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GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Sixteen years ago on Tuesday marked an historic day in West Indies limited-over cricket history when the now legendary Sir Curtly Ambrose sent down the second most economical spell on the format’s history.

SEOUL, South Korea, CMC – Reggae Boyz head coach, Winfried Schafer, says his side must use Tuesday’s humbling 3-0 defeat to South Korea as a learning curve in order to improve.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – Interim West Indies head coach Eldine Baptiste yesterday praised his bowlers for their commitment on a slow track but said dropped catches had put a blemish on the performance, on the opening day of the first Test.

The Guyana Football Federation was yesterday facing a mini crisis over the decision by Slingerz FC to refuse to take the field against the Guyana Defence Force Tuesday night in their Guyana Football federation Stag Beer Elite League clash due to questions surrounding the eligibility of several of their players.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – A dozen officials at FIFA, the world soccer body shaken by corruption investigations in the United States and Switzerland, had accounts at Swiss private bank Julius Baer, the Handelszeitung newspaper reported yesterday.

Alpha United climbed to the top of Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League, downing Buxton United by a 2-0 score line on Tuesday at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground.

(Reuters) Novak Djokovic breezed into the third round of the Shanghai Masters with a 6-2 6-1 victory over Martin Klizan yesterday but Ivo Karlovic made sure Rafa Nadal had to work a lot harder.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago were frustrated with a nil-all draw against Nicaragua on Tuesday night, in their final friendly international ahead of their campaign in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers starting next month.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Jamaica’s netballers Shanice Beckford and Nicole Dixon have signed deals to play for Team Northumbria (TN) in the Netball Super League (NSL) in the United Kingdom.

INDORE, India, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hammered 92 not out and skilfully marshalled his bowlers to secure a series-levelling 22-run win against South Africa in the second one-day international yesterday.

(BBC) Shoaib Malik registered his maiden Test double century to put Pakistan in a commanding position on the second day of the first Test against England.

INDORE, India, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hammered 92 not out and skilfully marshalled his bowlers to secure a series-levelling 22-run win against South Africa in the second one-day international today.

(Reuters) – Opener Dimuth Karunaratne frustrated West Indies with a patient unbeaten century to help Sri Lanka reach 250-2 on the opening day and stay on course for a big first innings total in the first test at Galle today.

National men’s singles champion Nigel Bryan and top female player Natalie Cummings won the prestigious men and women’s singles titles as the inaugural Titans Gold Cup anniversary tournament concluded Sunday evening at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall.

GALLE, Sri Lanka, CMC – West Indies will be hoping to put a less-than-ideal build-up behind them when they clash with Sri Lanka in the opening Test here starting today (12:30 am Eastern Caribbean time).

Vishaul “Cheesy” Singh converted his first innings 50 into a majestic century yesterday which helped the Leon Johnson XI maintain a trong grip over the Shimron Hetmyer XI who trail by 204 runs heading into day three of the ongoing four day practice match played at the eorgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.

The decision to replace the annual Inter County cricket tournament with a National Cricket League has come in for scathing criticism from former chairman of the national cricket selection panel Claude Raphael.

League leader Pele will oppose Monedderlust FC while Fruta Conquerors will tackle the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) when the sixth round in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Stag Beer Elite League concludes today at the GFC ground.

ABU DHABI, (Reuters) – Younis Khan wants to become the first Pakistan player to score 10,000 test runs after surpassing Javed Miandad’s 22-year record mark during the first test with England in Abu Dhabi.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – Former UEFA president Lennart Johansson says that the European football body was never told about the payment of 2 million Swiss francs ($2.1 million) from Sepp Blatter to current UEFA boss Michel Platini.