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LONDON (AP): ARYNA SABALENKA was having a hard time dealing with her Wimbledon quarterfinal opponent’s unusual game style. The mistakes were mounting yesterday. The stress was rising. The deficit was troubling. As things went awry, Sabalenka would...

REGGAE GIRLZ goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer has signed a one-year deal with Women’s Super League (WSL) champions Chelsea after three months of being on loan from the Tottenham Hotspur. This move will see the 34-year-old parting ways with Tottenham...

AFTER HIS confidence-boosting win in the ITF World Tennis Tour M25 in Laval, Quebec, on Sunday, top Jamaican tennis player Blaise Bicknell is looking to climb his way back up the international ranking. Bicknell, who came from a set down on Sunday...

PAISLEY, Scotland (CMC): RICHARD KING has already embraced the close-knit atmosphere at St Mirren, describing the club as a ‘family’ just days after arriving in Scotland. The 23-year-old Jamaican international, who signed last month, has finally...

HOUSTON (AP): US COACH Mauricio Pochettino faulted match officials for three key calls in the Americans’ 2-1 CONCACAF Gold Cup final loss to Mexico on Sunday night, saying they wouldn’t allow a video review to deny an El Tri goal for the third time...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (CMC): WEST INDIES Women’s captain Hayley Matthews and her teammate Afy Fletcher have been nominated for the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for June after impressive performances in their recently concluded series...

THE JAMAICA Basketball Association (JaBA) hosted a trial, minus its big NBA stars, at the National Stadium courts over the weekend, from which coach Rick Turner will select a squad of 18 for a training camp before the 2027 World Cup pre-qualifiers...

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AP): WIAAN MULDER sacrificed a shot at one of cricket’s most hallowed records to start mopping up Zimbabwe in the second Test at Queens Sports Club yesterday. The first-time captain of South Africa was on 367, just 33 runs away...

I DREAM AGAIN, a June foal who Derrick Smith gifted himself as an 80th birthday present, yesterday handed the former member of parliament and owner of 2015 Jamaica Derby winner, Seeking My Dream, his “most pleasing classic win”, a length-and-three-...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (AP): FIFA CUT standard ticket prices for the semi-final between Chelsea and Fluminense at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, from US$439.90 to $13.40 in the past week. FIFA has used dynamic pricing for the 63-game...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): QUARTER-MILERS SADA Williams and Dasean Boyce, along with sprinter Ross Walrond, were among several Barbadians in winners’ row at the inaugural Barbados Grand Prix on Saturday at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex. Williams,...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada (CMC): MITCHELL STARC and Nathan Lyon grabbed three wickets apiece against the West Indies, who produced yet another dismal batting performance to slump to a 133-run defeat in the second Test at the National Cricket Stadium...