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DUBAI,  (Reuters) – Rory McIlroy hit a sizzling nine-under 63 to lead the first round of the $2.5 million Dubai Desert Classic by two strokes yesterday, bolstering his hopes of claiming a first European tour win since 2012.

– valued at US$320,000 for IPL 2014;Roach doesn’t sign up Freshly-crowned Ashes heroes Mitchell Johnson, Brad Haddin and Steven Smith are part of a group of 31 players that has attracted the highest base price of Rs 20 million (US$ 320,000 approx.)

BK Western Tigers has signed former Alpha United and Fruta Conquerors talisman Anthony ‘Awo’ Abrams in the current transfer period.

Trinidad and Tobago has now joined St. Lucia and Jamaica in confirming their participation in the fistic International Goodwill Competition here next month.

Unbeaten Mackenzie High edged Christianburg/Wismar Secondary 37-36 in the finale of the Linden Amateur Basketball Association (LABA) sanctioned Sunburst Secondary Schools U-17 Basketball tourney last Friday at the Mackenzie Sports Club Hardcourt, Linden.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC-The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) is projecting a one hundred percent increase in revenue over the next eight years if new principles giving more control over cricket’s future to England, India and Australia are voted in.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- A number of leading cricketers capable of swinging the momentum of a game will be missing when the battle to crown the best One Day side in the region begins here today.

(Cricinfo) With the Bangladesh Cric-ket Board (BCB) accepting revised proposals for the restructure of the ICC after securing the assurance that their Test status will not be revoked, the Big Three are one vote away from the number required to push through constitutional amendments in order that the revamp be completed in full.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC- The ICC Board has approved the introduction of an International Women’s Championship.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Former National defender, Brent Sancho, has blasted the Trinidad and TobagoFootball Association (TTFA) for refusing to honour a payment schedule designed to settle a longstanding wage dispute with the 2006 strike squad.

(The Sports Xchange) —Forward Kevin Durant scored 41 points and hit the game-winning shot for the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 111-109  comeback victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

(Reuters) – Mahela Jayawardene struck his seventh double hundred and Kithuruwan Vithanage reached his maiden century as Sri Lanka toyed with Bangladesh’s toothless attack before declaring their first innings on a mammoth 730 for six in Dhaka yesterday.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – All-rounders Ryan McLaren and Wayne Parnell were named in South Africa’s 15-man squad yesterday for the three-match test series against Australia starting on Feb.

Director of Sports Neil Kumar last evening praised the efforts of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) along with Chairman of the national selectors Rayon Griffith for putting together one of the best teams he has seen in a long time to participate in the 2014 Nagico Regional Super50 tournament.

East Bank Football Association (EBFA) President Wayne Francois says that he will be seeking re-election at the entity’s upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM), slated to be held on February 16 at the Grove Community Centre.

The Guyana Volleyball Federation (GVF) in collaboration with the South American Volleyball Federation (CSV) will stage a beach volleyball workshop today at the Carifesta Sports Complex, Georgetown from 15:00hrs.

(Reuters) – Opener Kaushal Silva lived a charmed life on his way to a maiden test century as Sri Lanka put Bangladesh to the sword with a big first-innings total in the opening test in Dhaka yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) — Forward Kevin Durant scored 41 points and hit the game-winning shot for the Oklahoma City Thunder in a 111-109  comeback victory over the Atlanta Hawks.

LONDON, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago International Kenwyne Jones has left Stoke City for a new deal with Cardiff City, the Premier League club’s manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has revealed.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-West Indies opener Kieran Powell has been appointed skipper of the Leeward Islands for the upcoming NAGICO Super50 Tournament.