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The Los Angeles Clippers yesterday made official their acquisition of guard Eric Bledsoe in exchange for three players.

(BBC) India captain Virat Kohli said criticism from commentators motivated his tailenders in the 151-run win over England in the second Test at Lord’s.

(Reuters) – India’s pacemen produced a terrific display of swing bowling to crush England by 151 runs in the second test at Lord’s yesterday, taking a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

The Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) was recently forced to delay the restart of its cricket season due to rain.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday announced that Manniram Prashad, a past Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of  Guyana, and current chairman of a several prestigious commercial organisations, has been appointed to the CWI Board of Directors as a non-member (independent) Director, effective July 30, 2021.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – FC Barcelona can reverse their poor financial situation within a year and a half, president Joan Laporta told a news conference yesterday, after saying the club ended last year 451 million euros ($531 million) in the red.

LONDON, CMC – Reggae Boyz target Mikail Antonio sealed all three points with the final goal to equal a club scoring record after missing a penalty, as West Ham United twice came from behind to defeat Newcastle United in their English Premier League opener at St James’ Park on Sunday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Fast bowler Jayden Seales smashed a 71-year-old record to become the first teenager with a five-wicket Test haul for West Indies, before flaunting nerves of steel in a critical last-wicket stand with lion-hearted Kemar Roach, as the hosts snatched a dramatic one-wicket victory over Pakistan and a 1-0 series lead in the two-match series here yesterday.

Nineteen-year-old pacer, Jayden Seales, has propelled his way to stardom despite being in the early stages of his Test career, a journey he is enjoying.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) successfully conducted its first online coaching seminar, ‘Introduction to Coaching’, in an effort to improve its coaching development ahead of a possible resumption of football and the course has received a positive feedback from some of the participants.

The fruitful relationship between Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) and Poonai’s pharmacy was renewed last Thursday when the medical entity handed over a cheque of $200,000 to renew its sponsorship of the club’s Under-13 team.

The Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation championships will head to Guyana in 2024.

The South Turkeyen Sports Committee in collaboration with Machine Domino Club, will stage a dominoes competition on Thursday at Wills Shop, Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara produced a defensive masterclass to keep India alive but England looked in charge of the second test after an enthralling fourth day’s play at Lord’s yesterday.

(Reuters) – Roger Federer will undergo another knee surgery and will miss the U.S.

NEWCASTLE, England, (Reuters) – West Ham United forward Michail Antonio missed a penalty before scoring with a thundering shot as the Londoners came from behind to outclass Newcastle United 4-2 in a breathless Premier League season opener at St James’ Park yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s scheduled one-day international series against Afghanistan in India has been postponed, the cricket boards of the competing countries said yesterday, leaving players free to fulfil their Indian Premier League (IPL) commitments.

Southern Imports Incorporated has thrown its financial support behind Wazim Mohamed in his bid to compete at the North American Regional Powerlifting Championship and FESUPO/NAPF Pan-American Regional Powerlifting Championship respectively in Orlando, Florida, USA.

(Reuters) – Nico Ali Walsh, the grandson of former heavyweight champion and boxing legend Muhammad Ali, defeated Jordan Weeks by technical knockout in his professional boxing debut on Saturday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – A brace of wickets from seamers Kemar Roach and Jayden Seales gave West Indies the edge but captain Babar Azam’s 17th Test half-century, coupled with rain, aided Pakistan’s resistance on the third day of the opening Test here yesterday.