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President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde said yesterday that the federation had not lifted the suspension on Slingerz Football Club president Javed Ali.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas gave his manager a reminder of his talents by scoring twice in extra time as they fought back from two goals down to knock Premier League champions Leicester City out of the League Cup 4-2 yesterday.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- Shane Dowrich and Rajendra Chandrika scored half centuries and Rahkeem Cornwall grabbed five wickets to steal the spotlight on the first day of the two day practice match between West Indies Blue and West Indies Maroon here yesterday.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell said he resigned as Chairman of Caricom’s sub-committee on cricket governance because he was angered by the behavior of “a couple of our leaders in the region.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-West Indies defeated Emirates Cricket Board X1 by 22 runs in a warm-up match before their first T20 International of a three-match series against Pakistan here yesterday.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Former Dominica, Windward Islands and Combined Islands opener Lockhart Sebastien has been appointed as a selector for the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB), the board confirmed on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Somerset’s hopes of a first English County Championship title soared and then plummeted as a late batting collapse against Nottinghamshire undid their good early work on the first day of the final round of matches yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- While T20 superstar Andre Russell is attempting to dodge a two-year ban from the sport, the Jamaica Anti-doping Commission (JaDCO) says he violated a whereabouts clause through negligence.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC- An unbeaten century from Kyle Hope laid the ground work for a convincing 71 run victory for West Indies Blue over West Indies Maroon in the a 50 overs a side practice match here on Monday.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – There’s no place like home if you are looking to scramble back to the top of the world rankings and that appears to be India’s mantra as they kick off a bumper test season against New Zealand in Kanpur tomorrow.

Leg-spinner Samuel Badree has described Pakistan as a “very, very dangerous team” which can “demolish any opposition.”

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has praised West Indies’ ability in the shortest format but said while they respected the reigning World champions, his side intended to play fearless cricket during the upcoming Twenty20 International series.

When the dust settled at this year’s Raw Championships on Sunday at the Critchlow Labour College, Vijai Rahim, ‘Big’ John Edwards, Nadina Taharally, Romario Gonsalves and Tineisha Toney took home the marquee titles.

The selection committee of the Athletic Association of Guyana (AAG) is scheduled to shortlist its Inter Guiana Games (IGG) team today.

Trinidad and Tobago’s national U20 football team ended their two match tour of Guyana on a losing note going down to the Elite League All-Stars 0-1 Sunday at the Leonora Sports Facility, West Demerara.

New Amsterdam (NA) Warriors whipped Ithaca Hardliners 70-31 when the A.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Olympic champions Mo Farah, Rafael Nadal and Justin Rose were among athletes targeted yesterday in the latest leak of confidential medical documents that the world anti-doping agency (WADA) says were hacked by a Russian cyber espionage group.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Steve Smith thinks Mitchell Starc will be fit to face South Africa in November despite a freak accident in training last week that left the pace bowler with a “gruesome” injury.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – All-rounder Corey Anderson has been included as a specialist batsman in New Zealand’s one-day squad for next month’s five-match series against India, New Zealand Cricket said yesterday.

Nuwan Kulasekara, the Sri Lanka fast bowler, has been released on bail after he was involved in an accident that caused the death of a 28-year-old, according to an SLC release.