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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Chances given to triple-century maker Azhar Ali and extras conceded were key factors in West Indies loss to Pakistan in the first Test in Dubai, captain Jason Holder has said.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Gareth Bale scored his first European goal in almost two years as holders Real Madrid moved into a commanding position in Champions League Group F after cruising to a 5-1 victory over Legia Warsaw yesterday.

(Reuters) – Triple Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has been called upon by his Mercedes team to appear at tomorrow’s official press conference for this weekend’s U.S.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC- West Indies spinner Devendra Bishoo has achieved a career-high ranking while middle order batsmen Darren Bravo has returned to the top 20 in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings, released yesterday.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Stylish middle order batsman Darren Bravo says his marathon innings was designed to frustrate Pakistan and set up a victory run for West Indies in the opening Test which ended here on Monday.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Organisers have unveiled an unconventional route for the 2017 Tour de France featuring many early climbs in a bid to limit the opportunities for strong teams to dominate stages and reward aggressive riders looking to shake up the sport’s greatest spectacle.

MIAMI, CMC- Teams from 16 countries are down to battle for supremacy in the CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championships carded for Bahamas early next year.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia’s tempestuous talent Nick Kyrgios has the potential to be a future grand slam champion but could just as easily be lost to the sport if he fails to get the support he needs, according to former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash.

(Reuters) – Former Manchester United players have queued up to pass judgment on their old team under Jose Mourinho, whose negative game plan in a disappointing 0-0 draw at Liverpool on Monday sparked a lively debate over the club’s direction.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A former sports marketing executive who was arrested last year in a U.S.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has denied a Mundo Deportivo report that he tried to sign strikers Lionel Messi and Neymar from former club Barcelona in the close season.

(Reuters) – England will use the two-test series in Bangladesh to solve selection issues and prepare for the potentially tougher series they face over the coming months.

(Reuters) – Former Australia cricket captain Steve Waugh and paceman Jason Gillespie have both expressed an interest in succeeding Rodney Marsh as the country’s chairman of selectors.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mexican tennis player Daniel Garza has been suspended for six months and fined $5,000 after being found guilty of match-fixing, the Tennis Integrity Unit said yesterday.

Oct 18 (Reuters) – The Indian cricket board said it had received interest from Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc for media rights to the popular Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Darren Bravo’s attritional eighth Test hundred carried West Indies close but the Caribbean side lost the plot in the final hour, to collapse to a 56-run defeat to Pakistan, late on a tense final day of the historic day/night Test yesterday.

Following a lengthy selection process, the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) has selected their respective boys and girls’ teams for the upcoming Inter-Guiana Games against Suriname.

All-rounder Johnathan Foo said yesterday that talks with Jamaica Tallawahs players Dale Steyn and Kumar Sangakkara during the 2016 Hero Caribbean Premier League (HCPL) helped him to improve his cricket.

Aesthetic muscleman Caerus Cipriani posed his chiseled physique and earned a silver medal at the ninth Darcy Beckles Bodybuilding Invitational Classic which was staged in Barbados on Saturday.

Banks DIH Limited is continuing its support for the Inter Guiana Games and officials of the company presented a sponsorship package to the National Sports Commission (NSC) ahead of this weekend’s Games in Guyana.