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SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The second leg of an Ashes double-header unique in the 131 years of such contests gets underway in Brisbane on Thursday with everything bar the eternal optimism of the Australian nation pointing to a fourth successive England triumph.

Team United’s Orville Hinds brought the curtain down of the ‘Ride for Life’ five-stage road race with a victory but Team Coco’s Raynauth Jeffrey took the overall spoils of the seventh annual event which concluded yesterday on Homestretch Avenue.

Vijai Rahim continues his record breaking tear and is showing no signs of slowing down.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Recovering from a tennis-elbow injury was the most difficult phase in Sachin Tendulkar’s illustrious cricket career with the master batsman fearing he would never be able to hold a bat again after surgery in 2005.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, CMC – Bermuda’s fairytale start to the ICC World Cup Twenty20 qualifiers ended when they were crushed by eight wickets by the Netherlands at the ICC Academy ground here yesterday.

BELGRADE, (Reuters) – The Czech Republic retained their Davis Cup title after Radek Stepanek ruthlessly exploited the inexperience of Dusan Lajovic in the decisive rubber to seal a 3-2 final victory over Novak Djokovic’s Serbia  yesterday.

(BBC) Wicketkeeper Matthew Wade has been suspended for one game by Cricket Australia for tampering with the pitch during a Sheffield Shield match.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Former world heavyweight champion David Haye has been advised by doctors to consider retiring after undergoing shoulder surgery, the Briton said yesterday.

AUSTIN, Texas,  (Reuters) – Red Bull’s quadruple world champion Sebastian Vettel won the U.S.

MONACO, CMC – Jamaican Usain Bolt may ditch plans to retire from track after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

(The Sports Xchange) –  Last year, the Chicago Bulls ended Miami’s 27-game winning streak and on Saturday, they ruined Indiana’s 9-0 start to the season with a convincing 110-94 victory at United Center.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago edged Jamaica 1-0 at the Catherine Hall Stadium on Friday night in the first of two international friendlies between the Caribbean rivals.

(Reuters) – England’s concerns over who will complete the pace attack for the first Ashes test against Australia may have been put to rest after bowling coach David Saker expressed satisfaction with Chris Tremlett’s form in the nets.

Raynauth Jeffrey did it again yesterday. The Team Coco’s standout followed up Thursday’s first stage win by out pedaling 35 rival wheelsmen in yesterday’s penultimate stage in Essequibo to cement his place as race leader heading into today’s fifth and final stage.

MUMBAI, India, CMC – A work-man-like half-century from Denesh Ramdin failed to inspire West Indies and India gifted Sachin Tendulkar an innings and 126-run victory in the second Test yesterday to mark his retirement from the international cricket.

As sporting humiliations go, the West Indies latest, that ended yesterday with their second loss to India by an innings within three days, was up there with the all-out 54 at Lord’s and the two-day defeat at Headingley in 2000, the year that they should have celebrated the 50th anniversary of their first Test victory in England.

Commissioner of Police Leroy Brummel Friday night said that despite the Police Force winning the 2013 Inter-Services Annual Athletic Championships (ISAAC), the entire joint service was the winner.

The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League continues today with eight fixtures to be played at four venues across the country.

Competitive Sevens club rugby returns to the National Park today with the staging of the Flavor’s Fish shop Creole Food and Food Bar tournament.

MONACO, CMC – Jamaica’s top female sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is threatening to boycott competing in her effort to get more attention for athletes on the island.