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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies has increased the number of all-format contracts awarded to West Indies men’s players and expanded the list of centrally-contracted West Indies women’s players for the 2019-20 season.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s Gabriel Jesus made one goal, scored another and was sent off in the second half as they beat Peru 3-1 yesterday to win the Copa America for the ninth time in a pulsating contest at the Maracana stadium.

LYON, France,  (Reuters) – The United States won a record-extending fourth women’s World Cup with a 2-0 victory over the Netherlands yesterday as second-half goals from Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle confirmed their status as the leading power in the women’s game.

Nine-year-old Jasmine Billingy continued her eye-catching rise after she won another local table tennis title.

By Royston Alkins  Junior sensation Jonathan Van Lange of the Titans Table Tennis Club, mopped up his third junior national title for 2019 after he won the boys under – 13 title in the 2019 Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) National Mini and Pre-Cadet Championships at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH).

By Romario Samaroo Ahead of the 2019 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), assistant coach of the Jamaica Tallawahs, Ramnaresh Sarwan reckons his side is a championship team.

Guyana’s national men’s rugby outfit missed out on clinching a berth at the 2020 Olympic Games, ending with just a single win during their Rugby Americas North (RAN) 7s Championship campaign staged this weekend in the Cayman Islands.

COUVA, Trinidad, MC – Led by Jaden Carmichael’s spectacular six-wicket haul and Anderson Armudan’s half-century, the Leeward Islands produced a dominant display to post a comfortable eight-wicket win over Jamaica in the opening round of the West Indies Rising Stars Under-17 Championship here Saturday.

(Reuters) – The ‘Big Three’ of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic head into the second week of Wimbledon carrying the flag for the men’s game after a number of young upstarts failed to live up to their potential on the grandest stage.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Following a solid ICC World Cup performance, West Indies middle-order batsman Nicholas Pooran has jumped over 300 places and is now among the top 100 One Day International (ODI) batsmen in the world, according to the latest MRF Tyres ICC Men’s ODI Player Rankings.

Herstelling Raiders and Mocha Champs battled to a 2-2 stalemate, when the East Bank Demerara leg of the GFF/Namilco u17 Football League continued yesterday at the National Training Center, Providence.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Manager of Cricket West Indies’ (CWI) High Performance Programme, Graeme West has described the several age group competitions held at the regional level as “crucial” for the development of players.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – India may have been denied first-hand experience of the threat posed by New Zealand when their World Cup group game was washed out but Virat Kohli’s men say there will be no mystery for them when the teams face off in their semi-final tomorrow at Old Trafford.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – ESPN commentator and former Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop is among several former players who are calling for president of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) David John-Williams to resign.

Santos was crowned the inaugural KFC National U20 football champions defeating Dynamic 3-1 in the final yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence.

The darling of Ghana sprinting, Joseph Amoah brought the house down at the Aliann Pompey Invitational with a blistering win in the marquee men’s 100m in fine style yesterday.

The Guyana Squash Association (GSA) on Thursday last named their squad to participate in the 2019 Junior Caribbean squash tournament to be contested in Trinidad and Tobago from July 13.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil have lifted the trophy every time they have hosted the Copa America and will look to maintain this perfect record with a first major tournament triumph since 2007 when they take on Peru in today’s final.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, (Reuters) – Nigeria ousted holders and bitter rivals Cameroon from the Africa Cup of Nations, scoring twice in three minutes to come from behind and win a thrilling last-16 match 3-2 yesterday.

LEEDS, England, (Reuters) – Rohit Sharma became the first player to score five centuries in a single World Cup tournament and his opening partner KL Rahul also struck a fluent century as India crushed Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their final group match at Headingley yesterday.