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Barcelona’s Ronald Araujo reacts during the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg football match against Atletico Madrid in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, February 12.
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Barca defender Araújo unfazed by Liverpool pay cut

LIVERPOOL, England (AP): Uruguay defender Ronald Araújo believes he has made an “ideal move” to Liverpool after his season-long loan from Barcelona was confirmed yesterday. The 27-year-old has taken a…
France’s Lucas Digne (right) fouls Spain’s Lamine Yamal in the penalty box for a Spain penalty kick during a World Cup semi-final match in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, on Tuesday, July 14.
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PSG strengthen with Digne’s return

PARIS (AP): Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) have strengthened their defence by signing left back Lucas Digne from Aston Villa on a three-year contract. PSG announced the deal on…
Shanoya Douglas anchors Jamaica to victory in the women’s 4x100 metres on the final day of the World Under-20 Championships in Oregon yesterday.
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DOUGLAS DELIVERS GOLD - Women earn fourth straight 4x100m title at World U20 Championships
A brilliant anchor leg from Shanoya Douglas powered Jamaica to their fourth consecutive women’s 4x100 metres title at the World Under-20 Championships, clocking a world-leading 42.89 seconds on…
Vin Blaine.
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Belize appoints Blaine as director of football

Former Reggae Girls head coach Vin Blaine has been appointed director of football for the Football Federation of Belize. Blaine, who previously held the same post with the Jamaica Football Federation,…
Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith poses in front of a stand named after him, during a training session ahead of the start of the European Athletics Championships, in Birmingham, England, yesterday.
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Olympian Hudson-Smith unsure of GST payments

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP): Olympic silver medallist Matt Hudson-Smith says he has “a memory like a fish” and is unsure whether he has been paid what he is owed by Grand Slam Track (GST), the league…
Sunil Narine bowled the Trinbago Knight Riders to victory over the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots in the CPL.
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CPL: Narine, Hinds demolish Patriots

ARNOS VALE, St Vincent (CMC): Sunil Narine and Terrance Hinds spun webs around the St Kitts and Nevis Patriots to guide the Trinbago Knight Riders to a 19-run victory under the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern…
Audrey Werro of Switzerland, poses after winning the women’s 800 metres at the Meeting de Paris Diamond League athletics meet in Paris, June 28, 2026.
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Women’s 800m in spotlight at European Championships

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP): Shy as a kid, Audrey Werro took her dad’s advice before races that “I have to be a lion”. The 22-year-old Swiss star, who uses a lion’s roar celebration, will be in the…
Jannik Sinner of Italy.
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Sinner pulls out of Cincinnati Open with knee injury

CINCINNATI (AP):World No. 1 Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Cincinnati Open because of a knee injury, tournament officials confirmed yesterday. Sinner, who has not played since winning his second…
Don Nelson.
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Don Nelson, second-winningest NBA coach, dies at 86

AP: Don Nelson, the second-winningest coach in NBA history and a five-time champion as a player with the Boston Celtics, died yesterday at age 86. Nelson’s family confirmed his passing in a statement…