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(Reuters) – England spinner Shoaib Bashir had a spell to forget when he conceded 38 runs in an over in a County Championship match between Surrey and Worcestershire yesterday in which Dan Lawrence smashed five consecutive sixes.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan can finally look forward to sleeping better after Saturday’s T20 World Cup win avenged last year’s loss to Australia in the 50-overs version.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka,  CMC – Talismanic captain Hayley Matthews returned from injury but West Indies Women’s winning touch still deserted them, as they lost the opening Twenty20 International by four wickets here yesteday.

LEIPZIG, Germany,  (Reuters) – Mattia Zaccagni curled home a 98th minute equaliser as defending champions Italy booked a last-16 spot at Euro 2024 yesterday with a 1-1 draw against Croatia, whose tournament hopes were left hanging by a thread, and will next face Switzerland.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Captain Rovman Powell said West Indies’ batting effort in Sunday’s Super Eight defeat to South Africa was one to quickly forget, but said the surface at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground was a “difficult wicket” which left both teams struggling to adjust.

(Reuters) – India marched into the T20 World Cup semi-finals yesterday as skipper Rohit Sharma’s blistering 92 set up a 24-run victory over Australia.

(Reuters) – Afghanistan reached the semi-finals of the Twenty20 World Cup with a dramatic eight-run victory over Bangladesh under the Duckworth Lewis System in St Vincent yesterday, joining India as the qualifiers from Group 1 and sending Australia home.

(Reuters) – Novak Djokovic is encouraged by his progress after undergoing minor knee surgery less than three weeks ago but the seven-times Wimbledon champion said he will only play in the grasscourt Grand Slam next month if he is able to fight for the title.

(Reuters) – Athing Mu lost the chance to defend her Olympic 800m title in Paris after crashing to the ground and trailing home last at the U.S.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Brazil missed a string of chances and were left to rue a lack of quality in the final third after they were held 0-0 by Costa Rica in their Copa America Group D opener in Los Angeles on Monday.

In a do-or-die match in the Super 8 phase of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, South Africa sent co-hosts the West Indies packing with a 3-wicket win at the North Sound facility in Antigua.

Upper Mazaruni U-18 Football Paruima retained the men’s title while Waramadong secured the women’s crown when the 2nd edition of the Upper Mazaruni District Football Championship concluded last evening.

The Guyana Mixed Martial Arts Federation (GMMAF) commenced their preparatory phase to select their roster for the impending Pan American Games on August 31st in Mexico.

Santos solidified their fourth-place position with a thumping 6-0 victory over Anns Grove when the KFC Elite League resumed on Saturday evening at the National Training Centre, Providence, East Bank Demerara.

The Guyana Cycling Federation’s (GCF) National Championship pedalled off yesterday along the Linden/Soesdyke Highway amid heavy rainfall, with Alexander Leung and Robin Persaud among the category winners.

Kwakwani and Colts will contest the II grail final of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association’s Men’s U-23 Championship following semifinal wins on Saturday evening at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue.

(Reuters) – Pace bowler Chris Jordan celebrated his return to the England side with a hat-trick today in the land of his birth to set the defending champions up for a crushing 10 wicket victory over the United States and a place in the T20 World Cup semi-finals.

RAN 15s Championship – Joseph records hat-trick for visitors Their first 15s match back on home soil after five years was not what the Guyana national rugby team had envisioned ahead of yesterday’s all-important Rugby Americas North (RAN) South Zone 15s Championship reverse fixture against Trinidad and Tobago at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Ground, Camp Ayanganna.

A new champion will be crowned in the boy’s division of the ExxonMobil U-14 Football Championship as Leonora eliminated holders Bartica on penalty kicks yesterday in the quarterfinal round at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.