Sports round-up

Cricket: Opening batsman Jason Roy struck a career-best 78 as former champions England stormed into the World Twenty20 final with a seven-wicket romp against New Zealand yesterday. Electing to field, England staged a strong comeback in the second half of New Zealand's innings to restrict their opponents to a modest 153 for eight at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium. Roy and Alex Hales (20) then provided a flying start to their reply and Jos Buttler smacked a six to seal semi-final victory with 17 balls to spare. England, the 2010 champions, now meet the winners of today's match between India and West Indies on Sunday. Swimming: World governing body FINA is reviewing the decision to let two Chinese swimmers off with warnings for failing drug tests. Wang Lizhuo and An Jiabao were issued with warnings by the Chinese Swimming Association (CSA) after testing positive for the banned substance clenbuterol. The CSA said it had been notified of the failed tests in September 2015 and had handed down the punishment "according to FINA anti-doping rules". The World Anti-Doping Agency said it would be reviewing the CSA's decisions to determine whether or not to appeal them at the Court of...

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