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(Reuters) – Factbox on the eighth Twenty20 World Cup, which takes place from tomorrow to Nov.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India fast bowler Mohammed Shami will replace injured Jasprit Bumrah in the team’s squad for the T20 World Cup in Australia, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

JAKARTA, (Reuters) – A fact-finding team tasked with investigating a deadly soccer stampede in Indonesia has concluded that tear gas was the main cause of death in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters, the country’s security minister said yesterday.

According to a release, the trial will commence from 10:00hrs and will be staged at the National Track and Field Centre ahead of the three-day Games set to return from November 25.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Brentford striker Ivan Toney scored with a deft backheel finish in the first half and added a penalty in the second to give his side a 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion in their Friday night Premier League clash at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Coomacka crushed Blueberry Hill 5-2 when the Upper Demerara Football Association (UDFA) Senior Men’s League continued last evening at the Mackenzie Sports Club ground, Linden.

GT Panthers earned a berth in the elimination round of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Senior Men’s League, upsetting Santos by a 2-1 score-line on Wednesday evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda, Georgetown.

Star cyclists, Jamual John and Andre ‘Padlock’ Green will represent Guyana and their respective clubs in the Tobago International Cycling Classic which starts today.Back

Soesdyke Falcons and Swan recorded wins when the East Bank Demerara Football Association (EBDFA) Senior Men’s League continued on Sunday at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

(Reuters) – Brazil forward Neymar will stand trial next week on fraud and corruption charges over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013 and the complainant, Brazilian investment firm DIS, said yesterday it was demanding a five-year jail term.

(Reuters) – India’s current batting line-up is their best ever in cricket’s shortest format but the team must improve their fielding in Australia if they are to bring home a second T20 World Cup trophy, former coach Ravi Shastri has said.

(Reuters) – A former president of Venezuela’s soccer federation (FVF) has been banned by FIFA for five years and fined more than $410,000 after being found guilty of financial corruption, world soccer’s governing body said yesterday.

(Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek tamed China’s Zheng Qinwen 6-4 4-6 6-1 yesterday to ease into the quarterfinals of the San Diego Open and close in on an eighth title this season.

(Reuters) – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hear the Chilean football federation’s appeal on Nov.

(CMC) – Touring West Indies will face the Australia Prime Minister’s XI in a four-day pink-ball game Down Under next month, in commemoration of the 70-year anniversary of the celebrated fixture.

The last round and finals of the Guyana Cricket Board’s Senior Inter-County 50-over tournament has been moved to the National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

(CMC) – Two-time Twenty20 World Cup-winning captain, Daren Sammy, believes West Indies can produce “something special” at the latest edition of the tournament starting later this month.

After waiting some seven months, cricket fans will have the opportunity to see the highly anticipated clash between Everest Cricket Club and Demerara Cricket club (DCC) in the Georgetown Cricket Association’s Noble House Seafood’s two-day second division tournament this weekend.

Guyana’s squash queen, Nicolette Fernandes lost a grueling five-set thriller in the women’s singles final of the South American Games last evening in Paraguay.

MELBOURNE, Australia, CMC – West Indies’ final preparation for the qualifying phase of the T20 World Cup hit a snag yesterday when rain forced the abandonment of their last official warm-up match against the Netherlands.