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ROME, (Reuters) – Italy’s double Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs said it made him smile to see the British media switch focus to a doping case in their own country, after previously raising suspicions that he could be a drug cheat.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite was tragically run out agonisingly short of a tenth Test hundred but his resolve helped frustrate Pakistan and put West Indies in front, on the second day of the opening Test here yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is “very confident” the end of year Ashes tour will go ahead as planned even though negotiations are continuing over travel and quarantine restrictions in Australia.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s short format captain Aaron Finch is on track to lead the team at the Twenty20 World Cup in October and November after undergoing surgery on his right knee, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England seamer James Anderson claimed his 31st five-wicket haul in tests as the resurgent hosts restricted India to 364 in their first innings before reaching 119-3 after the second day of the second test at Lord’s yesterday.

(CMC) – Seamers Jason Holder and Jayden Seales snatched three-wicket hauls to restrict Pakistan to a modest total on the opening day of the first Test, but fast bowler Mohammad Abbas grabbed two wickets in successive deliveries in the day’s penultimate over, as West Indies surrendered some of their advantage here yesterday.

President of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Wayne Forde has committed to establishing an Academy Training Centre (ATC) in the Region Seven community of Waramadong in an effort to boost football development in the hinterland region.

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.