Sports

July 19, 2026

Thunderstorms will clear wildfire smoke ahead of World Cup final, meteorologists say

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP): Smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time for the World Cup final…
July 19, 2026

‘Sir Garfield was more than the greatest’ - Dehring says CWI mourns, celebrates Sobers along with Barbados

Cricket West Indies joins the people of Barbados, the wider Caribbean, and the global cricket community in mourning the passing of The Right Excellent Sir Garfield Sobers, a towering figure whose…
July 20, 2026

Messi rarely loses, Spain never lose - Clash of the world’s best captures all attention today

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP): Lionel Messi rarely loses. Spain never loses. That’s been how things have worked in recent years, anyway. Football’s best player and its most dominant team are set…
DESERT OF MALIBU (right), ridden by Tajay Suckoo wins the 30th running of the Thoroughbred Racing Hall-of-Fame Stakes Trophy ahead of CALIFORNIA CROWN (Tevin Foster) at Caymanas Park on Saturday, July 18.
July 20, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

Desert of Malibu highlights Suckoo hat trick

Lightweight claiming rider Tajay Suckoo completed a hat trick of wins yesterday by booting home Houston Stables’ American, DESERT OF MALIBU, in the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame Stakes,…
July 19, 2026

Trump celebrates World Cup as US victory as he prepares to present trophy to winning team

President Donald Trump is set to present the World Cup trophy to the winner of Sunday’s final between Argentina and Spain.
July 19, 2026

World Cup winner will earn US$51 million under expanded purse

The winner of the World Cup will hoist a trophy, receive championship rings for the first time and gain a lifetime of glory in what will be a defining moment in the country’s sports history. It’ll…
July 19, 2026

Mbappé wins another Golden Boot, and Spain’s Rodri gets Golden Ball with World Cup title

Kylian Mbappé kept the Golden Boot award and Spain wouldn’t let Lionel Messi get anything else.
July 18, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Seville eyes revenge against Nigeria’s Ajayi

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville, the Tokyo World champion and current world leader in the men’s 100 metres with a season’s best 9.82 seconds, will resume his rivalry with Nigeria’s Ajayi Kayinsola when both…
West Indies’ cricket legend Sir Garfield Sobers speaks during the opening ceremony of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium, Jamaica, on March 11, 2007.
July 18, 2026

Farewell to a King: Sir Garry Sobers dies at 89

AP Sir Garry Sobers, the graceful West Indian cricketer whose world-record test innings of 365 not out as a 21-year-old set him on the path to becoming arguably the sport’s greatest allrounder, has…