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NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association yesterday banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the game for life for racist comments that outraged players, fans and the U.S.

Mark Wiltshire has teamed up with La Belle Hotel and Bar to stage a four-day dominoes tournament commencing tonight at the club’s Norton Street, Lodge, Location from 7:30 p.m.

Alfred Mentore who was recently reelected president of the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) is vowing to continue the hard work in a bid to groom and churn out the country’s future top players even as he attempts to turn the club into Guyana’s premier sporting facility.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan players will be fined and face being dropped from the team if they do not meet required fitness standards in new plans designed by the national selection committee to prepare for the 2015 World Cup.

-Atlanta stun Pacers with three point barrage (The Sports Xchange) -The Atlanta Hawks made a franchise-best 15 3-pointers as they moved within one win of stunning the top-seeded Indiana Pacers 107-97 in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC-Top American sprinter, Justin Gatlin, says he is aiming to run a faster time when he competes in the 100 metres at the IAAF World Challenge Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday.

MUNICH, (Reuters) – Real Madrid’s world record signing Gareth Bale looked forward to his first Champions League final after a 4-0 thrashing of holders Bayern Munich yesterday and said it was exactly why he wanted to join the Spanish side.

KARACHI, (Reuters) – The Pakistan Cricket Board will review the life ban for match fixing imposed on the country’s former captain Saleem Malik on the recommendation of a judicial inquiry commission, PCB chairman Najam Sethi said yesterday.

(Reuters) – The basketball world was united in their support for NBA Commissioner Adam Silver following his decision to ban Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and fine him $2.5 million for racist comments.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association today banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling from the game for life and fined him $2.5 million for racist comments that outraged everyone from players, to fans, coaches and the U.S.

-Trophy Stall Angels defeat Mike’s Wellwoman; Regal bites Wolf Warriors Skipper June Ogle-Thomas played a captain’s knock on Saturday to steer her side Trophy Stall Angels to an eight wicket win over Mike’s Wellwoman in the female final of the Guyana Floodlights Softball Cricket Association, Trophy Stall sponsored three category competition at the Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) ground, Queenstown.

-Alpha United edges GDF 1-0 to retain Namilco title   Alpha United successfully defended their title, edging the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) 1-0 in the grand finale of the Namilco sponsored Fruta Conquerors One Love tourney at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda on Sunday.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) signed a four year kit deal on Saturday at the Regency Hotel Suite with manufacturers Forward Sports International Incorporated to outfit their respective male and female national teams.

BK Western Tigers defeated Sunburst Camptown by a 2-0 scoreline when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) u-17 football league continued at the Tucville Community ground yesterday.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, CMC – Rookie leg-spinner Damion Jacobs has hailed a “perfect” day in the field, after his astonishing eight-wicket haul turned the Headley/Weekes Trophy Final in Jamaica’s favour here yesterday.

Tournament hosts Fruta Conquerors overcame Riddim Squad 4-2 in their third place playoff when the Namilco sponsored One Love tourney concluded on Sunday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground, Bourda.

-GFA U17 league Beacons FC defeated Santos FC by a 6-3 score line when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) u-17 football league continued yesterday at the Tucville Community ground.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association faced mounting pressure on Monday to impose a harsh punishment on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for his alleged racist comments as several of the team’s sponsors pulled their backing.

(The Sports Xchange) – -All-Star guard Stephen Curry scored 17 of his game-high 33 points in the first quarter as the Golden State Warriors added on-court misery to the Los Angeles Clippers’ off-the-court issues, thumping them 118-97   to even the Western Conference first-round series at 2-2.

(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association said it would make an announcement today about its investigation into Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling as the fallout over his alleged racist comments began to pick up.