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Joshua Bishop
July 24, 2026

Bishop earns maiden call-up, McKenzie recalled for Pakistan Test series

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): Left-arm spinner Joshua Bishop and top-order batsman Kirk McKenzie are two of the most notable inclusions in the West Indies Test squad for the upcoming two-match Test series…
Barbados captain Gadson Bowens (right) took home the award for Most Runs in the just concluded CWI Rising Stars Under-19 Men’s 50-over Championship.
July 24, 2026

Barbados dominate U19 Rising Stars awards ceremony

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): All-rounder Justin Parris grabbed two awards, and Gadson Bowens captured another, as two-time champions Barbados took home the majority of individual awards in the recently…
Hayley Matthews on the go during her knock of 33 in the Women’s Hundred.
July 24, 2026

Matthews stars but MI London go down in opener

LONDON, England (CMC): West Indies Women’s captain Hayley Matthews topscored for MI London Women, but her team still went down by seven wickets to Sunrisers Leeds Women in the opening match of the…
India’s batsman Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (right) celebrates reaching a half century with his teammate Ishan Kishan during the first T20 cricket match against Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe, yesterday.
July 24, 2026

Teenager Sooryavanshi blasts 50 off 18 as India cruises past Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP): The 15-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hit his first international half-century for India as Zimbabwe were comfortably beaten by seven wickets in a Twenty20 yesterday.…
Mike Sands
July 24, 2026

Guyana to host 2027 Carifta Games

NASSAU, Bahamas (CMC): Guyana has stepped forward to host the 2027 Carifta Games just one week after St Kitts withdrew its bid to host the Caribbean’s top track and field sporting event. Guyana’s…
Launch of the 35th Kingston Wharves Under-15 Cricket Competition on Tuesday.
July 24, 2026

Melbourne open revamped Kingston Wharves with win

Melbourne’s under-15 cricket team won the first and only match that was played at the start of the 35th Kingston Wharves Under-15 Cricket Competition on Tuesday at Boys’ Town Cricket Club in Trench…
Former French player Zinedine Zidane (left) embraces Kylian Mbappe of France, as he is being presented to fans as a new Real Madrid player in Madrid on July 16, 2024.
July 24, 2026

France expected to announce Zidane as new coach

PARIS (AP): France’s new coach will be announced next Tuesday, when Zinedine Zidane is widely expected to replace Didier Deschamps. The French Football Federation said in a statement yesterday that…
From left: England’s Ezri Konsa, Elliot Anderson, and Ivan Toney paint dejected figures at the end of the World Cup semi-final football match against Argentina in Atlanta, Wednesday, July 15.
July 24, 2026

Man City signs England international Elliot Anderson for US$155M

MANCHESTER, England (AP): Manchester City officially completed the signing of England midfielder Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest on Thursday for a reported 116 million pounds (US$155 million).…
FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James stands on the court in the closing minutes of Game 4 in a second-round NBA basketball playoffs series against the Oklahoma City Thunder, May 11, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
July 24, 2026

LeBron James heading to Philadelphia 76ers, says it will be his ‘last decision’

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — LeBron James is heading to the Philadelphia 76ers. James made the announcement on social media Friday, saying it will be his “last decision” and that it comes after he strongly…