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MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Left-arm seamer Raymon Reifer grabbed the attention of tour selectors with a brilliant five-wicket haul while speedster Alzarri Joseph continued to impress, on the second day of the West Indies three-day warm-up match here yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Veteran superstar Chris Gayle will play no part in this year’s Caribbean Premier League after abruptly withdrawing from the marquee regional Twenty20 tournament.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – St. Lucia Zouks captain Darren Sammy says Chris Gayle has left some big shoes for the franchise to fill, with his sudden decision not to play in the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL), and it will be a task to find his replacement.

(Reuters) – England’s 30-man training group for the upcoming three-test series against West Indies returned no positive tests for COVID-19, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Days after a handful of the world’s leading tennis players hugged and high-fived on court in front of packed stands and partied together in carefree fashion some – including world number one Novak Djokovic – were struck down by the COVID-19 virus.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The task of building on the huge success of last year’s Women’s World Cup will fall to a region that has never staged it before when Colombia and a joint bid from Australia and New Zealand vie for the 2032 hosting rights in today’s FIFA vote.

(Reuters) – Another episode of the Adama Traore-Raul Jimenez show delivered Wolverhampton Wanderers a precious 1-0 win over struggling Bournemouth in the Premier League yesterday.

a(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said yesterday it cannot be governed only by the world’s richest countries, returning fire after the United States threatened to pull funding from the agency unless it undertook major reforms.

(Reuters) – Liverpool were back at their lethal best to beat Crystal Palace 4-0 at Anfield yesterday, moving within two points of securing the Premier League title.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former England women’s captain Clare Connor will become the first female president of the 233-year-old Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), it was announced at an historic AGM yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has tested negative for COVID-19 a day after the country’s cricket board said he was among seven more players who contracted the disease ahead of their England tour, the player said yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England, CMC – Marquee batsmen Kraigg Brathwaite and Shai Hope struck half-centuries while fast bowler Alzarri Joseph impressed with a four-wicket haul on yesterday’s opening day of the first three-day warm-up match ahead of the opening Test against England.

The West Indies coaching ranks seem to be banking heavily on unleashing a barrage of pace against England for the upcoming three-match Test series against England starting July 8. 

With the Covid-19 pandemic continuing to thwart the staging of international football, the FIFA Council is set to meet tomorrow via video conference to discuss several pertinent matters, with Agenda Item No.5 being the subject of the Men’s International Calendar.

When Guyanese Cherry-Ann Fraser returned to Guyana from the 2020 ICC women’s T20 World Cup in Australia earlier this year, she told Stabroek Sports that the experience was an invaluable one.

A devastating debut spell of six for 55 against the Leeward Islands Volcanoes at the Providence National Stadium at the start of the West Indies Championships catapulted Nial Smith to being one of the top names among fast bowlers in Guyana.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies  (CWI) is taking full advantage of the unique opportunity to utilize the Sandals Tour of England 2020 as a high performance environment for the playing and reserve squad as well as preparation to retain the coveted Wisden Trophy #raisethebat Test Series.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Seven more Pakistan players have tested positive for COVID-19 after being screened ahead of their tour of England, taking the total to 10, the country’s cricket board (PCB) said yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Tim Paine has been disappointed to see support staff lose their jobs as part of cost-cutting measures during the coronavirus crisis but says there is opportunity in the challenges brought on by the pandemic.

(Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, days after he hosted a number of players in the Adria Tour exhibition tournament in the Balkan region.