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(Reuters) – Uruguay beat Brazil 4-2 in a penalty shootout yesterday after a bruising 0-0 draw to march into the semi-finals of the Copa America where they will face Colombia.

(Reuters) – Top seed Iga Swiatek crashed out of Wimbledon in the biggest shock of this year’s Championships so far but Novak Djokovic avoided joining her through the exit door despite another below-par performance yesterday.

…as West Dem Guinness Greatest of the Streets kicks off The West Bank/East Bank Demerara Zone of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets street ball competition got off to a fiery start last night at the Pouderoyen Tarmac, West Bank Demerara.

HAMBURG, Germany,  (Reuters) – France converted all their kicks in a shootout to edge Portugal 5-3 on penalties after a goalless stalemate in their European Championship quarter-final yesterday, likely bringing the curtain down on Cristiano Ronaldo’s international career.

Day five of the National Schools Basketball Festival on Thursday saw Queen’s College U14 Boys dominant in a 25-13 win over Marian Academy while the President’s College Girls ‘A’ Team wiped the floor over their Queen’s College counterparts in the same age group.

LAHORE, Pakistan, CMC – Pakistan will host seven Tests between August this year and February next year, including two against West Indies, in a packed international red-ball home season.

BECKENHAM, England, CMC – Alick Athanaze and Joshua Da Silva warmed up for higher intensity battles in the coming weeks with unbeaten half-centuries that were the highlights for West Indies before the opening match on their Tour of England against the First-Class Counties Select XI ended in a draw yesterday.

STUTTGART, Germany, (Reuters) – A Mikel Merino goal in the last moments of extra time gave Spain a dramatic 2-1 win over hosts Germany in an enthralling Euro 2024 quarter-final clash yesterday  between the tournament’s two most successful nations.

ExxonMobil U14 Schools Football  By Michaelangelo Jacobus Today at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue, two U14 girls school football teams will line up opposite each other in the final of the ExxonMobil U14 Schools Football tournament as familiar foes.

HOUSTON, Texas,  (Reuters) – Argentina beat Ecuador 4-2 on penalties to move into the semi-finals of the Copa America on Thursday after goalkeeper Emi Martinez made two saves in the shootout following a 1-1 draw in regulation time.

ARLINGTON, Texas, (Reuters) – Canada claimed a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Venezuela yesterday to reach the Copa America semi-finals for the first time after an absorbing contest finished 1-1.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz was stretched to the limit en route to the Wimbledon fourth round but world number one Jannik Sinner, his likely semi-final opponent, was unruffled as he advanced in ominous fashion at rainy Wimbledon on Friday.

(Reuters) – Former super featherweight champion Ryan Garcia has been expelled from the World Boxing Council (WBC) after making discriminatory remarks on social media, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman said.

LAHORE,  (Reuters) – The Champions Trophy headlines Pakistan’s home 2024-25 season but doubts remain whether neighbours India will make the trip across the border for the elite 50-overs tournament, which is being held for the first time since 2017.

– Guyana off to solid start in team event The combination of Avery Arjoon and Nicholas Verwey propelled Guyana to mixed doubles glory when the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships continued in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

CWI Rising Stars U-19 Women’s T20 Guyana got their Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars U-19 Women’s T20 campaign off to the perfect start with a thrilling four-run win over hosts Trinidad and Tobago Red Force Divas yesterday.

No Mercy, Boom Bang, Street Ballers, and Cayenne Massive were among the teams to seal their berth in this evening’s main draw following wins in the qualifying segment in the Guinness ‘Greatest of the Streets’ West/East Bank Demerara leg at the Pouderoyen tarmac.

Caribbean U-11 & U-13 Table Tennis Championships The team of Samara Sukhai and Seona Barker secured a bronze medal for Guyana in the Girl’s U-13 doubles division when the Caribbean U-11 & U-13 Table Tennis Championships continued in the Dominican Republic.

Frontside, Talibans, and Cayenne Massive secured berths to the quarterfinal round following round of 16 wins when the sixth edition of the Mocha Village Cup ‘Soft Shoe’ Football Championship resumed on Wednesday evening at the community centre tarmac.

(CMC) – West Indies endured a shaky start to their second innings after they got a foretaste of what to expect in their three-Test series against hosts England when former Under-19 international William Luxton led strong batting from the First-Class Counties Select XI with an enterprising, unbeaten hundred in their tour match yesterday.