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KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Injury has forced one of Jamaica’s leading netballers, Romelda Aiken, out of the squad for the Zeo Tri-Nation series scheduled to take place in England from January 17-21 Aiken, currently in Australia with herprofessional team the Queensland Firebirds, has an injured knee and was not named in the strong 12-member team.

(Reuters) – Younus Khan and Misbah-ul-Haq steadied the Pakistan second innings with an unbroken 113-run stand after their team appeared to be heading for a heavy defeat by losing three quick wickets in the second test against Sri Lanka in Dubai yesterday.

(The Sports Xchange) — The New York Knicks continued their great start to 2014 by registering the most impressive victory in a run of four wins in five games on Thursday, a 102-92 triumph over defending NBA champions Miami Heat at Madison Square Garden.

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, CMC- Guatemala and Jamaica played to an entertaining nil-all draw in group A on Thursday in the opening of the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s football championship.

All-rounder Christopher Barnwell was yesterday named skipper of the Guyana team and veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul will be his deputy for the upcoming Nagico Super 50 2014 set to start on January 30 in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) will look to step up its anti- doping programme while educating athletes about banned substances on the World Anti-Doping Association (WADA) list.

National Coach Esaun Crandon is confident that the discipline displayed by the cricketers during the recent training sessions and the first practice game is a positive sign for the team gearing up for this month’s Regional Super 50 tournament.

(Reuters) – Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure landed his third successive African Footballer of the Year award yesterday to cap a memorable week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Theo Walcott’s mental strength and dedication will help him come back stronger from the knee injury that has ended his season and ruled him out of the World Cup, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said yesterday.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Former West Indies Cricket captain Brian Lara is to compete for a place on Trinidad and Tobago’s national team for the upcoming Caribbean Amateur Golf Championship (CAGC) in Puerto Rico.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa wicketkeeper AB de Villiers will undergo hand surgery today, but is expected to be fit for the upcoming series against Australia, a Cricket South Africa spokesman said yesterday.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Former British Open champion Darren Clarke reaped an early reward from a new fitness regime with a three-under-par 69 in the opening round of the Volvo Golf Champions tournament yesterday.

Recently founded women’s football club Little Diva Flames will start training tomorrow at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) Bourda.

Despite their disappointing showing in the 2013 Georgetown Football Association (GFA)/Banks Beer Cup, Alpha United Coach Wayne Dover said his team is still the one to beat in the 2014 football season citing two instances where his team trounced the current champs.

(ICC) Tony Hill has stepped down from the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires to take up the role of New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Umpire Coach, the ICC announced yesterday.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – World number one Rafa Nadal will play local hope Bernard Tomic in the first round of the Australian Open as he bids for a 14th grand slam title.

(The Sports Xchange) – Phoenix Suns guard Eric Bledsoe is out indefinitely and needs knee surgery, ESPN.com

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC –The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) is now set to continue its transatlantic journey to St.Lucia

(ICC) Australia and England begin a five-match series from 12 January in Melbourne, with both sides having an opportunity to reclaim the number-one position on the Reliance ICC ODI Team Rankings.

(ICC)  ICC World Twenty20 2012 champion West Indies will begin a two-match series against New Zealand from tomorrow, with an opportunity to go to second place in the Reliance ICC T20I Team Rankings Table.