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By Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s 20-nil thrashing of Trinidad and Tobago’s Calypso Warriors yesterday at the Providence National Stadium in the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup has enabled the local ruggers to book their place in the finals.

By Emmerson Campbell After finishing a disappointing eighth overall in the three-stage cycling road race event last month, seasoned cyclist Robin Persaud returned to form yesterday powering away with the featured 35-lap event of the 11-race cycling meet which was sponsored by Powerade.

(Cricinfo) Sometimes a person’s absence is more notable than their attendance.

By Emmerson Campbell Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy’s ambition of a continuous ‘chin checking’ career was dented on Friday night at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall as a game Howard ‘Battersea Bomber’ Eastman surprised his younger opponent

(Cricinfo) It is a measure of England’s pace-bowling resources that speculation surrounding the naming of their squad for the third Test against West Indies centres on the possibility of both senior quicks being rested.

BOSTON (Reuters) – The Boston Celtics ramped up on defence to re-energise their playoff ambitions with a 101-91 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday, their first win in the NBA Eastern Conference finals series.

DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) – American journeyman Spencer Levin stole the limelight from four-times champion Tiger Woods at the Memorial tournament yesterday, twice chipping in to grab a one-shot lead in the wind-buffeted third round.

EPSOM, England (Reuters) – Camelot, the 8-13 favourite ridden by Joseph O’Brien for his father Aidan, galloped to a dazzling five-length triumph in the Epsom Derby yesterday.

In the brief time since an enforced change to his previously suspect action transformed him from average off-spinner into the rarity of mesmerising variety, Sunil Narine has become the most exciting new name in the game.

Members of the Dorado Speed Swim club are very excited that records were broken at the swimming competition which ended last Sunday at the National Aquatic Centre.

PARIS (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal continued his untroubled progress towards a seventh French Open title with a 6-1 6-3 6-4 defeat of Argentine qualifier Eduardo Schwank yesterday to reach the last 16.

BELFAST (Reuters) – The flame for the London Olympics arrived in Northern Ireland yesterday in a celebration that would have seemed impossible a generation earlier amid a bloody war between Catholic Irish nationalists and pro-British Protestants.

LONDON (Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency WADA has issued a revised draft code inserting a proposed Olympic ban for serious doping offenders from January 2015.

EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) – A strong wind cost China’s Liu Xiang a share of the 110 metres high hurdles world record at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting yesterday.

By Emmerson Campbell Larry Mendez, Coach of Trinidad and Tobago’s 15’s rugby team, the Calypso Warriors, is upbeat about his team’s chances when they tackle the local ruggers today at the Providence National Stadium in the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars bounced back from their opening 7-1 practice game defeat versus the Colombian senior team, with a hard fought 1-1 draw against top Colombian club team Santa Fe on Tuesday at the Fortaleza Training Camp ground.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – Mystery off-spinner Sunil Narine could prove a huge asset to the West Indies attempts to avoid a whitewash against England, head coach Ottis Gibson said here yesterday.

(Reuters) – With their 20-game winning streak over and facing a charged-up Oklahoma City Thunder team looking to tie the Western Conference finals, the San Antonio Spurs know they must recover quickly from Thursday’s 102-82 defeat.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Usain Bolt’s achievements are so extraordinary that the Jamaican’s sensational 9.76 seconds 100 metres victory in Rome on Thursday was greeted as a mere “return to form” after his sluggish outing in Ostrava last week.

LEICESTER, England,  CMC – Guyanese left-hander Assad Fudadin says he is hoping to rekindle his love affair with England once he get a look-in during the ongoing series.