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Just over an hour into the day’s play, showers forced the players off the field with South Africa 45-1 after 15 overs, Tony de Zorzi unbeaten on 32 and Tristan Stubbs not out on two. An early lunch was taken at 11:50 a.m. with the expectation to resume play at 12:30 p.m. However, that was not to be, as two planned inspections of the ground by the umpires never occurred, as heavy showers ruined any possible chance of a restart in action. In the end, play was called at 2:45 p.m., five minutes into the scheduled tea time. Play is scheduled to begin half an hour earlier at 9:30 a.m. today. Earlier, there were little fireworks in the opening hour as West Indies’ bowlers restricted the visitors from getting off to a flying start. South Africa defied the hosts early on, with de Zorzi and Aidan Markram steering them to 43-0 before Jason Holder made West Indies’ only breakthrough when he had Markram clean bowled for just 9, undone by a delivery that seamed back and kept a tad low. Both teams will be hoping for better weather on Thursday’s second day, after 75 overs were lost on the opening day. – CMC Rain puts damper on opening day of first Test PARIS: U nited States (US) coach Steve Kerr knows something unexpected is going to happen when his team plays against Serbia in the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics. Maybe Serbia will change its line-up. Maybe Nikola Jokic will play the entire game. Or maybe the surprise will be that there’s no surprise at all. Whatever the case, Kerr knows the Americans have to be ready for anything. The US will look to reach the gold-medal game for the 18th time in their 20 Olympic appearances when they face Serbia in the semi-finals of the Paris Games today. The Americans are 2-0 against Serbia this summer, winning an exhibition last month and then winning again in the Olympic opener for both teams. “Serbia is really good,” Kerr said. “We can’t get lulled to sleep because we beat them twice. We have to be prepared for their best effort.” The final four teams at the Paris Games aren’t an overly surprising mix, and the semi-final games are both rematches from contests earlier in this tournament. World Cup champions Germany take on Victor Wembanyama and hosts France in the first semi-final, while World Cup runner-up Serbia take on the four-time defending Olympic champions US in the second semi-final. Germany, Serbia and the US were all favoured in their quarter-final wins over Greece, Australia and Brazil, respectively, while France pulled the lone surprise of sorts by ousting Canada. Serbia rallied from 24 points down to beat Australia. Germany — which had barely trailed at all in the tournament before Tuesday — erased a 12-point deficit to beat Greece. “We stayed together. We didn’t panic, we stayed together,” Germany coach Gordie Herbert said. “Adversity’s good. The quarter-final is one of the toughest games to play, and we just talked about enjoying the moment. But it’s easy to say, not so easy to do.” – AP. Olympic rematches in Paris basketball semi-finals United States’ Kevin Durant (right) shoots as Brazil’s Georginho de Paula defends during a men’s basketball game at the 2024 Summer Olympics, on Tuesday. AP MARSEILLE, France: B razil will meet the United States in the final of the Olympic women’s soccer tournament after beating world champion Spain 4-2 on Tuesday. Gabi Portilho, Adriana and Kerolin struck in a thrilling semifinal at Stade de Marseille after an own-goal from Irene Paredes had put the two-time silver medallist in front. “It’s a dream, and dreams come true,” said Kerolin, whose goal in the first of more than 15 minutes of stoppage time helped to hold off a late Spain fightback. “I’m so excited, so excited, so excited and I’m really, really, really impressed by my teammates.” Victory means Brazil great Marta has the chance to end her glittering international career by competing for gold after being suspended for the quarterfinals and semifinals. The 38-year-old Marta has said her sixth Olympics will be her last major tournament with the national team. “We just knew what we came to do today, and it was a final for us today,” said Angelina, who was leading the Brazil team. “So, we were just very determined and we just came for the win.” Angelina said the Brazil squad needed to “celebrate a little bit” but quickly focus on the final. “It was a big win. Again, Spain is an amazing team and we knew that,” she said. “So now we need to rest and we need to study a lot, and see what we can do against the US.” Spain won’t get the chance in Paris to further cement their place at the top of women’s soccer by adding Olympic gold to the World Cup they won last year. But there’s plenty still to play for at the Paris Games. “We keep fighting for something super nice and it will continue to be the Olympics until the end,” Spain forward Jennifer Hermoso said. “A bronze medal is also very difficult to get.” Brazil will play the four-time champion US women’s national team in Saturday’s final at Parc des Princes in Paris. Spain will play Germany in Lyon for bronze. Brazil have been twice beaten in an Olympic final by the US — at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008. Arthur Elias said. “Brazil in women’s football is a source of great pride.” – AP Brazil set up final against United States SPONSORED BY