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LONDON, (Reuters) – Rafael Nadal has pulled out of next week’s ATP Tour Finals in London due to injury, so Novak Djokovic will end the year as world number one having returned to the top of the rankings on Monday.

A blistering half century from Guyana Jaguars’ Romario Shepherd followed by Guyana Under- 17 seamer, Leon Swamy’s maiden six-wicket haul steered Tucber Park to a 123-run over West Berbice at Bush Lot in the Berbice Cricket Board Pepsi 50 overs first division tournament over the weekend.

Essequibo continued their dominance in the Guyana Cricket Board Female Secondary Schools Under-17 T20 Franchise League with a 121-run win over Georgetown on Monday at the Demerara Cricket Club, Queenstown.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG), will be doing “everything within its power” to send the star trio of Cleveland Forde, Winston Missigher and Cleveland Thomas to Panama to compete in the third and final leg of the South American 10k Classic on Sunday.

Annandale and Dolphin Secondary secured lopsided wins, when the GuyOil/Tradewind Tankers Under-18 Secondary School Football Championship continued yesterday at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue.

TOKYO, (Reuters) – Floyd Mayweather’s route to boxing greatness has been carefully crafted without taking unnecessary risks, yet his announcement of a fight for a Japanese mixed martial arts organisation later this month could be his biggest gamble yet.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Mark Taylor resigned from Cricket Australia’s (CA) board of directors yesterday, as the fallout from a scathing review into the governing body’s culture claimed another victim.

MELBOURNE,  (Reuters) – Australia captain Aaron Finch said relieving pace spearhead Mitchell Starc of new ball duties in the opening one-day international against South Africa was an attempt to snap his team’s horror run of losses, albeit one that had backfired.

(Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal believes his team’s spin attack will give the hosts the edge over England in the first test at Galle starting today.

The Guyana Football Federation [GFF] in collaboration with the Guyana Football Coaches Association, this weekend staged a two-day preparatory training session for the impending CONCACAF D-Licence course.

Following their embarrassing 4-0 opening loss to Guatemala, Guyana will aim to secure their first win of the CONCACAF Men’s U20 Championship, when they battle the low-ranked Cayman Islands today at the IMG Academy, Florida, USA.

Paradise and Rosignol United secured opening night wins, when the 2nd Annual GT Beer 8-a-side Football Invitational Championship commenced on Sunday at All Saints School ground, New Amsterdam [NA].

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Pakistan skipper Javeria Khan says she is thrilled with the focus of her squad after they trounced South Africa by 90 runs on Saturday, in their official ICC warm-up match in preparation for next week’s Women’s Twenty20 World Cup.

There was a feeling of deja vu yesterday as Cleveland Forde, Winston Missigher and Cleveland Thomas’ dream run continued in the second leg of the South American 10k Classic as they swept the podium a week after pulling off the same feat on the streets of Paramaribo, Suriname.

Despite an all-round performance from Ireland’s Kimberley Garth, Bangladesh defeated the Emerald Isle by six wickets in the first warm-up match of the International Cricket Council’s Women’s World T20 Tournament as Rumana Ahmed and Ayasha Rahman also starred last  night at the Providence Stadium.

Saturday, fitness fans were treated to an evening of flexing, mass and aesthetics at the Theatre Guild where some of the best bodies in the Region took the stage to do battle in what turned out to be a fantastic evening.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – Dale Steyn claimed two early wickets as South Africa’s pace attack combined superbly to heap more misery on Australia with a six-wicket thrashing to take a 1-0 lead in their three-match one-day international series yesterday.

(ICC) Tendai Chatara and Sikandar Raza each claimed three scalps to give Zimbabwe the upper hand against Bangladesh on the second day of the first of two Tests between the sides.

(Reuters) – Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa used a powerful surge to win his first New York City Marathon in five tries and Kenya’s Mary Keitany claimed a fourth women’s crown with a dominant victory yesterday.

Title contenders, Transport Sports Club (TSC), yesterday, began this season’s New Building Society (NBS) second division forty overs tournament in ominous fashion by brushing aside Sophia by nine wickets at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC).