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CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan boxer Eldric Sella, who represented the Refugee Olympic Team at the Tokyo Games, said yesterday he will move to Uruguay after being unable to return to Trinidad and Tobago, where he had been living.

(Reuters) – Welterweight champion Errol Spence, Jr. has been forced to withdraw from his Aug.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – The Belarusian Olympic Committee (BOC) yesterday dismissed U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Opener Haseeb Hameed is making a “very strong case” for a test recall in England’s ongoing home series against India, coach Chris Silverwood has said.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) is preparing a bid for the game’s inclusion in the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, the governing body said yesterday.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Mark Chapman and spin bowler Todd Astle have been included in New Zealand’s 15-man Twenty20 World Cup squad, while Finn Allen and Colin de Grandhomme have missed out.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Women will host South Africa Women in an eight-match limited overs series starting at month end, as the the Caribbean side continue their preparation for the ICC World Cup qualifiers next December.

(Reuters) – England seamer Stuart Broad hurt his calf during practice yesterday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said, casting doubt over his participation in the second test against India at Lord’s tomorrow.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England added spin all-rounder Moeen Ali to their squad for the second match against India at Lord’s from tomorrow as they seek to get their team balance right after the drawn series opener in Nottingham.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Batsman Shamarh Brooks has been recalled along with rookie fast bowler Chemar Holder in a provisional 17-man squad for the two-Test series against Pakistan starting here Thursday.

West Indies are set to embark on another Test series and head coach, Phil Simmons is once again putting the batting at the forefront of his concerns.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF)   completed a high-level, Concacaf-facilitated referee seminar last  weekend.

Guyana Jaguars’ batsman Akshaya Persaud stroked a brilliant half-century and picked up four wickets in his debut match in the Caribbean Fest 40-over tournament in New York but rain forced the match to be abandoned.

Despite bagging match figures of 7-107 in the just concluded ‘Best v Best’ match in Jamaica Guyana’s left-arm orthodox spinner was again sidelined by the West Indies selection panel for the first test against Pakistan which starts Thursday in Jamaica.

BARCELONA/PARIS, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi appeared in no hurry to leave his home in Barcelona yesterday as fans gathered outside spoke of their sadness at the departure of the club’s greatest player and Paris St Germain supporters clamoured for his arrival.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – A superb unbeaten century from Anderson Amurdan was the highlight of the opening day of the CWI Rising Stars U19 trial series on Sunday.

NOTTINGHAM, England, (Reuters) – A near 50-run haul by India’s notoriously brittle batting tail in the first innings of the drawn opening test against England was like “gold dust”, Indian captain Virat Kohli said.

PARIS, (Reuters) – France rolled out the red carpet for the Olympic flag yesterday, with the host of the next 2024 Summer Games promising to make the sporting spectacle open to the masses after a pandemic-hit Tokyo Games held behind closed doors.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan triggered a middle-order collapse as Bangladesh thrashed Australia by 60 runs in the fifth Twenty20 international in Dhaka yesterday to secure a handsome 4-1 series win over the touring side.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Tokyo doused its Olympic flame yesterday in a ceremony that echoed the restraint of a Games held without spectators and transformed by the global pandemic, dazzling sport and deeply person turmoil.