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(Reuters) – Roger Federer returned from a month-long layoff with a 6-4 6-4 second round victory over Roberto Bautista Agut yesterday at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.

(ICC) South Africa and New Zealand face off for a three-match One-Day International series starting today in Centurion after sharing the Twenty20 International series.

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Sergey Bubka and Sebastian Coe were pressing the flesh among IAAF Congress delegates yesterday in a final push for votes ahead of Wednesday’s election for the next president of the governing body of athletics.

The inaugural `Play to Conquer’ table tennis tournament scheduled for month-end at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue is geared at the development of young players.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron says that he would love to see cricket in the T20 format make an appearance at the Olympic games. Speaking

LONDON, (Reuters) – Fast bowler Mark Wood, who took the final wicket in the fourth test to seal England’s Ashes triumph, is expecting to be dropped for the fifth and final match against Australia at The Oval that starts tomorrow.

TUNIS, Reuters) – Diego Maradona kissed and hugged the referee who allowed his handball goal in the 1986 World Cup and presented him with a signed Argentina jersey when the two met in Tunisia this week, local media reported.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Australian opening batsman Chris Rogers confirmed yesterday that he will retire from test cricket at the end of the current Ashes series in England.

(Reuters) – The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is considering a blanket ban on countries whose athletes regularly dope in the wake of a series of damaging blows for the sport in recent days, acccording to its president Craig Reedie.

(Jamaica Observer) MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jaheel Hyde, one of the most promising hurdlers of his generation, has made the expected progression to the professional ranks after signing a professional contract with German sportswear manufacturers Puma, his management company GCMC announced on Sunday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) BEIJING, China:President of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), Dr Warren Blake, seemed less than pleased with some high-profile late arrivals to the team’s training camp in Tottori, Japan, ahead of the IAAF World Championships.

(Trinidad Guardian) President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron says that he would love to see cricket in the T20 format make an appearance at the Olympic games. Speaking

The seven-month wait for professional boxing starved fans is almost over.

MANAGUA, (Reuters) – Nicaragua has charged former FIFA Development Officer Julio Rocha with money laundering and embezzlement, the country’s attorney general, Julia Guido, said yesterday, and is seeking his extradition.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African state prosecutors filed an appeal yesterday against the verdict of culpable homicide passed on Oscar Pistorius for killing his girlfriend, arguing the athlete should have been convicted of murder.

Newly adopted Guyana Jaguars fast-bowler Javon Searles, yesterday said he already feels like part of the team and is aiming to showcase his skillset ahead of the upcoming Professional Cricket League (PCL) Four Day season which begins in November.

Parika Defenders, Regal Masters and Floodlights recorded victories in this weekend’s Petama Enterprise & Motor Trend-sponsored softball tournament.

Smithfield Rockers were crowned the inaugural NPG Packaging First Division Basketball champion, downing Canje Knights by a 68-62 score line in the finale on Sunday at the Ithaca Basketball Court.

Guyana’s hopes of securing an individual title in the men’s or women’s division were extinguished yesterday as Sunil Seth and Ashley Khalil lost their respective semi-final matchups when the Caribbean Squash Association Championships continued in the Cayman Islands.

Fruta Conquerors overcame Trinidad and Tobago institution Fyzabad Secondary 5-4 on sudden death kicks in a u-19 male matchup when the latter’s two-day tour of Guyana concluded on Sunday at the Tucville Community ground.