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Geron Williams continued his run of success on the local cycling circuit, winning a hectic, high-speed sprint that decided the David Granger victory road race yesterday in Berbice.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Brad Hodge’s blistering half-century and Ronsford Beaton’s miserly four-wicket haul guided Guyana Amazon Warriors to a crushing 84-run victory over Jamaica Tallawahs in their Caribbean Premier League contest here yesterday.

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Results from the fourth round of matches in the Regional Under-17 Tournament here yesterday: Scores: At Canaan: Guyana beat Leewards by 126 runs.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Captain Kieron Pollard’s responsible half-century and one devastating over from left-arm spinner Robin Peterson helped Barbados Tridents fight their way out of trouble and trounce Jamaica Tallawahs by 17 runs in the Caribbean Premier League here Saturday night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic again revealed the true depth of his steely core to grind Wimbledon idol Roger Federer’s hopes of a record eighth title into Centre Court’s baseline dust yesterday.

PLUMELEC, France, (Reuters) – Chris Froome stayed firmly on track for the Tour de France title when he retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey after the ninth stage, a 28-kilometre team time trial won by the slimmest of margins by BMC Racing yesterday.

HOUSTON, Texas, CMC – Captain Rodolph Austin struck a late injury-time winner as Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz edged a stubborn Canada 1-0 to post their first win of the CONCACAF Gold Cup here Saturday night.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh thrashed South Africa by seven wickets in the second one-day international yesterday to tie the three-match series at 1-1 after an inspired bowling performance saw the Proteas bundled out for 162, their lowest total against the hosts.

HARARE, (Reuters) – India’s Ajinkya Rahane and Murali Vijay put on a century opening stand to lay the platform for a 62-run victory over Zimbabwe and a series win in the second one-day international at Harare Sports Club yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England have named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second Ashes test at Lord’s next week having thrashed Australia by 169 runs in Cardiff on Saturday to take a 1-0 series lead, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said yesterday.

The overall winner of this evening’s Mr. Gym Expo will be rewarded with a beautiful trophy compliments of The Trophy Stall of Bourda Market.

By Tony Cozier   IT was inevitable that the current Ashes series, literally now in full swing in Cardiff, should have been preceded by an exultant outpouring of nostalgia from one side.

Paul DeNobrega out-pedalled Robin Persaud in a thrilling two-man sprint finish yesterday to emerge winner of the feature 35-lap event of the 15th annual P and P Insurance and General Consultancy Limited 11-race cycle programme.

Region #2 champs Charity Secondary earned a national quarterfinal berth in the Digicel Secondary Schools Championship, overcoming Region #1 holders Port Kaituma 3-2 yesterday in a national playoff at the Kumaka ground in Moruca.

National player Priscilla Greaves played unbeaten last weekend to capture the girls 18 years and under title at a specially arranged tournament run by the Guyana Table Tennis Association (GTTA) in observance of Olympic Day.

Winning is nothing strange to Guyana’s most decorated muscleman Hugh Ross, but the behemoth’s victory at last month’s World Bodybuilding Championships was arguably his most satisfying.

Guyana’s hopes of medaling at the ongoing 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada will now rest on the shoulders of the swimmers and the track and field athletes.

An unbeaten knock of 25 from Gordial Mattai and a composed innings of 24 from skipper Ricky Deonarine led Guyana Fllodlight softball cricket team to victory in the 2015 New York Softball Cricket League 2015 Legends Cup, in New York, United States of America recently.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – St Kitts and Nevis Patriots used a three-wicket burst from seamer Carlos Brathwaite, to beat St Lucia Zouks by 26 runs in the Caribbean Premier League here Friday night.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Standing a set and 5-1 up in the Wimbledon final against a Spaniard playing only her second match in tennis’s most famous arena, a fourth consecutive grand slam singles title looked a formality for Serena Williams yesterday.