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DHAKA, Bangladesh,  CMC– Bangladesh yesterday called up left-armer Elias Sunny in an attempt to bolster their spin attack for the final two one-day internationals against West Indies.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC-Former Trinidad and Tobago defender, Brian Williams, says a good performance for the soca warriors at the Caribbean Cup finals in Antigua will help restore pride and rekindle a struggling sport.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC- Host country Dominica and St. Lucia were locked in battle after day one Wednesday of their two-day third and final round encounter of the 2012 Windward Islands senior cricket championship.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Jamal Crawford once again sizzled off the bench as the Los Angeles Clippers pounded the struggling Dallas Mavericks 112-90 with a commanding display on their home court on Wednesday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Shane Warne has done it again. One of the most successful slow bowlers of all time, Warne has consistently shown since his retirement from international cricket in 2007 that he is also the master of a different type of spin.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia recalled top order batsman Phillip Hughes to replace the retired Ricky Ponting yesterday for next week’s first match in a three-test series against Sri Lanka.

YOKOHAMA, Japan, (Reuters) – Japan’s Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat part-timers Auckland City 1-0 in the opening game of the Club World Cup yesterday when FIFA used goal-line technology for the first time.

YOKOHAMA, Japan, (Reuters) – FIFA president Sepp Blatter has expressed his “sadness and distress” after a linesman died following an incident during a youth competition earlier this week.

-GCB holds press conference After months of legal wrangling with the government, the Guyana Cricket Board held a press conference yesterday at the GCB Office, Regent Road, Bourda where Senior Selector Reon Griffith said he was confident that the best team was selected to represent Guyana at the upcoming Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.

The Edward B. Beharry Group of Companies yesterday handed over a Toyota Allex car to the organisers of the annual Kashif and Shanghai Football tournament at the company’s Charlotte Street Head Office.

Cellphone giant Digicel yesterday handed over a cheque valued at $500,000 to the Guyana Squash Association to assist players travelling to the Cayman Islands for the Women’s World Open Squash Championship.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has warned his team to be wary of a backlash from Australia in their three-test series after the hosts were stung by their series defeat to South Africa earlier this week.

(Reuters) – Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant become the youngest player to score 30,000 NBA career points during the first half of Wednesday’s game against the New Orleans Hornets.

Defending champion of the Guinness Greatest of the Streets Competition, Back Circle along with Leopold Street, won their respective semi final games, one-nil on Tuesday night at the National Cultural Centre tarmac and will battle for the $600,000 first prize when the final is staged on Saturday.

DHAKA, Bangladesh, CMC- Stylish right-hander Marlon Samuels stroked his fifth One-Day International century as West Indies beat Bangladesh by four wickets yesterday to halt a two-game losing skid, and haul themselves back into the five-match series.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Trinidad and Tobago football coach, Hudson Charles, says the inclusion of Jamaal Shabazz as a second head coach will bolster the soca warriors chances as they compete in the finals of the 2012 Caribbean cup in Antigua from tomorrow.

BARCELONA, (Reuters) – Barcelona’s Lionel Messi was carried off on a stretcher after sustaining what the club said was bruising to his left knee near the end of the La Liga side’s Champions League Group G match at home to Benfica yesterday.

(WICB) St John’s, Antigua – West Indies batting star Shivnarine Chanderpaul has made a return to the top of the International Cricket Council’s Test Match Batting Rankings.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – The suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) defied the IOC and went ahead with its controversial election to pick a tainted official as its new secretary-general yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa want to use their recent series win in Australia as a stepping stone to cement their position as the world’s dominant test team and to build something “really special”, captain Graeme Smith said yesterday.