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Grove Hi-Tech, Agricola Red Triangle and Mocha Champs secured wins when the East Bank Demerara zone in the GFF/NAMILCO Thunderbolt Flour Power U-17 League continued on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Juventus announced the signing of Dutch teenager Matthijs de Ligt from Ajax Amsterdam yesterday, having secured one of the most sought-after young players in world soccer for 75 million euros ($84.25 million).

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A group of rueful New Zealand players touched down on home soil yesterday, still coming to terms with the gut-wrenching defeat to England in the World Cup final.

CAIRO (Reuters) – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has rejected comments that the global soccer body has taken a “colonialist” attitude towards African football and its governing organisation CAF (Confederation of African Football).

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenyan marathoner Salome Jerono Biwott has been banned for eight years after being found guilty of committing a second doping violation, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday in another blow to Kenya’s sporting reputation.

TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike yesterday defended the cost of hosting the 2020 Olympic Games, saying the Paralympics in particular would build a legacy by creating better accessibility for Japan’s rapidly aging society.

(Reuters) – Zimbabwe were suspended from the International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday, with the world governing body saying the country’s cricket administration was not free from government interference.

(Reuters) – Sunrisers Hyderabad have hired England’s World Cup-winning coach Trevor Bayliss ahead of the 2020 season, the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise said yesterday.

TOULOUSE, France,  (Reuters) – Australian Caleb Ewan completed his set of grand tour stage victories when the pocket-sized sprinter pipped Dylan Groenewegen to the line to win the 11th stage of the Tour de France, a 167-km flat ride from Albi yesterday.

(CPL) The 2018 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) was a breakout season for Shimron Hetmyer, which he has used as a platform to further his international career and get picked up in other T20 tournaments such as the Indian Premier League (IPL).

A day after recording a string of stellar performances in the singles categories of the ongoing Caribbean Area Squash Association Junior Championship in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana yesterday recorded crushing wins in the teams’ overall category.

The 6th annual  New Era Entertainment/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal tournament was launched yesterday at the latter’s Lombard Street headquarters.

Following a 10-year absence, the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ Georgetown Championships will return to the Berlin tarmac located in the neighborhoods of High and Drydale Streets, Georgetown.

R&D Engineering Inc. yesterday handed over its support for the upcoming Jefford Track and Field Classic X scheduled for August 11 at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) Ground. 

The stage is set for the Kennard’s Memorial Turf Club (KMTC) Grand Post-Emancipation meet which is scheduled to be run off on August 4 at the club’s track at Bush Lot Farm, Corentyne, Berbice.

LONDON, Jul 17, CMC – England’s World Cup hero, Barbadian Jofra Archer, has been awarded a central contract by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

For the next four days, over two dozen cricketers, coaches, administrators and enthusiasts will look to qualify themselves with the Cricket West Indies Level One certificate.

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland, (Reuters) – For Rory McIlroy, Royal Portrush will always be the place where, at the age of 16, he broke the course record in stunning fashion, grabbing the attention of the golfing world.

(BBC) Anthony Joshua’s rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr., looks set to take place in New York in November or Cardiff in December.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – FIFA President Gianni Infantino said yesterday that the unprecedented move to step in and jointly administer African football with the regional body CAF will “significantly improve” the sport on the continent.