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LONDON, (Reuters) – Frankel, the world’s highest-rated racehorse, heads into his probable racecourse farewell “better than ever and still improving” but with concerns over the testing ground at Ascot, trainer Henry Cecil said.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) and Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Pepsi and Gatorade brands are hitting off the second edition of the Gatorade/GABA under-16 boxing tournament in Berbice this weekend.

The organising committee of the Annual Inter-Market Futsal Tournament said this year’s tournament will be postponed until March 2013 as the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall needs urgent repairs. 

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC- Jamaican athletes Dominique Blake and Ricardo Cunningham , accused of using banned substances, are to reappear before the disciplinary committee of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission next month.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC– Striker Dane Richards, who netted twice in ten minutes to keep alive Jamaica’s world cup ambitions, says the goals were the most important in his football career.

KISSIMMEE, Florida,  (Reuters) – In what could bring him one step closer to becoming a world boxing champion, Orlando Cruz prepares to face opponent Jorge Pazos today just days after announcing that he was gay, the first active fighter in the macho sport to openly discuss his sexual orientation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen has been added to England’s test squad for next month’s tour to India after being dropped following a controversial text-message row.

By Emmerson Campbell The outer circuit of the National Park will be transformed into a speedway when Roraima Bikers Club and Digicel team up to pedal off the inaugural Digicel Breast Cancer Awareness Cycle race on October 28.

Giftland OfficeMax and the Trophy Stall of Bourda Market have thrown their support behind the 2012 Guyana Bodybuilding Championships which is billed for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall Saturday.

By Tamica Garnett North Ruimveldt Multilateral Secondary yesterday ran out winners of the track events segment of Zone One of the annual Inter-schools  athletic championships at the Police Sports Club Ground, Eve Leary.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels says he has used anger as a source of motivation to help rekindle his international cricket career following a two year ban.

Kolkata Knight Riders, the IPL champions, became the first side to be knocked out of the Champions League Twenty20 when their third game, against Perth Scorchers yesterday was washed out in Durban with only 14 overs having been bowled in the first innings.

The underdogs Auckland Aces’ three wins out of three in the Champions League T20 was one of the developing feel-good stories of a tournament which is widely seen as being overrun by the cash-rich teams from the IPL.

-Digicel honours commitment to sponsor tourney The Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) national schools championships will get underway tomorrow at the National Gymnasium following yesterday’s sealing of the sponsorship deal between the communications giants and the GTTA.

By Iva Wharton Ketley Primary School will play its first match of the Courts Pee Wee championships on Saturday and according to Coach Philip Ferdinand they are in it to win it.

(Reuters) – Tournament host Tiger Woods will be joined by two reigning major champions in what he regards as one of the deepest fields ever seen at the World Challenge, to be played from Nov.

Says Emmerson Campbell This year’s sixth annual ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage road race cycling event which concluded on Sunday was without a doubt the best one so far.

Robert Hanoman rolled back the years in a tight race to triumph in the King’s Jewellery World sponsored Medal Play golf tournament as four players ended on net 68 recently at the Lusignan golf Club.

(Reuters) – Members of the British cycling team Sky will be sacked unless they sign a document saying they have never doped, the team said yesterday.

KARACHI, Pakistan, CMC-Three former West Indies cricketers have been included on a world X1 to play two Twenty/20 matches against a Pakistan all star team in Karachi, officials have announced.