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(The Sports Xchange) – The surging Los Angeles Clippers shrugged off the absence of forward Blake Griffin and center DeAndre Jordan by easing to a 104-90 victory over the Miami Heat at Staples Center on Wednesday.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Steven Finn and Ben Stokes claimed two wickets apiece as England reduced South Africa to 267 for seven at the close of the first day of the third test at the Wanderers yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Former South Africa international Gulam Bodi has been charged with attempting to fix matches in the country’s domestic Twenty20 competition, the country’s cricket authorities said yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – With a fifth world player of the year award safely tucked away in the trophy cabinet, Lionel Messi can set his sights on one of the next milestones in his remarkable career: reaching 500 goals for club and country.

Director of Sports Christopher Jones said yesterday the National Sports Commission (NSC) is committed to providing grants to all sports associations once they are properly structured and possess a long-term developmental plan for their respective disciplines.

The Windward Islands Volcanoes defeated Guyana Jaguars by two wickets in their fourth round, Group B game of the Regional Super50 competition at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts, here yesterday.

Following ongoing discussions with Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry, National Sports Commission (NSC) Director Christopher Jones said the possibility exists that the policy of the Community Development Project funding could be altered.

Guyana’s lone Inter-national Stadium located at Providence, is expected to be officially renamed by May according to Director of Sports Christopher Jones who confirmed the move yesterday during talks with local media operatives at the National Sports Commission’s Home-stretch Avenue location.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Kraigg Brathwaite’s disciplined, unbeaten half-century helped Barbados Pride overcome a few stumbles as they beat ICC Americas by four wickets to climb back into the race for a semi-final spot in the Regional Super50 here yesterday.

ELDORET, Kenya, (Reuters) – Kenyan two-time world marathon champion Edna Kiplagat wants $1 million dollars to be retrospectively awarded to her as the rivals who pipped her to two lucrative World Marathon Majors series titles have since been banned for doping.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – World soccer body FIFA said yesterday it had fired Secretary General Jerome Valcke, a move that comes amid alleged corruption involving World Cup ticket sales and a number of swirling scandals at the sport’s governing authority “The FIFA Emergency Committee decided, on 9 January 2016, to dismiss Jerome Valcke from the position of FIFA Secretary General with immediate effect,” the Zurich-based organisation said in a statement.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Left-hander Evin Lewis struck his maiden regional one-day hundred as title Trinidad and Tobago Red Force put themselves on the verge of a semi-final spot with a dominant seven-wicket win over Jamaica Scorpions in the Regional Super50 here yesterday.

(Reuters) – IAAF president Sebastian Coe says there has been no cover up of Russian doping cases despite the latest leaked documents appearing to show that officials of athletics’ governing body were discussing how to suppress news of positive tests.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Selectors have picked a strong West Indies Women’s side for next month’s tour of South Africa and the Twenty20 World Cup which follows in March.

SYDNEY, Australia, CMC – Sydney Thunder are desperate to tie West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell to a new contract before the Big Bash season ends, after the player’s massive impact with the franchise during the current campaign.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Test cricket must adapt to survive in the face of the ever-tightening squeeze from shorter, more lucrative, forms of the game, both England and South Africa’s captains said yesterday.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA said today it had fired Secretary General Jerome Valcke amid alleged corruption involving World Cup ticket sales, one of many scandals surrounding soccer’s governing body.

The national table tennis championships are definitely on this weekend. That’s the word from president of the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) Godfrey Munroe.

German’s Restaurant yesterday injected $100,000 as part of their sponsorship ahead of the inaugural Guyana Beach Soccer Association’s (GBSA) National Beach Championships which kicks off January 31, across grounds in Linden.

Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) President Nigel Hinds said 2016 is expected to be eventful as the entity has already earmarked several projects both on the international and local fronts.