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Updated 23 hours ago by Raymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Thompson-Herah heads to Europe - Trials no-shows Lyston, Clayton to compete in Zagreb

After missing the final of the women's 100 metres at the recent JAAA Puma National Senior and Junior Championships, Elaine Thompson-Herah will return to the track today at the Boris Hanžeković Memorial meet in Zagreb, a World Continental Tour Gold meet.

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Updated 23 hours ago

Ecuador shock Germany to squeeze into knockout round - Curaçao blue wave ends in defeat to Ivory Coast
EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (AP): Gonzalo Plata poked the ball past Manuel Neuer in the 77th minute and Ecuador advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup by rallying for a 2-1 win over…
Updated 19 hours ago by Ainsley Walters

DaCosta eyeing double with American Aviator, I Dream Again
Champion trainer Jason DaCosta has a stranglehold on Sunday’s Hubert ‘Chinna’ Bartley Memorial with United States-bred speedster AMERICAN AVIATOR in division one and last year’s Jamaica Derby and St…
Updated 19 hours ago

‘It’s all in our hands’ - Matthews backs West Indies to qualify for T20 WC semi-finals
A loss to England at Lord's on Wednesday has done nothing to dampen the confidence of West Indies skipper Hayley Matthews. Matthews believes her side is well placed to reach the semi-finals of…
Updated 19 hours ago

Sri Lanka skipper’s ton makes fight of first day against West Indies 
NORTH SOUND, Antigua (AP): Captain Dhananjaya de Silva's 13th century rallied Sri Lanka after they twice lost two wickets in an over, guiding his team to 308 all out after being sent in on…
Updated 19 hours ago

Japan, Sweden draw as both advance
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP): Daizen Maeda gave Japan the lead and Anthony Elanga took it away six minutes later, helping Sweden to a 1-1 draw last night that sent both teams to the knockout round of the…
Updated 7 hours ago

Senegal routs 10-man Iraq 5-0 to boost hopes of reaching World Cup knockout rounds
Senegal racked up the goals on 10-man Iraq in a 5-0 victory Friday that boosted its hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stages.
Updated 7 hours ago

France forward Ousmane Dembélé scores first-half World Cup hat trick in 4-1 win over Norway
France forward Ousmane Dembélé scored a first-half hat trick, including one off a feed from Kylian Mbappé, to help his team beat Norway 4-1 at the World Cup on Friday.
Updated 2 hours ago

Cape Verde’s dream run continues, becoming smallest country into World Cup knockout round
Cape Verde completed an improbable run through the group stage with a third straight World Cup draw to become the smallest country to earn a spot in the knockout round following a 0-0 draw against…
Updated 2 hours ago

Spain wins World Cup group, beating Uruguay 1-0 as Muslera’s error sends 2-time champion home
Spain defeated Uruguay 1-0 after another goalkeeping mistake by Fernando Muslera to advance to the knockout stage of the World Cup and eliminate the South American powerhouse on Friday.