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-Portugal slams magnificent seven past hapless North Korea JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Portugal thrashed North  Korea 7-0 yesterday in the World Cup’s highest score so far,  restoring some bruised pride for Europe’s stuttering soccer  powers and dashing the Asians’ chances of progress.

Mexico vs. Uruguay 9.45am France vs. South Africa 12:00 Nigeria vs.

– but test heading for tame draw Basseterre, St Kitts – The Second Digicel Test at Warner Park is almost certainly destined for a tame draw, most notably due to a pitch which is depressingly in favour of batsmen who simply have to stick around to score heavily.

Table tennis stars of yesterday will attempt to relive their glory days next month when a specially arranged tournament takes place at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Manute Bol, the dominant shot  blocker from Sudan who played in the NBA for 10 seasons, died  on Saturday at the age of 47.

LONDON, (Reuters) – It was Roger Federer, but not as  we know him, at Wimbledon yesterday as the Swiss escaped from  the brink of defeat after being run ragged by a Colombian  firebrand playing the match of his life on Centre Court.

Guyana Trinidad Mutual (GTM) is the latest company to get on board to assist the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) in sending its nine-man team to compete at the CAC Games in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico next month.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Sponsors are starting to distance  themselves from France’s scandal-hit soccer team.

PEBBLE BEACH, California,  (Reuters) – Of all the  big-name players who failed to close out victory at the U.S. 

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Captain Shahid Afridi blasted  124 off 60 balls to lead Pakistan to their highest one-day  international score of 385 and a 139-run consolation victory over Bangladesh in the Asian Cup at Dambulla yesterday.

-Haroon Lorgat International Cricket Council (ICC)  Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has highlighted the staging of the 3,000th One-Day International (ODI) in Southampton today by saying the limited-overs format of the game will remain strong long into the future.

The pairs of Keisha Jeffrey and Ashley Khali and Kayla Jeffrey and Jason Ray Khali advanced to the semi-finals of the girls and mixed doubles respectively at the VIII Pan American Junior Squash Championships in El Salvador.

BLOEMFONTEIN, (Reuters) – A players’ revolution,  which has torn France’s World Cup squad apart and angered the French president, escalated yesterday after some indicated they might not play in a match which could save their campaign.

A new volleyball tournament designed to give a major fillip to the sport locally is set to commence shortly.

Robin Persaud, in a time of one hour, 53 minutes and 54 seconds, won the annual Castrol-sponsored 50-mile road race Sunday (Father’s Day) on the West Bank of Demerara.

The Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA) has confirmed July 7 as the date for the restart of their Open and Third Division League.

The Street Solutions Organization and the National Sports Commission, in collaboration with the Department of Education, will team up this year to launch the fifth anniversary edition of the National Schools Basketball Festival this morning at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Basseterre, St Kitts – Yesterday was the South Africans’ turn to suffer from sunburn and toil in the field.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Brazil dented more African  hopes in the World Cup yesterday by outclassing Ivory Coast to  sweep into the second round, while European torment increased  with an unseemly rebellion in the French camp.

Portugal vs. North Korea 7.30am Chile vs. Switzerland 10:00am Spain vs.