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AP Newcastle’s Bruno Guimarães reacts after a Premier League football match between Newcastle United and Manchester City in Newcastle, England, Saturday, November 22, 2025.
August 9, 2026

Arsenal land Guimarães from Newcastle

LONDON (AP): Arsenal completed the signing of Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimarães from Newcastle yesterday. The Premier League champions paid a reported £75 million (US$101 million) for Guimarães, who…
Jamaica's Michael Andre Edwards hits the sandpit during the triple final at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships at the Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon yesterday.
August 8, 2026 by Raymond Graham

Final attempt brings Jamaica first World U20 Gold

Triple jumper Michael-Andre Edwards gave Jamaica its first gold medal at the World Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, last night, winning the men's triple jump with a personal best and…
Action from last year’s Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 Championship.
August 8, 2026

Barbados eye double as CWI Women’s U-19 Champs bowls off

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC): The future stars of West Indies women’s cricket will take centre stage as the 2026 Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 Championship bowls off in Antigua from August 8-15, with…
Simone Gordon
August 8, 2026 by Robert Bailey

Trinidad stun Jamaica in CAC netball final

Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls were dethroned as Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games netball champions after suffering a shock 56-49 defeat to regional rivals Trinidad and Tobago in yesterday’s final…
Atlanta Dream forward Angel Reese gestures after scoring a basket during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings in Arlington, Texas, Wednesday, July 29, 2026.
August 8, 2026

New era for US basketball: Clark, Reese, Bueckers set for World Cup debuts

NEW YORK (AP) Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers will make their World Cup debuts next month as members of the US women’s national team, aiming to help secure a fifth consecutive FIBA World…
FIFA President Gianni Infantino
August 8, 2026

Infantino faces mounting pressure

MANCHESTER, England (AP) Norway’s football federation has called for Gianni Infantino to step down immediately, piling more pressure on FIFA’s embattled president after his failed plan to sell stakes…
San Diego FC midfielder Hirving Lozano plays during the second half of MLS football’s Western Conference semi-final against Minnesota United on November 24, 2025, in San Diego.
August 8, 2026

Galaxy land Lozano on loan

CARSON, California (AP) : The LA Galaxy have acquired forward Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano on loan from San Diego FC for the remainder of the Major League Soccer season, with an option to make the move…
James Harden arrives before the World Cup final match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Sunday, July 19, 2026.
August 8, 2026

Harden gun charge dismissed by Texas judge

PHILADELPHIA (AP): A misdemeanour gun charge against Cleveland Cavaliers guard James Harden has been dismissed in Texas after he completed an alternative resolution programme that allowed him to avoid…
Former South Korea men’s national team head coach Hong Myung-bo attends a hearing on the Korea Football Association amid a controversy surrounding the management of the sport’s national governing body and its impact on the team’s World Cup performanc
August 8, 2026

Police raid South Korea football federation offices

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): Police raided the Korea Football Association’s offices Thursday as part of an investigation into alleged irregularities in the 2024 appointment of Hong Myung-bo as South…