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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – A High Court judge yesterday ordered the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation to have its former special advisor Austin “Jack” Warner present all “relevant documents” regarding all the finances of the country’s participation in the 2006 World Cup.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Chris Paul and the Los  Angeles Clippers survived their biggest test of the season with  a 95-89 overtime victory over the Miami Heat on Wednesday,  proving the home team can stand toe-to-toe with the best of the  NBA.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Breath-taking batting, led by a brutal, unbeaten 56 from Kieron Pollard, restored the gloss on reigning champions Trinidad & Tobago, firing them to an emphatic, 167-run victory over Leeward Islands in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Wednesday night.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni has hinted he  will quit test cricket if he decides to lead India in their  World Cup defence in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

Representatives of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Guyana government, yesterday reached a consensus concerning the roles to be played by the Interim Management Committee (IMC) and the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) in the administration of cricket locally.

By Emmerson Campbell President of the Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC), Peter Abdool recently attended the historic 49th Annual Convention of the World Boxing Council (WBC) in Las Vegas, USA where it was disclosed that the WBC will launch a tournament to mark its 50th anniversary.

South American junior bronze medalist Stephan James is feeling confident going into the 2012 season as he plans to represent Guyana at every international junior competition there is this year.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Chris Gayle was dismissed cheaply in controversial fashion, as Sydney Thunder slumped to their fourth straight defeat in the Big Bash League Twenty20, when Perth Scorchers crushed them by nine wickets on Tuesday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua,  CMC – Johnson Charles hit a flambuoyant, unbeaten 61 to lead Windward Islands to their second victory in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament with a nine-wicket victory in a low-scoring affair against Canada yesterday.

(Reuters) – Senior batsman Rahul Dravid has batted down suggestions of a rift in India’s struggling test team and said he was working hard to correct flaws in his defence which has been repeatedly breached in the series against Australia.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Marlon Samuels drew on all of his experience, smashing an unbeaten 66 that trumped the same score from compatriot Chadwick Walton to usher Jamaica to a thrilling, two-victory over the Combined Campuses & Colleges in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament on Tuesday.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Caroline Wozniacki faced a battle to be fit for the Australian Open after being reduced to tears during a dramatic defeat by Agnieszka Radwanska at the Sydney International yesterday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Marlon Samuels said he hopes to inspire Jamaica to victory in the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament this year with another strong batting performance.

(Reuters) – At the ninth time of asking, the Washington Wizards finally earned their first victory of the season with a surprisingly comfortable 93-78 home triumph over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.

(Reuters) – Kobe Bryant turned back the clock with a 48-point effort to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to a 99-83 win over the Phoenix Suns yesterday.

PAARL, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka collapsed to their lowest one-day score of 43  yesterday when they lost by 258 runs to South Africa in the first one-day international at Boland Park.

OSLO, Norway, CMC – Organisers announced on Wednesday that sprint megastar Usain Bolt will contest the 100 metres at the Bislett Games on June 7 in the city.

By Emmerson Campbell Guyana’s welterweight champion Iwan ‘Pure Gold’ Azore and Simeon ‘Candy Man’ Hardy proved yesterday at their contract signing at the Abdool and Abdool building that there is indeed have bad blood between them.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) dynamic sprint duo of  Rupert Perry and Quinse Clark,  is looking forward to making their Olympics debut when the 2012 London Olympics runs off from July 27 to August 12.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – For different reasons, Leon Johnson and Darren Sammy, the star performers on the opening day of the Caribbean Twenty20 tournament, said they were glad to play a part in their sides securing victory.