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BERLIN, (Reuters) – Slick-looking Spain go up against belatedly blossoming England in a mouth-watering conclusion to the European Championship tomorrow as the final promises a fitting finish to a month of absorbing action across Germany.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will lock horns in a sequel to last year’s Wimbledon title blockbuster after producing commanding displays to ease through their semi-finals yesterday.

(Reuters) – All-rounder Wanindu Hasaranga has stepped down as captain of Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 team, the country’s cricket board said on Thursday, days after the South Asian side made an early exit at the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and United States.

MONACO,  CMC – Sprint darling Julien Alfred of St Lucia warmed up for the 2024 Olympic Games with a confident win, and fellow medal hopeful Thea La Fond of Dominica returned a season’s best in her pet event at the ninth World Athletics Diamond League meet for the year yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England’s James Anderson brought down the curtain on his stellar international career by taking a wicket against West Indies on the third day of the first test at Lord’s today as he helped his side wrap up a comfortable win by an innings and 114 runs.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – James Anderson signed off from international cricket with his 704th and final wicket today, ending a glittering 21-year career during England’s emphatic win over West Indies and prompting tributes from teammates and fellow greats.

(Reuters) – West Indies limped to 79-6 at the close on the second day of the first test against England at Lord’s yesterday, trailing their hosts by 171 runs and heading for a heavy defeat.

Mocha Village Cup Football Family, Stabroek Ballers, and Touches secured berths to the semifinal round when the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship continued on Wednesday evening at the community centre ground.

SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship – De Nobrega & Estava clinch Boy’s U-14 crown Denzel Luther and Gerald Scotland captured the Boy’s Senior Doubles accolade while Nathan De Nobrega and Denny Estava won the Boy’s U-14 doubles crown when the SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship concluded yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).

Den Amstel stuns Fruta Conquerors 1-0 when the KFC Elite League resumed last evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

Kyle Couchman prevailed in the Moo Milk-sponsored National Junior Chess Championship Qualifiers, which concluded at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

GCB Inter-County Boy’s U-17 50-Over Romario Ramdehol picked up three wickets while Afraz Ali Budhoo struck an unbeaten 72 to lead Berbice to a six-wicket win over Demerara when the Guyana Cricket Board’s (GCB) Inter-County Boy’s U-17 50-Over Championship commenced yesterday.

CWI Women’s U-19 T20 Championship Despite conceding a two-wicket loss to the Windward Islands yesterday in Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana have confirmed a berth in the final of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U-19 T20 Championship tomorrow.

CWI Men’s U19 2-Day Championship -player departs event due to academic duties Fast bowler Isai Thorne will replace all-rounder Zachary Jodah in the Guyana Men’s U-19 team for the CWI Rising Stars 2-Day championships after the latter was forced to exit the event due to ongoing academic commitments.

CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-Day Guyana got off to a horror start in the CWI Rising Stars Men’s U-19 2-day tournament in St Vincent & the Grenadines, as Leeward Islands medium pacer Nathan Edward ripped through their batting order to help bowl out the Guyanese for a paltry 111 on day one at the Park Hill Playing Field.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) will commence the inaugural edition of the Youth Academy Cup on July 16th at the National Training Centre in Providence, with the nation’s premier U-16 players competing against two academies from Trinidad and Tobago.

(CMC) – An all too familiar storyline played out at Lord’s yesterday as the West Indies suffered a first innings batting implosion to find themselves already battling for survival following the opening day of the first Test.

Circuitville and Timehri United recorded comfortable victories when the East Bank Demerara Senior Men’s League continued at the National Training Centre, Providence.

SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship – DeNobrega, Fordyce to contest Boy’s U-14 & U-10 final Samara Siland won the Junior Girl’s Division Two title, while Nathan DeNobrega and Michael Fordyce will contest finals in the Boy’s U-14 and U-10 divisions, respectively, when the SAGICOR Junior Tennis Championship continued yesterday in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).

Mocha Village Cup Football Red Force earned their berth to the semifinal round in the 6th edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship, defeating Frontside in a marathon sudden death penalty shootout last night at the community centre ground.