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 Iran players celebrate after the match REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Iran players celebrate after the match REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Iran deliver sucker punch to Wales with stoppage-time winners

AL RAYYAN, Qatar, (Reuters) – Iran scored twice after the eighth minute of stoppage time to snatch a stunning 2-0 win over Wales yesterday that breathed new life into their World Cup campaign and left the Welsh flat on their backs and facing a make-or-break decider against England.

Hosts Qatar crash out of World Cup after Senegal loss

DOHA,  (Reuters) – The World Cup hopes of Qatar were dashed after a 3-1 loss to Senegal and a draw between Ecuador and Netherlands left them bottom of Group A with no chance of progressing, just five days after they opened the tournament with a 2-0 loss to Ecuador.

Shimron Hetmyer

Hetmyer cameo inspires Sampy Army win

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – A Shimron Hetmyer cameo made all the difference as Samp Army beat Evin Lewis’s Bangla Tigers by 15 runs on the second day of the Abu Dhabi T10 here Thursday.

Valencia earns Ecuador deserved 1-1 draw against Netherlands

DOHA,  (Reuters) – Ecuador’s “Superman” captain Enner Valencia led a feisty fightback yesterday as the South Americans drew 1-1 with the Netherlands in Group A to keep both teams in pole position for reaching the last 16 while ending Qatar’s chances of qualifying.

Pouderoyen scorers (from left) Dexroy Adams, Kenaz Stephens, Devin Gaskin and EJ Mars

Den Amstel captures Region Three title

Den Amstel won the Region #3 Zone title in the ‘One Guyana President’s Cup’ Football Championship on Wednesday evening, overcoming traditional rival Uitvlugt by a 2-0 scoreline at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.

Tagenarine Chanderpaul celebrating after reaching his century against the Australia PM XI

Chanderpaul eyeing Test spot after hundred

(CMC) – Uncapped left-hander Tagenarine Chanderpaul all but pencilled his name in for the opening Test in Perth when he struck a high quality hundred on day two of the four-day ‘pink-ball’ match yesterday.

Historic Concacaf coaching course for women underway

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) officially kicked-off its maiden’s women’s only Concacaf W Level C Coaching Course yesterday at the National Training Centre, Providence, which featured participation from 24 aspiring coaches from the various sub-associations.

The cleaned drain (Ministry of Public Works photo)

Not pothole, cleaned drain

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.

 Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar -  Spain reached 100 World Cup goals during their 7-0 rout of Costa Rica yesterday. (Photo Courtesy Twitter)

Spanish rout!

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.

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