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Manchester City players celebrate after scoring during the FA Cup semi-final football match against Southampton in Manchester, England, yesterday.
April 26, 2026

Man City book FA Cup final, Arsenal go top of EPL

AP: Manchester City are back in another FA Cup final. Arsenal are back on top of the Premier League. City will play in a record fourth straight Cup final after surviving a scare to beat second…
Barcelona’s Fermin Lopez (left) and Getafe’s Sebastian Boselli compete for the ball during the Spanish La Liga football match in Getafe, Spain, yesterday.
April 26, 2026

Barcelona close in on La Liga title

BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Barcelona closed in on a second consecutive La Liga title after Fermín López and Marcus Rashford scored to help earn their first win at Getafe in six seasons yesterday. Fermín…
Delhi Capitals’ KL Rahul (right) celebrates after scoring 150 runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match against Punjab Kings in New Delhi, India, yesterday.
April 26, 2026

Rahul’s 152 stymied by Punjab’s record chase against Delhi

DELHI, India (AP): Delhi Capitals batter Lokesh Rahul hammered an Indian record 152 not out in 67 balls yesterday but it proved in vain as the Punjab Kings won by six wickets to register the most…
A view of the Gaddafi Stadium during the opening Pakistan Super League cricket math between Lahore Qalandars and Hyderabad Kingsmen in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 26.
April 26, 2026

Cricket fans to be allowed to attend Pakistan Super League final

ISLAMABAD (AP): Spectators will be allowed to attend the Pakistan Super League final after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a request from franchise owners, a top official of the Pakistan…
Iga Swiatek of Poland returns the ball to Ann Li of the US during the Madrid Open tennis tournament in Madrid yesterday.
April 26, 2026

Swiatek withdraws from Madrid Open after falling ill in match

MADRID (AP): Iga Swiatek withdrew from the Madrid Open due to an unspecified illness while playing her round-of-32 match against American Ann Li yesterday. Li got the walkover win when the…
Hydel High’s Nastassia Fletcher (left) celebrates before crossing the finish line to seal her school’s fifth consecutive win in the Penn Relays Championship of America 4x400 metres in Philadelphia yesterday. At right is Edwin Allen High’s Marria Cro
April 25, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Five 4x400m titles in a row for Hydel; Edwin Allen shine in 4x100m

FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia HYDEL HIGH completed five consecutive wins in the Championship of America high school girls’ 4x400 metres at the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia yesterday. The…
Michael Andrae Edwards of Jamaica College
April 25, 2026 by Raymond Graham

JC dominate boys’ events on day two at Penns

FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia Jamaica College’s (JC) Michael Andrae Edwards and Joseph Salmon secured impressive victories in their respective events at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia yesterday.
St Mary Football Association President James Pearson.
April 25, 2026 by Ainsley Walters

McKay Security showers St Mary FA with $1m sponsorship

FOR three years, James Pearson, president of St Mary FA, thought it would never rain, now it pours, $1.5m in sponsorship for its rebranded McKay Security Major League, which kicks off tomorrow and a…
Jamaican umpires Christopher Taylor (left) and Jacqueline Williams officiated the West Indies Championship match between the Jamaican Scorpions and the Barbados Pride at Sabina Park on Tuesday.
April 25, 2026 by Lennox Aldred

Umpire Taylor promoted to ICC panel

After 20 years of perseverance, Jamaican cricket umpire Christopher Taylor has been appointed to the International Cricket Council (ICC)/Cricket West Indies (CWI) International Panel of Umpires,…