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West Indies paceman Jayden Seales celebrates one of his five wickets during yesterday’s Test match against Pakistan at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba, Trinidad.
July 29, 2026

Seales’ 5-20 gives West Indies 90-run win over Pakistan

TAROUBA, Trinidad (AP): Pakistan captain Babar Azam made an unbeaten 58 and shared a rearguard stand of 49 with No. 11 Mohammad Abbas to delay the end before West Indies completed a 90-run win in the…
A beer can flies through the air near Croatia’s Josko Gvardiol (4) during the World Cup round-of-32 football match against Portugal in Toronto, Thursday, July 2.
July 29, 2026

Gvardiol signs City contract extension until 2031

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Josko Gvardiol has signed a new five-year contract at Manchester City until 2031. The Croatia defender joined City in 2023 and had two years remaining on his deal at the…
Zinedine Zidane, newly appointed coach of the France national football team, smiles during a media conference at the headquarters of French Football Federation in Paris, yesterday.
July 29, 2026

Emotional Zidane takes charge of France

PARIS (AP): Moments after being announced as France’s new coach yesterday, Zinedine Zidane clenched his fists and his usually measured voice trembled a little. “I’m excited,” he said. “The France team…
PHENOMENAL POWER (right), ridden by Tajay Suckoo, wins the sixth running of the Diamond Mile ahead of GIRVANO (Tevin Foster) at Caymanas Park last Saturday.
August 5, 2026

JIMMIE SAYS … More big-day race meets necessary

Last Saturday’s Diamond Mile racecard attracted a whopping 141 entries spread over 11 races, including at least 11 genuine grade-one runners in the $10m feature event, which rewarded PHENOMENAL…
Referee Joao Pinheiro (centre), of Portugal, gives a red card to Switzerland’s Breel Embolo (left) during the World Cup quarterfinal football match against Argentina in Kansas City, Missouri, Saturday, July 11.
July 29, 2026

Embolo red card was wrong – FIFA rules panel

GENEVA (AP): Football’s law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees, which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the World Cup quarter-finals against…
From left: Zoe Hobbs of New Zealand, Amy Hunt of England, and Jonielle Smith of Jamaica compete in a women’s 100 metres semi-final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday.
July 29, 2026 by Gregory Bryce

Jamaican sprinters slowed in Scotland

Despite entering the 100 metres with high expectations, Jamaica endured a disappointing evening on the track, failing to secure a medal in either the men’s or women’s final on day two of the athletics…
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July 29, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Sprinting glut leaves Ja U20s daring to dream

After a 24-year drought, Jamaica captured their second men’s World Under-20 4x100 metres title two years ago in Lima, Peru, when the quartet of Jace Witter, Gary Card, Nyrone Wade and Deandre Daley…
Sunshine Girls captain Shamera Sterling-Humphrey.
July 29, 2026

Banana peel awaits either Scotland or Sunshine Girls

The Sunshine Girls will be looking for their third win, and second-straight, at the 2026 Commonwealth Games when they take to the court against hosts Scotland today at the OVO Hydro Arena. The…
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July 29, 2026

Criminal gangs increasingly lure people to work in online scam centres, UN migration agency warns

GENEVA (AP); The UN's migration agency is warning that criminal networks have been trafficking hundreds of thousands of people — many of them educated English speakers — to work in online scam…