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Guyana secured five gold medals from seven division finals when the sixth edition of the Winfield Braithwaite Caribbean Schoolboys and Juniors Championship continued on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

Olga Carmona scored in the 29th minute to fuel Spain to a 1-0 win over England in the final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup  yesterday in Sydney.

Vergenoegen powerhouse Slingerz FC continued their unbeaten run in the West Demerara Football Association Senior Men’s League, clipping Eagles 11-0 yesterday at the Tuschen ground.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Noah Lyles has been talking up his 100 metres chances in the World Athletics Championships all week and the American 200 metres specialist backed up the chat where and when it mattered yesterday as he took gold in a personal best 9.83 seconds.

Guyana’s two representatives at this year’s World Athletic Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Emmanuel Archibald and Aliyah Abrams, yesterday crashed out of their respective 100m and 400m events.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC – Rising star Oblique Seville narrowly missed out on a World Championships medal for the second year running, when he finished fourth in the men’s 100 metres final on day two of the Budapest showpiece here yesterday.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Ivana Vuleta has had a career full of bronze medals, but the 33-year-old Serbian finally won long jump gold at the World Athletics Championships yesterday.

The Demerara Volleyball Association (DVA) men’s team failed to make the finals of the Volleyball International Cup in Roraima, Brazil, losing to Amazonas 0-3 on Saturday evening in the semi-final section.

Pacesetters and Pepsi Sonics recorded contrasting wins when the inaugural edition of the “One Guyana” Basketball Premier League continued Saturday night at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – All the big names in the women’s 100 metres progressed safely through the World Championships first round yesterday, with the remarkable Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce looking in great form again as she seeks her sixth title at the age of 36.

(Reuters) – Spain captain and World Cup final hero Olga Carmona found out after the match that her father had died, the Spanish FA (RFEF) said yesterday.

Port Mourant and Skeldon Community Centre registers huge wins Saturday when the Republic Bank GCB U23 Inter-Club Super50 tournament continued in Berbice Port Mourant beat Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club (RHTYSC) by five wickets.

CARDIFF, Wales, CMC – All-rounder Hayley Matthews warmed up for the start of the women’s Caribbean Premier League at month end with a sparkling knock for Welsh Fire as they beat London Spirit by 23 runs in the women’s Hundred.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Rain forced the abandonment of the fifth game of the Caribbean Premier League between Barbados Royals and Jamaica Tallawahs at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground here yesterday.

(Reuters) – Brazilian winger Neymar might have to wait until September to make his debut for Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal because of injury, coach Jorge Jesus said.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei delivered a devastating last lap to win a third successive World Championship 10,000 metres gold yesterday despite barely competing over 25 laps in the last three years.

(CPL) Rain was to prove the victor as Saint Lucia Kings and Guyana Amazon Warriors took a point apiece in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

Former two-time national boxing champion Jeff Roberts is of the opinion that unified welterweight champion Terrence Crawford can be the boxer to break Floyd Mayweather’s record.

Guyana recorded two wins and suffered three defeats on the opening day of the Volleyball International Cup in Roraima, Brazil.

BUDAPEST, (Reuters) – Gudaf Tsegay of Ethiopia won a dramatic women’s 10,000 metres at the world championships last night after race leader Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands stumbled and fell about 20 metres from the finish line.