Sports

Action from last year’s Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 Championship.
August 8, 2026

Barbados eye double as CWI Women’s U-19 Champs bowls off

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The future stars of West Indies women’s cricket will take centre stage as the 2026 Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 Championship bowls off in Antigua from August 8-15, with…
Simone Gordon
August 8, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Trinidad stun Jamaica in CAC netball final

Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls were dethroned as Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games netball champions after suffering a shock 56-49 defeat to regional rivals Trinidad and Tobago in yesterday’s final…
Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese gestures after scoring a basket during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
August 8, 2026

New era for US basketball: Clark, Reese, Bueckers set for World Cup debuts

NEW YORK (AP) Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers will make their World Cup debuts next month as members of the US women’s national team, aiming to help secure a fifth consecutive FIBA World…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino
August 8, 2026

Infantino faces mounting pressure

MANCHESTER, England (AP) Norway’s football federation has called for Gianni Infantino to step down immediately, piling more pressure on FIFA’s embattled president after his failed plan to sell stakes…
San Diego FC midfielder Hirving Lozano plays during the second half of MLS football’s Western Conference semi-final against Minnesota United on November 24, 2025, in San Diego.
August 8, 2026

Galaxy land Lozano on loan

CARSON, California (AP) : The LA Galaxy have acquired forward Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano on loan from San Diego FC for the remainder of the Major League Soccer season, with an option to make the move…
James Harden arrives before the World Cup final match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Sunday, July 19, 2026.
August 8, 2026

Harden gun charge dismissed by Texas judge

PHILADELPHIA (AP): A misdemeanour gun charge against Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden has been dismissed in Texas after he completed an alternative resolution programme that allowed him to avoid…
Former South Korea men’s national team head coach Hong Myung-bo attends a hearing on the Korea Football Association amid a controversy surrounding the management of the sport’s national governing body and its impact on the team’s World Cup performanc
August 8, 2026

Police raid South Korea football federation offices

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): Police raided the Korea Football Association’s offices Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the 2024 appointment of Hong Myung-bo as South…
England’s Bukayo Saka (left) celebrates scoring their third goal with Ivan Toney during the World Cup third-place playoff match between France and England in Miami Gardens, Florida., Saturday, July 18, 2026.
August 8, 2026

Toney charged with assault after London nightclub incident

LONDON (AP): England forward Ivan Toney has been charged with assault following an incident at a nightclub in London’s Soho district last December, police said yesterday. Authorities confirmed Toney…
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown plays during Game 6 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series, April 30, 2026, in Philadelphia.
August 8, 2026

Brown ready to win with LeBron, Embiid and 76ers

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Jaylen Brown admits he is still processing the details of his messy break-up with the Boston Celtics, the franchise that drafted him as a teenager and where he blossomed into an NBA…