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Following disastrous campaigns in the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and the 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup Preliminary Round, the Golden Jaguars, Guyana’s senior men’s football team, has dropped to a dismal ranking of 173rd out of 210 affiliated nations.

(Reuters) – Spain’s top league soccer clubs yesterday approved private equity firm CVC’s proposed investment despite votes against from Real Madrid and Barcelona, on the condition individual clubs can opt out of the deal, LaLiga’s president said.

(Reuters) – India batsman KL Rahul cracked a superb unbeaten century and Rohit Sharma made 83 as the visitors reached a strong position at 276-3 after the opening day of a rain-hit second test against England at Lord’s yesterday.

(Reuters) – Paris St Germain’s signing of Lionel Messi has re-ignited a debate over the effectiveness of UEFA’s Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules, which were designed to curb excessive spending but have been relaxed in the last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton’s eight-point lead in the Formula One championship was confirmed yesterday as Aston Martin dropped an appeal against Sebastian Vettel’s Hungarian Grand Prix disqualification.

(Reuters) On the same day Seattle assistant coach Gonzalo Pineda was named the Atlanta United head coach, the Sounders also lost assistant Djimi Traore.

(Reuters) – Britain’s Olympic 4x100m relay silver medallist Chijindu Ujah has been provisionally suspended for allegedly breaching anti-doping rules at the Tokyo Games, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Romelu Lukaku is a familiar face to Premier League viewers, but the player who completed a 97.5 million pounds ($134.7 million) return to Chelsea yesterday is, by his own admission, not the same one who departed England two years ago.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – With the carnage from the South Africa series still fresh, West Indies’ unpredictable batting will come under the microscope once again when the Caribbean side face Pakistan in the opening Test at Sabina Park here today.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T’s junior women’s volleyball team will still be allowed to take to the court in their opening match of the seven-team Junior Pan American Games Women’s Volleyball Qualification Tournament against defending champions Dominican Republic in Aguascalientes, Mexico today from 5 pm.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi said yesterday he wanted to power Paris St Germain to their first Champions League trophy, putting the tearful farewell he bade to Barcelona behind him after signing a two-year contract with the deep-pocketed French soccer powerhouse.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Grenadian Kirani James’s successful battle against illness to claim bronze at the Tokyo Olympics last week has earned the admiration of Bahamian great Pauline Davis-Thompson.

BELFAST, (Reuters) – Goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga came off the bench to make two shootout saves as Champions League winners Chelsea beat Spain’s Villarreal 6-5 on penalties to add the UEFA Super Cup to their trophy collection yesterday.

(ICC) All-rounder and captain of the West Indies women squad Stafanie Taylor was deservingly voted the ICC Women’s Player of the Month for July.

MIAMI, Florida, CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz face a difficult trip to the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City next month, for their opening match of the final round of the CONCACAF qualifiers for the FIFA 2022 World Cup.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi joined star-packed Paris St Germain yesterday after leaving Barcelona, the club where he had begun and expected to end his career.

West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has said that the current spinners within the West Indies setup for the last few series were selected despite Veerasammy Permaul’s feat in the Best vs.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns is on life support at a Canberra hospital after recently collapsing with a heart problem, New Zealand media reported yesterday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,CMC – Head coach Phil Simmons has expressed concern about the match fitness of the West Indies squad, just days ahead of the opening Test against Pakistan at Sabina Park here.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The biggest move of a busy NBA offseason was Russell Westbrook’s return to his native Los Angeles to join the Lakers franchise he grew up worshipping.