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BASSETERRE, St Kitts & Nevis,  CMC – Barbados defeated Guyana by eight wickets and the Windward Islands and Jamaica took first innings points against the Leeward Islands and Trinidad & Tobago respectively, in the first round of the Regional Under-19 three-day cricket tournament here.

Slingerz FC led by a Devon Millington first half double pummelled Young Achievers FC by a 5-0 score line as action in the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Stag Beer Senior Football League continued at the Den Amstel ground yesterday.

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica,  CMC –  Guyana took advantage of a low scoring match to secure a two-wicket win over Jamaica in their Regional two-day Under-15 Cricket Tournament on Saturday.

(Reuters) – Mexico left it late but ultimately prevailed 1-0 over Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday in Atlanta, setting up a CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final with Panama who made light work of Cuba in a 6-1 win.

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica,  CMC – Led by an all-round performance from Saiba Batoosingh, Trinidad & Tobago defeated Leeward Islands by 10 wickets in their Regional two-day Under-15 Cricket Tournament on Saturday.

ST ELIZABETH, Jamaica,  CMC – A half century from Captain Emmanuel Stewart led the Windward Islands to a seven-wicket win over Barbados on the final day of their two-day Regional Under-15 Cricket match on Saturday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England completed a crushing 347-run victory over Australia with a day to spare in the second Ashes test yesterday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Former double Olympic champion Sebastian Coe wants the ban for athletes failing drugs tests to be increased from two to four years, he said yesterday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Chris Froome won the 100th edition of the Tour de France yesterday to become the second British champion in successive years.

GULLANE, Scotland, (Reuters) – After huffing and puffing at the British Open so often in the past, Phil Mickelson finally blew the house down by romping to a three-shot victory over Swede Henrik Stenson in golf’s oldest major yesterday.

GULLANE, Scotland, (Reuters) – Former test paceman Darren Gough believes Graeme Swann could one day be regarded as England’s finest spinner and rates fast bowler James Anderson as the country’s best-ever exponent of the new ball.

(Reuters) – Mickey Arthur has blamed Cricket Australia (CA) for forcing him to take legal action over his “unfair” sacking as coach of the national team and said the incident had caused major damage to his career and reputation.

BEAUSEJOUR, St.Lucia,  CMC – A responsible knock by captain Misbah Ul-Haq and a fluent half century by Mohammad Hafeez piloted Pakistan to a six wicket win over West Indies by the Duckworth Lewis method despite a brilliant unbeaten hundred by Man of the Match Marlon Samuels.

(Cricinfo) – It was not exactly 624 but Kumar Sangakkara’s career-best had a similar effect as the 2006 record stand he put on with Mahela Jawaywardene against the same opposition seven years ago.

BK Western Tigers, compliments of a Malachi Adonis five-goal haul, blanked Santos FC 5-0 as action in the Fruta Conquerors sponsored U-13 Football Tournament continued at the Tucville Community Centre ground yesterday.

Association do Shotokan Karate (ASK) of the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) bagged 57 medals at the10th annual Caribbean Karate Championships in Barbados on July 13 and 14 at the Barbados Community College.

(Cricinfo) – Joe Root has shown an ability to adapt to any given match situation in his brief international career.

GULLANE, Scotland (Reuters) – Tiger Woods will rely on his experience of winning major titles when he bids for number 15 in the final round of the British Open today.

BARCELONA (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Oussama Mellouli became the first swimmer to win Olympic and world titles in both the pool and open water when he sprinted to a narrow victory in the 5-km event in Barcelona yesterday.

California (Reuters) – Germany’s Stefan Bradl stole the pole for the US Grand Prix from MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez yesterday after the Spaniard crashed late in qualifying on the tricky Laguna Seca circuit.