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CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s director of cricket Graeme Smith does not expect the national team to be back in action until November at the earliest and confirmed the scheduled tour of West Indies has been postponed indefinitely.

West Indies skipper, Jason Holder, is of the opinion that the exposure to English county cricket would be ideal in helping to a turn around the fortunes of his side’s batsmen.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – The COVID-19 shutdown could not have come at a worse time for Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin but the American says she has made full use of the mini off-season and is raring to go when the professional circuit restarts next month.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia batsman Matthew Wade expects India’s pacemen to make use of the short ball when they tour Down Under but says none will be as effective as New Zealand’s Neil Wagner with the bouncer.

(Reuters) – The Dallas Cowboys were ranked the world’s most valuable sports team for a fifth consecutive year according to an annual list published by Forbes yesterday that was dominated by National Football League clubs.

BERN,  (Reuters) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called for his successor, Gianni Infantino, to be suspended by the global soccer body after criminal proceedings were opened against Infantino in Switzerland.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has elevated to the House of Lords his younger brother, a cricket hero and some of his allies in the campaign to take Britain out of the European Union.

(Reuters) – England batsman Joe Denly has been ruled out of the remaining two one-day internationals against Ireland through injury, with Liam Livingstone taking his place, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England,  (Reuters) – Newcastle United head into the short Premier League close season surrounded by uncertainty after the collapse of the proposed Saudi takeover — with an owner who wants to sell the club but with no viable purchaser in place.

(Reuters) – NBA teams bowed their heads and knelt during the playing of the U.S.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Sir Everton Weekes was yesterday immortalised as a “special gift of grace, gentility and greatness” and also hailed as a working class hero and nation-builder, as the country and region bid farewell to the West Indies legend who passed away earlier this month.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Former West Indies batting coach Toby Radford has questioned the preparation and technical approach by the side’s batsmen during the just concluded Test series, and also believes the Caribbean unit placed undue pressure on their seam attack by not rotating their squad.

While acknowledging the level of talent that presently encompasses the Senior Men’s Programme, former Golden Jaguars captain Christopher Nurse, says that Guyana runs the unwanted danger of losing its identity due to the lack of a strong local core.

President of the Guyana Squash Association (GSA) David Fernandes is hoping that the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic subsides in the coming months so as to expose the country’s top juniors to some much-needed international squash in an effort to further foster their development. 

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has finally paid off the remaining financial debt to the players for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup and the 2017 International Friendly against South Asian opponent Indonesia.

West Indies captain, Jason Holder is the latest to speak out on the financial issues affecting Cricket West Indies (CWI).

Colin Lewis recently went on the record with Stabroek Sport to discuss his ordeal in Cuba and his future plans in a Question and Answer. 

(Reuters) – Patrick Mouratoglou, the long-time coach of Serena Williams, feels the U.S.

(Reuters) – World number one Ash Barty will skip this summer’s U.S.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – An NBA season like no other resumes inside a bio-secure bubble in Orlando today, following a four-and-a-half month break, in what will probably be the most uniquely challenging title run in the 74-year history of the league.