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(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic’s single-minded drive towards greatness makes it almost unthinkable that he would rest before owning every tennis record in the book, but some are questioning whether his hunger will survive the departure of his two main rivals.

MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Manchester City, last season’s Champions League runners-up, crushed RB Leipzig 6-3 in a thrilling Group A game yesterday as Christopher Nkunku scored a hat-trick for the German side.

BRUGGE, Belgium, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi failed to provide Paris St Germain with any sparkle as the Ligue 1 team’s potent attacking trio lacked inspiration in a disappointing 1-1 draw at Club Brugge in their Champions League opener yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Opener Evin Lewis hit his third half-century of the campaign to pass 400 runs, as St Kitts and Nevis Patriots romped into only their second ever Caribbean Premier League final with an emphatic seven-wicket victory over Guyana Amazon Warriors here yesterday.

National table tennis player Miguel Wong received a timely boost in his efforts to participate at the Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia in November, when he inked a sponsorship package with Guyana Beverages Inc.,

Guyana Football Federation (GFF) boss Wayne Forde has welcomed the launch of the Rupununi Football Association (RFA) Academy Training Centre (ATC), describing the platform as an important step in the pathway for hinterland players to gain selection to the national programme.

Former secretary of the Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club’s Moses Ramchandren was bestowed with the club’s highest award, the Dolphin Award of Excellence recently while the club also made a donation to the Rose Hall Town Council recently.

Top local badminton players Narayan and Priyanna Ramdhani marked their international return recently in the Mexican International Challenge 2021.

Guyana Amazon Warriors lead coach, Rayon Griffith has gotten the proverbial seal of approval from captain, Nicholas Pooran.

(Reuters) – British Olympic 4x100m relay silver medallist Chijindu Ujah’s B-sample has also confirmed an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) and his case will be referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said yesterday.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The U.S. Soccer Federation said yesterday it has offered identical contract proposals to the respective men’s and women’s players associations, in an effort to bring the two parties under one collective bargaining agreement (CBA) structure.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) is committed to promoting women’s game in the country and is optimistic their one-off test against Australia in November will go ahead, new chairman Azizullah Fazli has told Reuters.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, ending a 17-year career in which he became the highest wicket-taker in Twenty20 internationals.

CANTERBURY, England, CMC – Pacers Andel Gordon, Johann Layne and Isai Thorne bowled their hearts out for West Indies Under-19s, but England Under-19s held their nerve and formally clinched their Youth One-day International series with a nail-biting, one-wicket win under Duclworth-Lewis-Stern yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Mark Deyal smashed a maiden Twenty20 half-century while David Wiese snatched his second five-wicket haul in four days, as St Lucia Kings surged into their second straight Caribbean Premier League final by toppling reigning champions Trinbago Knight Riders by 21-runs here yesterday.

The Guyana Amazon Warriors will tackle the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots today from 14.30 hours for a chance to make it to their sixth final of the Caribbean Premier League tomorrow.

Veteran West Indies T20 specialist, Dwayne Bravo, has categorized his St.

The Guyana Cricket Board yesterday expressed its frustration with the Cricket West Indies selection process and questioned the competence of the selection panel.

(Reuters) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) said yesterday it was open to the idea of a biennial World Cup, provided that it creates a more balanced structure for the game globally.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Murray has described Emma Raducanu’s U.S. Open title as “very special” after she became the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title for 44 years on Saturday.