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MUMBAI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has become the second Pakistan cricketer to be banned from bowling for 12 months yesterday after his action was found to be illegal by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the second time since November.

MONACO, (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s world indoor champion Genzebe Dibaba broke the 22-year-old world women’s 1,500 metres record on a sultry night at the Monaco Diamond League meeting yesterday with a time of three minutes 50.07 seconds.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former FIFA vice president Jeffrey Webb has arrived in the United States to face criminal charges in a global soccer corruption scandal, a U.S.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australia ripped out England’s top order to take a vice-like grip on the second Ashes test after completely dominating the second day at Lord’s yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – All-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has become the second Pakistan cricketer to be banned from bowling for 12 months today after his action was found to be illegal by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the second time since November.

(CPL) A sensational fifty from Darren Bravo (80*) set the platform for a crucial victory for bottom-of-the-table Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel against top-of-the-table Barbados Tridents last night in Trinidad.

NEW YORK/ZURICH, (Reuters) – A sports marketing executive who was indicted along with 13 other people in a U.S.

Denesh Ramdin, the Guyana Amazon Warriors skipper said the upcoming matches are a must win for the local franchise, as they are expected to play their first game at home this evening in this year’s Hero CPL T20 tourney, against the St Lucia Zouks at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence.

Despite submitting a complaint more than three weeks ago against St.

The grand finale of the inaugural NPG Packaging First Division Basketball tourney between Canje Knights and Smithfield Rockers has been rescheduled to Sunday July 26th at the Vryman’s Erven Basketball Court.

The management of the local Franchise, Guyana Amazon Warriors has put in place a “ticket exchange programme” for fans who had purchased tickets for Wednesday’s rained-out game to claim tickets for the Amazon Warriors next encounter today against the St Lucia Zouks.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Chris Rogers and Steve Smith plundered superb centuries to lead Australia to a commanding 337 for one on the first day of the second Ashes test against England at Lord’s yesterday.

ST ANDREWS, Scotland, (Reuters) – Dustin Johnson sounded an ominous warning to grand slam-chasing Jordan Spieth by outmuscling the youngster to power his way to the top of the leaderboard in the British Open first round yesterday.

ZURICH/MIAMI, (Reuters) – Swiss authorities extradited to the United States the first of seven current and former FIFA officials arrested in a corruption investigation while world soccer’s governing body hired a New York-based crisis communications firm to help handle multinational probes and try to restore its tarnished image.

In an effort to continue their tradition of youth development, Tucville giants Fruta Conquerors will be staging their 8th Annual Football Summer Camp during the month of August at the entity’s club house at the Tucville Community ground.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board said yesterday it would no longer pursue disciplinary action against superstar opener Chris Gayle for his criticism of selectors last January.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic has been charged with trespassing and resisting arrest following complaints over a noisy penthouse party at a Miami Beach hotel, police said yesterday.

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, CMC – Keron Cummings scored twice while Yohance Marshall produced a dramatic injury-time goal, as Trinidad and Tobago came from behind to snatch a share of the points in an eight-goal thriller against Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup here Wednesday night.

PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France, (Reuters) – Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez won the 12th stage of the Tour de France, a gruelling trek in the Pyrenees as Chris Froome retained the overall lead after holding off his rivals on the final climb yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s JSW Group, a $11 billion conglomerate with interests ranging from steel to power, is shelving plans to buy a cricket team in the highly profitable Indian Premier League, blaming the “negative aura” of the corruption-hit competition.