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KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies’ three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan has been rescheduled for next March, and will form part of a bilateral agreement which will see the two sides face each other annually for the next five years, the Pakistan Cricket Board has announced.

On a day highlighted by drawn fixtures, Friendship defeated Herstelling 1-0 when the Ralph Green/East Bank Football Association (EBFA) U11 League continued yesterday at the Grove Community ground.

(The Sports Xchange) – The Boston Celtics lost Kyrie Irving but rallied from 18 points down in the second half and captured their 11th straight victory, roaring past the Charlotte Hornets and hanging on for a 90-87 victory on Friday night.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Rampant Leeward Islands Hurricanes produced an incisive all-round performance to stun leaders Guyana Jaguars and leave them tottering on the second day of their Regional four-day contest at Warner Park here yesterday.

(BBC) US goalkeeper Hope Solo has accused former Fifa president Sepp Blatter of sexual harassment.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 stars, Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Carlos Brathwaite are among 500 players who will be up for selection at the Pakistan Premier League draft set for Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Rain allowed just 14 overs on the opening day of the third round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship between Jamaica Scorpions and Barbados Pride here Thursday night.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Steady, if not menacing bowling from Trinidad & Tobago Red Force, led by veteran leg-spinner Imran Khan, put the skids on the Windward Islands Volcanoes’ batting and tightened the grip on their Regional 4-Day Championship match here yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Hardik Pandya has been withdrawn from India’s squad for the first two tests against Sri Lanka to manage the all-rounder’s heavy workload, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia fast bowler Josh Hazlewood says he is fit and ready for the Ashes series against England after taking six wickets and coming through a Sheffield Shield match unscathed.

If you are an enthusiast of health and a fan of fitness, then the place to be this weekend is the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

West Ruimveldt lock horns with Marian Academy today from 15:00hrs, in the grande finale of the Courts Pee Wee Primary Schools Football Championships at the Thirst Park ground.

MILAN, (Reuters) – The huge hoardings around the O2 Arena promoting the season-ending ATP Finals will get some quizzical looks this year with several familiar faces conspicuous by their absence.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile could miss the Ashes series against England after breaking down with another back injury.

(The Sports Xchange) – James Harden produced a triple-double as the Houston Rockets held on for a 117-113 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.

  Men crush Panama 9 – 0, Ladies defeat Bermuda 3 – 0Guyana’s Men’s and Women’s teams moved one step closer in qualifying for the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, when they secured wins against Panama and Bermuda, respectively, yesterday.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA revived the Telstar, the first made-for-television football used at the 1970 World Cup, as it unveiled on Thursday the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

BERLIN, (Reuters) – Germany coach Joachim Loew has said he will experiment with his team when they take on England in a friendly today, as the world champions prepare for their title defence next year.

BELFAST, (Reuters) – Switzerland made the most of a controversial penalty converted by Ricardo Rodriguez to secure a 1-0 win away to Northern Ireland in a pulsating and bruising first leg of their World Cup qualifying playoff on Thursday.

AGREB, (Reuters) – Croatia edged closer to next year’s World Cup with an emphatic 4-1 home win over Greece on Thursday in the first leg of their two-legged playoff.