Sports

July 18, 2026 by Ashley Anguin

‘Sobers was a national treasure’

With the cricket world mourning the loss of the iconic Sir Garfield Sobers, Barbados has lost more than its greatest cricketer, it has lost a symbol of national pride whose influence reached far…
July 18, 2026

Disappointed France, England meet for third place

MIAMI GARDENS, Florida (AP): France and England agree on this: Neither team wanted to be playing on Saturday. France were favourites to win the World Cup. England were close to ending a decades-long…
July 18, 2026

Reifer expects WI to turn around batting fortunes in Barbados

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC): West Indies batting coach Floyd Reifer is confident that the regional side will put up a much-improved batting showing against New Zealand in the remaining two One Day…
July 18, 2026 by Livingston Scott

MBU’s Ainstein targets possession-first football

New Montego Bay United coach Javier Ainstein said, despite Jamaica’s culture of transitional play and direct football, he hopes to instil a different style at Montego Bay United (MBU), one which will…
July 18, 2026

Aliana McMaster, Christian Sasso top National Sporting Clays Championship

Aliana McMaster and Christian Sasso battled some punishing conditions of searing heat, high winds and rain last Saturday and Sunday at the Worthy Park Sugar Factory in Ewarton, St. Catherine to be…
July 18, 2026

World Cup breakout star Manzambi joins Aston Villa

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP); World Cup breakout star Johan Manzambi joined Champions League-bound Aston Villa yesterday in a record transfer deal for a Swiss player. Manzambi had an offer to join…
July 19, 2026

Messi: Argentina ‘will give it our all’

NEW YORK (AP): The lineup of sports legends simultaneously on the stage at Fanatics Fest last night was almost absurd. There was Tom Brady, the greatest Super Bowl champion of all time. There was…
July 18, 2026

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

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 on Sunday, thanks to thunderstorms…
July 18, 2026

Kylian Mbappé passes Lionel Messi for career World Cup scoring record with 22 goals

Kylian Mbappé moved past Lionel Messi for the career World Cup scoring record on Saturday, scoring twice for France in the third-place match against England to reach 22 goals.