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(Reuters) – Heavyweights Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder took to Twitter yesterday to hype their highly anticipated rematch at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand next year, after a draw in 2018 allowed Wilder to retain his WBC heavyweight title and left scores unsettled.

MOSCOW/MONTREAL, (Reuters) – The Russian Anti-Doping Agency sent a letter to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) formally stating that it disagrees with the decision to ban Russian athletes from major sporting events, RIA news agency reported yesterday, citing RUSADA head.

Luka Doncic scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and distributed eight assists in his return to the lineup after missing four games to help the Dallas Mavericks hold off the visiting San Antonio Spurs 102-98 on Thursday.

LONDON, , CMC – Legendary former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, along with former Windies batting star Gordon Greenidge, have been awarded Knighthoods in the Queen’s New Year Honours list.

(ESPN) West Indies cricket achieved redemption this decade after staring down the barrel in the first ten years of the 21st century.

(Field Level Media) Julius Randle scored 33 points as the New York Knicks pulled away in the second half and recorded a 94-82 victory over the host Brooklyn Nets last night.

(Field Level Media) Christian Wood scored 22 points off the bench, Tim Frazier had 17 points and six assists, and the host Detroit Pistons snapped a five-game losing streak by blasting the Washington Wizards 132-102 yesterday.

(Field Level Media) Frontcourt mates Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jonas Valanciunas combined for 41 points, the Memphis bench added 46 and a strong second half powered the visiting Grizzlies to a 110-97 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder yesterday.

(Field Level Media) Luka Doncic scored 24 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and distributed eight assists in his return to the lineup after missing four games to help the Dallas Mavericks hold off the visiting San Antonio Spurs 102-98 yesterday.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – New Zealand paceman Neil Wagner denied Steve Smith his first century of the home summer but Australia’s batsmen dug in to push to 336 for five at lunch on day two of the Boxing Day test last night.

(Barbados Nation) Nicholas Pooran has hailed the impact of Kieron Pollard on his development, describing the new West Indies white ball captain as a big brother and father figure.

 (Reuters) – Leicester City manager Brendan Rodgers described Liverpool right back Trent Alexander-Arnold’s range of passing as “phenomenal” and said the 21-year-old’s attacking instincts were as good as that of a midfielder.

PRETORIA,  (Reuters) – Quinton de Kock fell five runs short of his century after dragging South Africa out of early trouble to 277 for nine at the close on the opening day of the first test against England at Centurion Park yesterday.

(Reuters) – Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will run in both the 100 metres and 200 metres events at the Tokyo Olympics next year.

(Barbados Nation) One of the Barbados Pride cricket selectors expects the team to do very well in the upcoming Professional Cricket League regional four-day competition.

(Trinidad Express) The West Indies cricket team may have lost the T20I and ODI series against India but Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board president Azim Bassarath is seeing a lot of positives in their fighting performances on the subcontinent.

Paradise and Friendship secured semi-final berths in the 592 Beer Inter-Village Football Festival on Christmas Day, defeating Buxton and Mahaica via penalty kicks at the Buxton Community Centre ground.

The Western Tigers and Guyana Police Force [GPF] quarterfinal encounter in the Guyana Football Federation [GFF] Year-end Championship was interrupted due to a power failure on Christmas Day at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh, CMC – Johnson Charles continued to press for a West Indies recall with another half-century in the Bangladesh Premier League as his Sylhet Thunder went down by eight wickets to Dhaka Platoon.

LONDON,  CMC – Midfielder Keanu Marsh-Brown, who represented Guyana in this summer’s CONCACAF Gold Cup, has had his contract with Welsh club Newport County terminated by mutual consent.