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CARDIFF, (Reuters) – England held their nerve to beat Australia by five runs in a thrilling finish to a one-off Twenty20 international yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Australia and England might have the Ashes but India and South Africa have evoked the memory of two iconic historical figures to name future cricket series between the two countries.

Even if it was just for one day, Just Call Me Boss was in charge of all local thoroughbreds.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Asbel Kiprop produced a trademark sprint finish to win a third straight 1,500 metres gold and ensure Kenya topped the medals table at successive world championships after the final night of action yesterday.

Guyanese Trevon Griffith said his new stint with the Jamaica Scorpions franchise for the 2015/16 Professional Cricket League (PCL) season, is a move which is geared towards the evolution of his professional career.

Fresh off of losing the I-Net Communications U13 final to Santos on Saturday, Fruta Conquerors rebounded in emphatic manner, downing Renaissance FC on sudden death kicks when the inaugural Tannehill U15 club championships concluded yesterday.

harp-shooter Terron Welch led the way for the winners with a monstrous showing of 35 points while Michael Turner assisted with 13 points.

Bel Air Rubis emerged victorious over the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Under-13, in the first ever day/night feature Twenty20 cricket match played at the DCC ground, Lance Gibbs Street, Queenstown.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Ishant Sharma’s seventh five-wicket haul helped India bundle out Sri Lanka for 201 but the hosts fought back to take three quick wickets and leave the third and final test evenly poised yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Roger Federer and Andy Murray, two of the hottest players on the U.S.

(Reuters) – Five-times major winner Maria Sharapova has pulled out of the U.S.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – Two late goals by Mario Harte earned Barbados a come-from-behind 2-2 draw with St Vincent and the Grenadines in their international friendly at Victoria Park here Friday night.

WASHINGTON, DC, CMC – Two losses in as many games for Montego Bay United in the CONCACAF Champions League is forcing the high-profile Jamaican outfit to regroup.

EDISON, New Jersey, (Reuters) – Red-hot PGA Championship winner Jason Day of Australia romped to victory at The Barclays yesterday, winning the opening event of the lucrative FedExCup Series by a whopping six strokes.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Captain and marquee striker, Kenwyne Jones, will sit out Trinidad and Tobago’s international friendly against Mexico on Friday, as he sorts out his future with English Championship club Cardiff City.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt needed a bit of help from his American rivals to win a third gold medal but Mo Farah secured a unique “treble double” all on his own on a dramatic penultimate night of the world athletics championships yesterday.

Santos FC were crowned the inaugural I-Net Communications u-13 champions, downing tourney hosts and home side Fruta Conquerors by a 3-1 score line yesterday at the Tucville Community ground.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – World number one Novak Djokovic lost to rivals Roger Federer and Andy Murray in the finals of U.S.

The final group round in the inaugural RDE Vibes and Sparta Boss ‘King of the Streets’ Football Tourney will commence tomorrow at the Sparta Boss Tarmac in East La Penitence.

Up and coming pugilist, John Dowridge punched his way to the best boxer award yesterday when the first (of two) Pepsi/ Mike Parris under-16 tournament concluded at the Andrew ‘Six Head’ Lewis Gym.