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One of the Guyana’s rarest bodybuilding gems, Rosanna Fung will make her final appearance as an amateur Wellness athlete on Sunday at the National Cultural Centre. 

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Captain Kraigg Brathwaite has rued West Indies’ lack of resolve in the Adelaide second Test but said he believed the chastening result was a learning curve, which would serve the side well in important contests next year.

MULTAN, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Imam-ul-Haq and Saud Shakeel struck defiant half-centuries to keep Pakistan in the hunt but England maintained the upper hand in the action-packed second test yesterday.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Croatia will not attempt to stop Argentina superstar Lionel Messi by man-marking him but instead will focus on immobilising the entire team in their World Cup semi-final tomorrow, they said.

DOHA, (Reuters) – As Kylian Mbappe was being muzzled by the England defence, it was France’s old guard who took the defending champions through to the World Cup semi-finals in a nerve-racking 2-1 victory on Saturday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Under-19 stars Djenaba Joseph and Trishan Holder have been called up to the West Indies Women’s senior squad for the opening two Twenty20 Internationals of the five-match series against England Women.

The University of Guyana (UG) and the New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) will contest the final of the tertiary knockout basketball tournament following semifinal wins at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, Homestretch Avenue.

(Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma has been ruled out of the first of two tests this month against Bangladesh, the board of control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Sunday.

ADELAIDE, (Reuters) – Australia routed West Indies for 77 in the second innings to romp to a 419-run victory in the day-night second test and complete a 2-0 series sweep at the Adelaide Oval today.

AL KHOR, Qatar, (Reuters) – Oliver Giroud sent France into a World Cup semi-final with Morocco as his late header after Aurelien Tchouameni’s opener clinched a gutsy 2-1 win over England yesterday with Harry Kane blazing a penalty over the bar six minutes from time.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Morocco’s extraordinary run in Qatar continued yesterday as they claimed another massive scalp in beating Portugal 1-0 to become the first African and Arab country to reach the World Cup semi-finals.

The Kaieteur Attack Racing Cycle Club (KARCC) was formally launched on Friday night in the clubhouse of GMR&SC on Thomas Lands.

Young Olympian Aleka Persaud and Olympic hopeful Leon Seaton Jr. departed Friday for Melbourne, Australia to represent Guyana at the 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m).

MULTAN, Pakistan,  (Reuters) – Pakistan spinner Abrar Ahmed continued his fairytale debut but England stretched their overall lead to 281 to put themselves in a commanding position in the second test in Multan yesterday.

ADELAIDE, Australia, CMC – Shambolic batting on yesterday’s third day left West Indies staring at a heavy defeat in the second Test and teetering on the brink of another emotionally-draining series loss Down Under.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – West Indies Women churned out arguably their worst performance of the three-match series as they suffered a 151-run flogging in the final One-Day International, to endure a 3-0 whitewash at the hands of England Women.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – India’s Ishan Kishan smashed the quickest double century in men’s one-day international cricket in a consolation 227-run victory over Bangladesh in their third and final ODI yesterday, having lost the first two.

Joel Embiid scored 38 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, De’Anthony Melton posted career highs with 33 points, eight 3-pointers and seven steals and the host Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 133-122 in overtime.

WASHINGTON/DOHA,  (Reuters) – Well-known U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl died suddenly on Friday after collapsing while covering a match at the World Cup in Qatar, his agent said.

AL KHOR, Qatar,  (Reuters) – A brilliant Olivier Giroud header 12 minutes from time kept France on course to retain their World Cup title with a 2-1 win over England in a tight last quarter-final today.