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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A court in southern Brazil has forbidden ex-Barcelona striker Ronaldinho from selling 57 of his real estate properties due to an unpaid environmental fine and other debts, a Brazilian newspaper reported yesterday.

(Reuters) – England’s World Cup success came with a new-look pace attack but they are likely to pin their Ashes hopes on the tried and trusted Jimmy Anderson.

(Reuters) – Five-times Olympic champion Dana Vollmer will retire from competitive swimming after this week’s national championships, the American said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former Manchester United left back Patrice Evra announced his retirement from soccer yesterday, bringing a trophy-laden 20-year career to an end.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – It was only in March last year that a tearful David Warner sat in a lecture theatre at the Sydney Cricket Ground and told the assembled media he was resigned to never playing for Australia again.

(Reuters) – Temporary dismissals, popularly known as ‘sin bins’ in other sports, will be introduced across all levels of grassroots soccer in the 2019-20 season, England’s Football Association (FA) said yesterday.

For the 15th consecutive year, the family of Reagan Rodrigues, founder of Ricks and Sari, will host a 46-mile road race in honour of the late racer.

The National Racquet Centre on Woolford Avenue will become a hive of activity as the fourth edition of the Sheltez Tennis Club’s annual summer camp serves off from August 5.

The national men’s 7s rugby team finished their Pan American Games campaign yesterday in Lima, Peru with a 24-nil loss to Uruguay, a reminder of how their forgettable tournament unfolded.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Egan Bernal became the first Colombian to win the Tour de France when he retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey after yesterday’s 21st and final stage won by Caleb Ewan of Australia.

A tropical storm in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has forced the abandonment of the first round of the Cricket West Indies “Rising Stars” Regional Under-19 tournament.

Vice-President of the Guyana Tennis Association (GTA), Cristy Campbell and Junior Coach, Andre Erskine have sounded an urgent call for the installation of floodlights at public tennis courts and rehabilitation works.

HOCKENHEIM, Germany, (Reuters) – Max Verstappen made five pitstops, spun and then won a crazy German Grand Prix yesterday while Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton had a nightmare afternoon but still stretched his overall lead to 41 points.

LA Ballers, Dave & Celina All-Stars, Haynes Hitters, High Rollers and Silver Bullets recorded contrasting wins, when the 6th edition of the New Era Entertainment/Mohamed’s Enterprise Futsal Tournament continued on Saturday.

President of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) Roger Harper delivered a rousing charge to five of the club’s juniors who were selected to represent Guyana at the 2019 Cricket West Indies (CWI) Regional Under-19 Championship in St Vincent and the Grenadines.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – West Indies T20 captain Carlos Brathwaite is expecting a stern challenge from India when the two sides meet in the US for their upcoming Twenty20 series.

BRAMPTON, Canada,  CMC – The Trinidadian duo of Rayad Emrit and Dwayne Bravo both produced solid performances as their Winnipeg Hawks rebounded from defeat to trounce the Vancouver Knights by eight wickets here yesterday.

GWANGJU, South Korea,  (Reuters) – If the world swimming championships in Gwangju were just a taste of what is to come at the 2020 Olympics, then in the words of recently retired Australian sprinter James Magnussen — “Brace yourselves”.

(ESPN) Sri Lanka yesterday romped to a seven-wicket victory over Bangladesh to go 2-0 up and claim a series win with one game left to play.

DES MOINES, Iowa  (Reuters) – Olympic champion Dalilah Muhammad smashed one of athletics’ oldest world records when she stormed to the women’s 400 metres hurdles title in 52.20 seconds at the United States championships in Iowa yesterday.