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Prized pugilists, Keevin Allicock and Desmond Amsterdam put on spirited performances last night at these ongoing XXII Commonwealth Games here in Birmingham, England but ultimately failed in their bid to clinch semi-final berths.

Olympian, Aliyah Abrams, clinched a berth in the women’s 400 metres semifinals tomorrow after cruising to a second place finish in heat two in XXII Commonwealth Games action yesterday here in Birmingham at the Alexander Stadium.

Pouderoyen FC crushed Number #1 All-Stars by a 3-0 score-line, when the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA) Senior Men’s League continued last evening at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora, West Coast Demerara.

Local table tennis star, Chelsea Edghill, kicked off her women’s singles campaign in fine style yesterday, dominating her two opponents to progress to the next round of these XX11 Commonwealth Games currently underway here in Birmingham, England.

Jessica Callender secured a victory, while Nellisha Johnson drew her encounter during their fifth round matches against Malawi at the 44th FIDE Chess Olympiad being held at the Sheraton Mahabalipuram Resort and Convention Centre, in Chennai, India, according to a Guyana Chess Federation release.

Christopher Griffith, Guyana’s lone cyclist at these XXII Commonwealth Games, will saddle up today with aspirations of making the Golden Arrowhead proud.

Over at the University of Birmingham, Mary Fung-A-Fat’s squash (singles) campaign ended after she lost her plate final in straight sets to India’s Sunayna Kuruvilla.

The Lady Jaguars suffered their second consecutive loss in the CONCACAF U15 Girls Football Championship, going down to Nicaragua 1-3 yesterday at the Hillsborough County Sportsplex Field in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Over at the national Exhibition Centre, Hall 5, in Birmingham, the sibling duo of Priyanna and Narayan Ramdhani lost to Ugandan duo, Daniel Wanagaliya and Husina Kobugabe 0-2 in the opening round of 64.

(Reuters) – World Triathlon approved a policy that requires transgender athletes to show their testosterone concentration is less than 2.5 nanomoles per litre continuously for at least two years to compete as females, the governing body said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Pakistan have dropped seamer Hasan Ali and replaced him with teenage fast bowler Naseem Shah in their Twenty20 squad for the Asia Cup, which begins in Dubai on Aug.

A cadre of golfers, including Phil Mickelson and Bryson DeChambeau, filed an antitrust lawsuit against the PGA Tour yesterday.

(Reuters) – South Africa opener Reeza Hendricks scored a fourth successive Twenty20 International half-century yesterday to help his side to a 21-run victory over Ireland.

(CMC) – Reigning Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah put her World Championships troubles behind her to storm to victory in the 100 metres final yesterday and clinch her first-ever Commonwealth Games medal.

A 19-year-old mason will now spend the next six days behind bars after he was remanded on the charge of armed robbery.

(Reuters) – Semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) will be used in the Champions League this season after being introduced for next week’s UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Eintracht Frankfurt, European soccer’s governing body said yesterday.

(CMC) – West Indies failed to repeat their exploits of 24 hours earlier and slumped to a seven-wicket loss to India in the third Twenty20 International at Warner Park.

Secretary of Buxton United Football Club (BUFC), Eton Moses, has questioned the transparency of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) constitutional review process, stating that any opposition or enquiry into the procedure being employed by the local association shouldn’t be labelled as “political”.

By Emmerson Campbell in Birmingham, UK Star athlete, Emanuel Archibald, made hay in the sunshine at the ongoing Commonwealth Games here in Birmingham, England yesterday, leaping to first in his qualifying group in the long jump and second in his 100 metres heat to keep his medal hopes alive.

When boxers Keevin Allicock and Desmond Amsterdam step in the ring this evening, they will be fighting for chances to medal and cement their places in history at these ongoing XX11 Commonwealth Games here in Birmingham, England.