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(Reuters) – The first edition of the annual FIFA Intercontinental Cup for club teams from around the world will have five matches, with European Champions League winners Real Madrid to play in the final on Dec.

(Reuters) – Surrey successfully defended their County Championship title to claim the trophy for a third consecutive season yesterday after rivals Somerset lost at Lancashire.

CHENNAI, India,  (Reuters) – India spared Bangladesh the ignominy of a follow-on but grabbed an overall lead of 308 with seven wickets in hands to seize control of the opening test in Chennai  yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC – Azim Bassarath has expressed his delight at being re-elected as vice-president of Cricket West Indies (CWI) following the hosting of a Special Meeting of Members here yesterday.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  (Reuters) – Afghanistan registered another emphatic victory over South Africa yesterday, beating them by 177 runs in the second one-day international to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three-match series in Sharjah.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent,  CMC – Shafiqua Maloney, who created history by becoming the first Vincentian to advance to the finals of an Olympic event, said that while she did not medal, a loss is when one does not learn anything from the experience.

(Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced a revised schedule for their three-test series at home against England yesterday, with the second test being moved from Karachi to Multan.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka put themselves in a good position on the third day of the opening test against New Zealand after Dimuth Karunaratne and Dinesh Chandimal made half-centuries but the hosts lost some of their momentum to reach 237-4 at stumps in Galle yesterday.

(CPL) – Antigua & Barbuda Falcons defeated the Trinbago Knight Riders for the second time in the tournament, winning by six wickets at the Queen’s Park Oval last night.

– GFF also quiet on the departure Former Guyana Football Federation (GFF) General Secretary Reverend Ian Alves has remained silent on the reasons behind this sudden resignation from the entity.

Rebel Junior Tennis Championship Gerald Scotland, Paula Kalekyezi, and Michael Fordyce captured individual crowns when the curtains came down on the Smalta/Rebel Junior Tennis Championship at the GBTI court in Diamond, East Bank Demerara.

45th Chess Olympiad Guyana recorded mixed results in the 45th edition of the Chess Olympiad continued in Budapest, Hungary, as the women’s team defeated Vanuatu and the men’s unit lost to Puerto Rico yesterday.

GBA U-16 Championship Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Technical Director Terrence Poole confirmed that the official weigh-in exercise for the U-16 Championship in Vergenoegen will occur today for Georgetown teams at the Andrew ‘Six Head, Lewis Gym, with the process for teams outside the capital city occurring tomorrow at the West Demerara facility.

Pee Wee U-11 Football Championship The Petra Organisation, the coordinators of the Pee Wee Boy’s U-11 Football Championship, conducted a team briefing and ball distribution exercise yesterday for the competing teams at the National Library ahead of the event’s kickoff tomorrow at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

(Reuters) – India’s Ravichandran Ashwin smashed a rapid hundred and combined with Ravindra Jadeja in an epic rearguard action as the hosts overcome a top order meltdown to reach 339 for six against Bangladesh on the opening day of the first test yesterday.

(Reuters) – Travis Head scored an unbeaten 154 and Marnus Labuschagne contributed 77 not out as Australia successfully chased down a formidable 316-run target to beat England by seven wickets in the first of their five-match One Day International Series at Trent Bridge yesterday.

(Reuters) – Tom Latham and Kane Williamson led New Zealand’s fightback with sparkling half-centuries as the Black Caps reached 255-4 on the rain-hit second day of their opening test against Sri Lanka in Galle to trail by 50 runs yesterday.

(CPL) – Andre Russell and Tim David added 60 off 26 balls to guide the Trinbago Knight Riders to a thrilling five-wicket win over the Guyana Amazon Warriors at Queen’s Park Oval. 

South American Powerlifting Classic Sarah Sanmoogan, Guyana’s lone female representative at the South American Women’s and Men’s Classic Powerlifting Championship, captured an impressive four bronze medals yesterday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan earned a first-ever One Day International victory over a depleted South Africa when they romped to a comfortable six-wicket triumph in the first game of the three-match series in Sharjah yesterday.