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The Ministry of Public Works yesterday said that a photograph in Wednesday’s edition of Stabroek News showed a car stuck in a cleaned drain not a pothole.

(Reuters) – Uruguay defender Diego Godin and midfielder Federico Valverde both hit the woodwork as the South Americans were held to a 0-0 draw by South Korea in their opening World Cup Group H game on yesterday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Former champions Spain got their World Cup off to a pulsating start with a record 7-0 rout of Costa Rica yesterday as a Ferran Torres brace and a sumptuous strike from Gavi sent them past the 100-goal mark in soccer’s showpiece event.

Three days of action packed sports rivalry involving the best student-athletes from the ‘Guianas’ will get underway tomorrow when the highly anticipated Inter Guiana Games (IGG) makes its grand return.

If Nicholas Albert’s intuition comes to fruition, he will be crowned the next Mr.

Mohamed Qualander, Rajiv Latchana and Ryan McKinnon copped the Open, Production and Limited divisional titles, when the Guyana Sports Shooting Foundation (GSSF) staged its El Dorado Security Service year-end championships Sunday at the Camp Stephenson shooting range, Timehri.

Tobias Harris shook off a minor ankle scare early in the third quarter to score a season-high 24 points as the short-handed 76ers beat the visiting Brooklyn Nets 115-106 on Tuesday night in Ben Simmons’ return to Philadelphia.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Late goals by substitutes Ritsu Doan and Takuma Asano gave Japan an incredible 2-1 comeback victory over Germany in the World Cup yesterday in another emotional fillip for Asian soccer after Saudi Arabia’s shock win over Argentina.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Fast bowler Alzarri Joseph’s late three-wicket burst with the second new ball hauled West Indies back into contention after a trio of half-centuries had threatened to give the Australian Prime Minister’s XI complete control on day one of the four-day first class tour match here yesterday.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Nicholas Pooran wasted little time in refocusing after quitting the West Indies white-ball captaincy, lashing a whirlwind half-century to fire his Deccan Gladiators to a 35-run victory over Team Abu Dhabi on the opening day of the Abu Dhabi T10 here yesterday.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Germany players placed their hands over their mouths during a team photo ahead of their game against Japan for their World Cup Group E yesterday as the row over FIFA’s threat of sanctions over the “OneLove” armband continued.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia coach Justin Langer has reopened old wounds over his acrimonious resignation, lashing out at unnamed “cowards” in the team who complained in the media about his intense coaching style.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England white-ball captain Jos Buttler is unfazed by their 3-0 whitewash in Australia and has urged the administrators to make sure bilateral cricket remains relevant.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, (Reuters) – Michy Batshuayi scored and Thibaut Courtois saved a penalty as a lacklustre Belgium opened their World Cup campaign yesterday with a scrappy 1-0 win over an energetic Canada side returning to the finals for first time in 36 years.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) yesterday handed bowling all-rounder Chamika Karunaratne a suspended one-year ban from all forms of cricket following a disciplinary inquiry into violations committed at the Twenty20 World Cup in Australia.

AL KHOR, Qatar, (Reuters) – Croatia’s World Cup campaign got off to a stuttering start with a 0-0 draw against a battling Morocco yesterday as the 2018 runners-up lacked the punch and guile of the side that went so close in Russia.

Saudi Arabia served up a stunning upset over Argentina 2-1 in the first match of Group C Play at the World Cup in Qatar yesterday.

Team Mohamed has added the sport of archery to its sponsorship portfolio, committing to donating an annual subsidy of $400,000 towards the local federation Archery Guyana.

Den Amstel will battle Uitvlugt in the final of the Region #3 Zone in the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ this evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, following hard-fought semi-final victories on Monday evening.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – West Indies Test captain Kraigg Brathwaite is expecting tougher competition in his side’s four-day match against Australia’s PM XI starting today, which he believes will be good preparation for their two-match series against the hosts next week.