpool were romping to the title last season Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling promised there would be a “massive reaction” from Pep Guardiola’s chastened side and his ominous prediction has proved to be spot on.

(ESPN Cricinfo) – Centuries from Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne gave Sri Lanka full control of the first day of the second Test in Pallekele yesterday, as the home side ended at 291 for 1 at stumps.

(Reuters) – India batting great Sachin Tendulkar has donated 10 million rupees (approximately $135,000) to a fundraising campaign that is helping hospitals treating COVID-19 patients procure oxygen concentrators.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Manchester City took a big step towards their first Champions League final as goals by Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez earned them a 2-1 comeback win at Paris St Germain in the semi-final first leg yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Former Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board chief executive, Suruj Ragoonath, has questioned the real economic benefits of hosting the Caribbean Premier League, and believes the decision by St Kitts to stage this year’s tournament was a “risky investment” especially with the future of international travel still clouded by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The South American Senior Championships and the CARIFTA Games both hang in the balance due to a surge in cases of COVID-19 in the respective host territories, Argentina and Bermuda.

The Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) executive committee will conduct a thorough tournament review and evaluation of the senior men’s team’s winless campaign in the recent FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Pre-Qualifiers in El Salvador.