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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.
August 10, 2026 by Raymond Graham

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.
August 10, 2026 by Livingston Scott

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.
August 10, 2026

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.
August 10, 2026

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.
August 10, 2026

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.
August 10, 2026

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.
August 10, 2026

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…
August 10, 2026

Cameroon qualify for Women’s World Cup

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP): Goalkeeper Michaely Bihina starred and Cameroon held on to beat defending champions Nigeria 1-0 yesterday for a place in the semi-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations…