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(Reuters) – Scotland kept alive their hopes of reaching the World Cup Finals with a last-gasp 1-0 victory over 10-man Slovakia at Hampden Park on Thursday.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – The Brazilian police on Thursday arrested the head of the national Olympics committee, who is accused of arranging more than $2 million in bribes to get the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to pick Rio de Janeiro as host of the 2016 games.

SUZUKA, Japan, (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton says there will be no easing off the throttle even if he does not have to win another race after Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix to secure a fourth Formula One title.

(Reuters) – Russian teenager Andrey Rublev recovered from a set and a break down to storm past former winner Tomas Berdych and into the China Open quarter-finals on Thursday.

The seventh annual Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association (GFSCA) coordinated ‘Guyana Softball Cup’ was officially launched yesterday at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground pavilion, Queenstown.

By Noelle Smith As it prepares to host the 150th anniversary of the West Indies Full-bore Shooting Council Championships at the Timehri Rifle Ranges from October 8 to 15, the Guyana National Rifle Association (GNRA) said yesterday that it will field two teams to compete in the historic competition.

Following the just concluded GTT indoor hockey competition, the Guyana Hockey Board has named a strong 12-member men’s team to compete in the 2017 Indoor Pan American Cup to be held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall from October 16-21.

With the start of the third season of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Elite League uncertain the GFF because of funding the GFF has requested financial assistance from the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to fund the tournament.

The annual Hamilton Green Cup football tournament will continue on Saturday at the Mackenzie Sports Club (MSC) ground in Linden with a triple-header.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka,  CMC – An upbeat Sri Lanka Women left here Tuesday for the Caribbean confident of springing a surprise on West Indies Women, in the limited overs series starting next Wednesday in Trinidad.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, CMC – Test batsman Dhananjaya De Silva will lead a 16-man Sri Lanka A squad on the tour of West Indies starting next week.

Queen’s College, Bishops’ High and St Rose’s secondary Schools won their respective zones at the North Georgetown swimming championships on Monday.

BLOEMFONTEIN, (Reuters) – Bangladesh have lost their opener Tamim Iqbal to injury ahead of tomorrow’s second test against South Africa in Bloemfontein, officials said yesterday.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Director of cricket, Jimmy Adams, does not see any fallout from playing the early stages of the first class season alongside Sri Lanka A’s tour of the Caribbean.

(Reuters) – Australia fast bowler James Pattinson will take an indefinite break from cricket and has been ruled out of the Ashes series against England after reaggravating his lower back stress fracture, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Claire Polosak never played cricket and failed the umpires’ exam “a few times” but is set to become the first woman to officiate an Australian men’s top level fixture when New South Wales play a Cricket Australia XI in a one-day match on Sunday.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Bowler Dane Paterson was handed a first call-up to South Africa’s one-day international team yesterday for the series against Bangladesh, two days after receiving his first selection for the test side.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Kolkata’s Eden Gardens will be the venue for the opening test when India host Sri Lanka in a full series starting next month, the country’s cricket board (BCCI) has announced.

BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay formally launched South America’s three-nation bid to host the 2030 World Cup yesterday and said Argentina would likely host the majority of the tournament’s stadiums.

Priyanna Ramdhani yesterday kept the Golden Arrowhead flying when she reached the quarter-finals of the girl’s singles in the badminton competition at the South American Youth games in Santiago, Chile.