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LONDON, (Reuters) – The second Ashes test was drawn as Australia, chasing 267 to beat England, ended on 154 for six after an absorbing final day at Lord’s yesterday.

(Reuters) – Justin Thomas faltered in the final round at the BMW Championship yesterday but held on for an ultimately comfortable three-stroke victory at Medinah in suburban Chicago.

(Reuters) – Russian Daniil Medvedev survived cramps and tantrum where he cracked a racquet to clinch his first Masters 1000 title yesterday with a 7-6(3) 6-4 win over David Goffin in the final of the Cincinnati Masters.

The fourth edition of the Winfield Brathwaite Caribbean School Boys and Juniors Tournament got off to a scorcher Friday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall. 

Cricket cult hero and gentle giant, Rakheem Cornwall is crediting his maiden international call-up to the West Indies squad to his exposure to more A-Team cricket and his ongoing fitness programme with Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Junior National Lawn Tennis Champion Heimraj Resaul has reaped the reward of balancing sports and academic by being granted a scholarship from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, United States.

Guyana are guaranteed at least bronze in the men’s doubles, mixed doubles, women’s singles and women’s doubles after they secured semi final spots in the 2019 CAREBACO junior badminton Championship on Friday at the Sir Garfield Sobers Gymnasium, St.

The crème de la crème of Guyana’s cyclists will take to the Essequibo Coast for the third annual Urban Benjamin Memorial with riders battling in a grueling 72-mile road race today.

If you are a fan of the ‘Sport of Kings’, then the place to be today is the Rising Sun Turf Club to witness the 13th edition of the Guyana Cup, the nation’s biggest horse race meet.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England battled to 96 for four in their second innings by the end of a dramatic fourth day at Lord’s to lead Australia by 104 runs and leave the second Ashes test on a knife-edge yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Cheteshwar Pujara tuned up for next week’s first Test with a compact hundred on the opening day of India’s three-day tour match against West Indies A here yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Ravi Shastri will continue as head coach of the Indian senior men’s cricket team up to 2021 after pipping New Zealand’s Mike Hesson and Australia’s Tom Moody, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said on Friday.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh appointed South Africa Russell Domingo as their head coach yesterday succeeding Steve Rhodes who exited after the team finished eighth in the World Cup last month.

MANCHESTER,  (Reuters) – Manchester City were held to a controversial 2-2 draw at home to Tottenham Hotspur yesterday, allowing Premier League title rivals Liverpool, who won 2-1 at Southampton, to gain an early two-point advantage.

(Reuters) – A resilient Daniil Medvedev stunned world number one and holder Novak Djokovic in the Cincinnati Masters semi-finals yesterday.

Milerock and Botofago secured contrasting victories when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) leg of the NAMILCO U17 championship commenced yesterday at the Wisburg Secondary School ground.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka got off to a strong start in their chase for a 268-run victory target after skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne frustrated New Zealand with a 133-run opening stand on the penultimate day of the opening test yesterday.

Organizers of the highly anticipated Guyana Cup billed for tomorrow at the Rising Sun Turf Club are expecting a record-breaking event.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies captain Jason Holder is determined to get a positive result from the upcoming two-Test series against India, especially in the wake of the Caribbean side’s winless run on tour.

A junior national table tennis contingent is set to depart Guyana Monday for the Dominican Republic to contest the 2019 Caribbean Mini and Pre-cadet championships from August 19-27.