KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The West Indies Players Association (WIPA) will neither be insisting on nor discouraging members from taking the COVID-19 vaccine, even as Cricket West Indies (CWI) continues to get the region’s youth, women’s and men’s players vaccinated.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – UEFA have nullified disciplinary action against breakaway Super League clubs Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus after a Madrid court ruled that European football’s governing body should not sanction the rebel clubs.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Men’s senior team head coach Angus Eve has summoned a squad of 28 home-based players to begin training ahead of upcoming FIFA international match windows in October and November.
(Reuters) – Anthony Joshua’s stunning defeat to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk means there is unlikely to be a world heavyweight unification fight between Britons Joshua and Tyson Fury, promoter Frank Warren said.
(Reuters) – Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka looks set to return to tennis shortly after getting “that itch” to play again.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Brighton & Hove Albion missed out on top spot in the Premier League table but had the last laugh at arch-rivals Crystal Palace when Neal Maupay equalised with the final kick of the game to earn a 1-1 draw at a rocking Selhurst Park yesterday.
Karese Lloyd, Ezekiel Newton and Keliza Smith each recorded sprint doubles as the curtains came down on the two-day National Youth and Juniors Championships yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.
(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton became the first Formula One driver to win 100 grands prix with a dramatic rain-assisted victory in Russia that sent the Mercedes driver two points clear in the championship yesterday.
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – Suriname’s Inter Moengotapoe has been disqualified and removed from this year’s CONCACAF League, while the club’s owner and Suriname’s Vice President, Ronnie Brunswijk, has been banned for three years from participating in any capacity in CONCACAF competitions.
Harshal Patel’s sensational hat-trick and Glenn Maxwell’s all-round dominance were the talking points as the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Mumbai Indians (MI) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in Match 39 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Dubai yesterday.
(Cricinfo) Moeen Ali, the England all-rounder, is set to announce his immediate retirement from Test cricket.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Deposed heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua said he would not waste time sulking after his unanimous points defeat by classy Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk in London on Saturday.
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) held their nerves and in a last-ball thriller, edged out the spirited Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Match 38 of the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 in Abu Dhabi yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – New heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk said his stunning victory over Anthony Joshua in London on Saturday gave him less satisfaction than winning Olympic gold in the same city in 2012.
BERLIN, (Reuters) – Ethiopian Guye Adola survived a midway comeback from race favourite Kenenisa Bekele and a late surge from Kenyan Bethwel Yegon to power to victory in the Berlin marathon yesterday.
LEIGH, England, (Reuters) – Forward Sam Kerr netted a brace and Fran Kirby scored her 50th Women’s Super League (WSL) goal as champions Chelsea swept aside a sorry Manchester United 6-1 yesterday and Arsenal thrashed Manchester City 5-0 to go top of the league.
KOHLER, Wisconsin, (Reuters) – The United States, led by a new generation of golfers, reclaimed the Ryder Cup yesterday, thrashing holders Europe 19-9 to herald what could be an era of domination by the Americans at the biennial competition.
Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving does not want to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and his aunt suggested to Rolling Stone that the NBA should reach some sort of compromise with anti-vaccine players that would allow them to compete in a reduced number of games.
(Reuters) – Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to notch up 10,000 runs in Twenty20 cricket during his side Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) game against the Mumbai Indians in Dubai yesterday.
(Reuters) – Australian women’s world record 26-match winning streak in one-day internationals came to an end after India pulled off their highest-ever run chase to defeat Meg Lanning’s team by two wickets in the third ODI yesterday.
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