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DUBAI, (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates will host Afghanistan’s ‘home’ matches over the next five years, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The second one day international between India and New Zealand yesterday was called off due to heavy rain with the Kiwi home side retaining their 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

Guyana won the Inter-Guiana Games Football title, defeating Suriname 2-0 yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Sherwin Sampson led Team Guyana’s sweep of the podium in the cycle road race of this year’s Inter Guiana Games (IGG) staged yesterday at West Demerara. 

While delivering one of the keynote speeches at the historic resuscitation of the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) following a five-year hiatus, Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, disclosed that plans are being conceptualised for the inaugural staging of the Border Games between Nickerie District and Corentyne Addressing the gathering of dignitaries, officials and athletes, which also included Prime Minister Mark Phillips, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson jnr.,

Guyana’s dominance in the discipline of track and field at the Inter Guiana Games continued yesterday at the National Track and Field Centre.

Rosignol won the Region #5 title in the One Guyana President’s Cup Football Championship, defeating Paradise 1-0 on Friday evening at the No.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Left-armer Sheldon Cottrell and West Indies teammate Johnson Charles both produced superb efforts to ensure Samp Army crushed Delhi Bulls by eight wickets in the Abu Dhabi T10 here yesterday.

CANBERRA, Australia, CMC – Tagenarine Chanderpaul grabbed the headlines again with an attractive half-century but West Indies’ final day run chase fell short as their four-day match against the Australian Prime Minister’s XI finished in a tense draw here yesterday.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Explosive former West Indies all-rounder Deandra Dottin smashed an unbeaten fifty and returned to grab two wickets as she propelled underdogs Adelaide Strikers to a 10-run victory over Sydney Sixers and to their first ever Women’s Big Bash League title here yesterday.

LUSAIL, Qatar, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi kept his dream of winning his first World Cup alive by rifling in the opening goal in yesterday’s 2-0 victory over Mexico in World Cup Group C, proving he was far from done in the tournament.

DOHA, (Reuters) – Kylian Mbappe crowned an exhilarating individual performance with two second-half goals to make champions France the first side into the last 16 of the World Cup as they beat Denmark 2-1 in their Group D clash at the 974 Stadium yesterday.

Anthony Davis racked up 25 points and 15 rebounds, LeBron James added 21 points in his return after missing five games and the visiting Los Angeles Lakers sprinted away from the plummeting San Antonio Spurs 105-94 on Friday.

AL WAKRAH, Qatar, (Reuters) – Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 at the Al Janoub Stadium yesterday to register their first World Cup victory in 12 years as they provisionally moved up to second in Group D behind reigning champions France.

AL RAYYAN, Qatar,  (Reuters) – An emotional Robert Lewandowski scored his first World Cup goal as Poland brought Saudi Arabia back down to earth with a bump yesterday with a 2-0 Group C victory that rejuvenated their tournament campaign.

Middle distance maestro, Attoya Harvey provided a reminder of her pedigree yesterday, recording two gold medal performances to headline Guyana’s dominance on opening day of Inter Guiana Games (IGG) track and field action at the National Track and Field Centre.

Fitness Express continues to be one of the main spotters for powerlifting standout, Carlos Petterson-Grifith. 

Suriname’s cyclist, Dimitri Madamsir brought his talents over to the 592 and rode off with the Inter Guiana Games (IGG) Men’s Individual Time-Trial trophy yesterday in the National Park.

A silver medal performance in her debut outing at the Central American and Caribbean Championships (CAC) earlier this year in Barbados has bolstered the confidence of bikini standout, Christina Ramsammy. 

AL KHOR, Qatar, (Reuters) – England suffered a sobering reality check as they were outplayed for long periods by a youthful United States side in a tense 0-0 draw in their second World Cup Group B game yesterday.