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KHULNA, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy yesterday opted for optimism though his side dangled perilously close to an embarrassing series loss at the hands of minnows Bangladesh.

– Azore outboxes AustinBy Emmerson Campbell Once again the fountain of youth prevailed over the wealth of experience.

Two local teams GCC and Hikers will today contest the final of the Veterans category of the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Tournament at the National Gymnasium.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide outside the team’s training facility yesterday morning in an apparent murder-suicide.

(Reuters) – David Beckham has targeted one final fling in the European Champions League before hanging up his boots once he leaves Los Angeles after five-and-a-half years.

 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers rebounded from their worst offensive performance of the season with an all out blitz against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, prevailing 122-103 at the Staples Center.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A tainted official was left as the only candidate in a controversial election for the post of secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) which is likely to earn the Asian nation an Olympic ban.

(BBC) – If there was one moment during the London Olympics which betrayed the lie that female sporting endeavour is necessarily less compelling than that of men, it was Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead and Marianne Vos of the Netherlands duelling for gold in the women’s road race: Battle Royale on The Mall.

A $29.5 million multipurpose centre, built by the Ministry of Housing in La Parfait Harmonie and handed over to the Goed Fortuin Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) more than a year ago to be used by the community’s residents, stands idle and overrun with bushes.

(BBC) – Promoter Frank Maloney says he will have “failed” if David Price is not world champion by the end of 2013.

(BBC) – Joe Root is hoping he has done enough to earn his England debut on the current tour in India, having scored 166 in a warm-up match.

(BBC) – India lost the second cricket Test against England in Mumbai as much due to their inept batting against spin as their lack of a plan for their spinners.

By Iva Wharton The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has rejected the Guyana Government’s suggestion that the WICB appoint an agent to act on its behalf here as a means of ending the stalemate between the two sides over cricket.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  CMC – An ordinary batting effort crippled West Indies and sent them tumbling to a disappointing seven wicket defeat to Bangladesh in the opening One-Day International here yesterday.

The Diamond Mineral Water Hockey Indoor tournament continued yesterday at the National Gymnasium with Hikers Ladies trouncing their opponents 6-2 and Carib, YMCA and GCC Veterans also recording victories.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo hinted at a return to full fitness with a entertaining half-century in a trial match here Thursday.

(Reuters) – Usman Khawaja will have an opportunity to audition for Ricky Ponting’s spot in the test team after the left-hander was named captain of the Australia Chairman’s XI to take on Sri Lanka in Canberra next week.

Led by an all-round performance by Lorenzo Duesbury, Marketing and Distribution (M&D) romped to a 33-run victory in the finals of the Neal and Massy Inter-Company 10-over Tapeball Cricket Tournament on Sunday.

The quarterfinals of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Competition scheduled to kick off tonight has been postponed to tomorrow night at the same venue.

-Little Master seeking to break his world dead lift record   By Emmerson Campbell The crème-de-la-crème of Guyana’s power-lifters will transform St Stanislaus’ Forum into a battleground tomorrow when the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) stages its annual Senior National Championships dubbed ‘Judgement Day’.