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.
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.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia lack depth in their squad but will be a title contender at this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when several frontline players return to the side, former captain Ricky Ponting said.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British sprinter CJ Ujah said he was “shocked and devastated” after a positive drugs test that could see his country stripped of their Olympic silver medal in the 4x100m relay.
MANCHESTER, England, (Reuters) – Bruno Fernandes scored his first hat-trick in English football in front of a raucous Old Trafford as Manchester United thrashed Leeds United 5-1 to get their Premier League season off to a flying start yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – In-form India opener KL Rahul backed his struggling team mates Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane to come out of their slump in form in the ongoing test series against England.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) yesterday announced that the Barbados Women’s team will participate at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, England.
LONDON, (Reuters) – England captain Joe Root smashed an unbeaten 180 for his second hundred of the series to help his team eclipse India’s first innings total of 364 on day three of the second test yesterday.
Guyana’s representation at the Caribbean and Central (CAC) Bodybuilding Championships in El Salvador was affected by a visa fiasco and positive COVID 19 tests resulting in a reduction in the composition of the squad from eight to six members.
President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Bissoondyal Singh is delighted with the addition of four Guyanese to Cricket West Indies (CWI) U19 training camp currently in progress in Antigua.
The cricket fraternity was plunged into sadness with the news that former national coach, Michael Hyles-Franco had died and the Guyana and Berbice Cricket Boards as well as cricket clubs in Berbice praised for the late coach for his commitment to cricket in the country.
KYIV, (Reuters) – A Ukrainian wrestler who won his country’s only gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics last week said he was racially abused in the street yesterday on his return from the games.
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.