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(Reuters) Novak Djokovic won the battle of grand slam champions by downing Marin Cilic 6-4 6-4 6-4 on Centre Court to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals yesterday.

(Reuters) Roger Federer was at his regal best as he floated into the Wimbledon semi-finals with a silky 6-3 7-5 6-2 win over Frenchman Gilles Simon yesterday.

(Reuters) Richard Gasquet sent French Open champion Stan Wawrinka flying out of Wimbledon on Wednesday, winning the battle of the slingshot backhands 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-4 11-9 to reach the Wimbledon semi-finals for the second time.

(Reuters) South Africa have released captain AB de Villiers from their one-day international squad in Bangladesh ahead of the three-match series starting in Mirpur tomorrow.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova would have done well not to have watched Serena Williams out-slug Victoria Azarenka in a Wimbledon quarter-final of extraordinary quality yesterday.

(Reuters) Zimbabwe have made four changes to their One-Day International squad for the three-match series at home to India starting tomorrow, including a return for Malcolm Waller.

In what will be a rematch of last year’s final, Santa Rosa will faceoff with Port Kaituma after the former edged North West Secondary 7-6 on sudden death kicks in their semi-final affair when the Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday.

The last time the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the St Kitts Patriots met Warriors skipper Denesh Ramdin struck a match-winning 50 to help his team thump the Marlon Samuels-led team by seven wickets.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The heavy hitting shook the ground and the volume would have raised the Centre Court roof, had it been closed, as Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka traded blows like a couple of prizefighters at Wimbledon yesterday.

Scotiabank yesterday teamed up with the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) to provide gear for DCC players that make the national youth teams.

CAMBRAI, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome lost his yellow jersey but retained his grip on his rivals after surviving a day on the cobbles in the Tour de France yesterday.

National Smallbore captain Dale Hing amassed 139.59 points to win last Sunday’s Practical Pistol Shoot at the Timehri ranges.

Berbice romped to a comprehensive seven-wicket win over Demerara to retain their Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) senior female Inter County One-Day title in the final round played at the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ground on Monday.

National cyclist Geron Williams showed his fine form in Monday’s CARICOM Day ‘Wheat Up Classic’, winning three events including the 30-lap feature.

Guyana’s Lady Jags, as the national female soccer team is called, will play their first international match in almost five years when they take on either Jamaica or Puerto Rico at the Leonora Track and Field Facility.

A four-member Draughts swept a two match series against Suriname winning both encounters by 4-0 margins last weekend at the Kweesi School, Nickerie, Suriname.

Students of the Guyana Karate College yesterday morning paid a courtesy call on The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr.

The Flying Ace Cycling Club (FACC) will Sunday stage the first APNU/AFC coalition victory cycle race in Berbice.

Defending champs Port Kaituma sealed their berth to the final of the Region #1 zone, edging Kamwata Secondary 1-0 in a semi-final affair when the Digicel Secondary Schools Football Championship continued yesterday at the Kumaka ground.

A second consecutive superb bowling performance from the St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots saw them register their third win of the 2015 Hero Caribbean Premier League season and consolidate their position at third in the league table, while the Barbados Tridents have now lost two in a row.