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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies coach Ottis Gibson was left lamenting yet another “one bad hour” after his side lost five wickets for 19 runs in the last session to slide against Australia, late on the third day of the second Test here yesterday.

By Iva Wharton Hubentut Fortuna of Curacao is on its way to advancing to the other round of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Championship with is 2-1 victory over Milerock at the Providence Stadium yesterday.

LIMA, (Reuters) – Like many athletes in Peru, Raul Pacheco has had to train without the proper nutrition and equipment due to a lack of financial support, but at least he will not be running the marathon in soccer boots at the London Olympics.

(Reuters) – Stuart Law, who announced he was quitting the Bangladesh national coach’s job on Monday, has taken up a coaching role with Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence (COE).

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Despite his controversial role in the Guyana cricket impasse, cricket’s world governing body, the International Cricket Council, has asked West Indies great Clive Lloyd to continue as chairman of the its committee until June.

BANGALORE, India CMC-IANS – Estranged West Indies batsman smashed five sixes in one over as Royal Challengers Bangalore pulled off a sensational six-wicket victory off the last ball against a resilient Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League here late yesterday.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Kew Gardens on an English spring morning will host the first in a series of celebrations today to commemorate the 100 days’ countdown to the London Olympics.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, chasing her third straight Olympic gold medal at the London Games this year, says the strain of training will force her to retire in two years.

(Reuters) – The streaking Los Angeles Clippers knocked Oklahoma City out of first place in the West with a forceful 92-77 victory on Monday that earned the hosts a first playoff berth in six years.

As expected, with defending champions Georgetown missing from the field, Linden, with 292 points ran out winners of the 12th annual LinWest Games for schoolchildren held Sunday last at the Blaimond Community Centre ground, West  Coast Berbice.

Mackenzie High School (MHS) chalked up its second win of the Eighth annual Victory Valley Royals Schools’ basketball tournament by  whipping Wisburg Secondary 43 – 23 when the competition continued on Monday at the Mackenzie Sports Club hardcourt in Linden.

The unbeaten Hikers have taken an unassailable lead in the John Fernandes Insurance Services second division hockey league after All Greys slumped to their first defeat against Old Fort in a second round encounter.

From Colin Benjamin in Trinidad Another typically gritty innings from Michael Hussey along with disciplined late afternoon bowling were the cornerstones that led to Australia asserting an early advantage on a rain-affected second day of the penultimate Digicel 2012 test at the Queen’s Park Oval ground, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, yesterday.

Pele Football Club secured a 3-1 victory over Buxton United while Victoria Kings and Seawall played to a 1-1 draw in Sunday’s Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Super League matches played at the Beterverwagting Community Centre ground on the East Coast of Demerara.

By Emmerson Campbell Potential London Olympic Games pugilist Bert Braithwaite will have a chance to impress the selection committee of the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) when he matches gloves with Kishon Simon on April 27 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

Next month will mark the first anniversary of the founding of the ‘Community Football’ team in East Ruimveldt.

By Iva Wharton Repairs to community centre grounds across Guyana will commence after the passage of the budget Minister of Sports Dr.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – A ruthless Jamaica completed an unprecedented fifth straight Regional first class triumph when they crushed Barbados by 139 runs here yesterday.

East Coast Demerara used its home ground to great advantage in scoring an upset 1-0 over Berbice in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Under-16 match played Sunday at the Beterverwagting Community Centre ground.

The newly formed Saints Hockey Club scored an major upset when the clubbed Old Fort 6-0 while frontrunners Hikers and All Greys battled to a high-scoring 4-4 draw in matches of the John Fernandes Insurance Service second division hockey league played at St.