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(BBC) Yuvraj Singh, playing in his first international since January, scored an unbeaten 77 as India beat Australia yesterday by six wickets in their Twenty20 meeting in Rajkot.

(Reuters) – A one-year-old filly has been sold at auction for a world record 5.25 million pounds ($8.36 million).

(Reuters) – The 2013-14 PGA Tour season began in cool, calm conditions at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, California with yesterday’s opening round of the Frys.com

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Frank Maloney, mentor of former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, has retired after spending more than 30 years in boxing as a manager and promoter.

Mumbai (Reuters) -Indian Sachin Tendulkar, the world’s most prolific international run-scorer, will retire after playing his 200th test match at home against West Indies next month.

Half-centuries from Man-of-the-match Jashim Uddin and Mossadek Hossain Saikat, reinforced by Javed Ferdous Rahuttul’s five-wicket haul, powered Bangladesh to a 63-run win over the West Indies, levelling the seven-match One Day International Under-19 series 1-1, at the Georgetown Cricket Club’s Bourda ground, yesterday.

President of the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Vernon Burnett said yesterday that the recent threat of Court action by the Kashif and Shanghai Organization against the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) if the 24th edition of their event is run parallel with the GFA competition simply has no merit.

Boxing superstars are not born into the role, they earn that title by paying their dues usually in the amateur ranks then onwards and upwards to the pay-per view arenas that holds the sport’s true riches.

HUBLI, India, CMC- West Indies A squandered a good start against India A and collapsed to 268 all out on the first day of their third unofficial test match at the Hubli Cricket Ground here yesterday.

The nation’s leading rifle shooters resumed training over the weekend ahead of the national senior and junior championships next month at the Timehri rifle ranges.

The resurfacing works on the athletic track at the National Park have been stalled after one of the main heavy duty machinery stopped working almost a month ago.

New Amsterdam (NA) United coach Lennox Adams says that to be afforded the opportunity to compete in the inaugural Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Premier League is a great experience and a privilege.

COLOMBO, – Sri Lanka opening batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan is retiring from test cricket to make way for the next generation but will still be available for the shorter forms of the game.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Former West Indies offspinner, Lance Gibbs, says the current crop of West Indies cricketers should be allowed to develop around veteran middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Hassan Mohamed will resume his cycling calendar on Saturday at the National Park with the staging of the ninth annual Hand-in-Hand Insurance 11-race cycle programme.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC- Promising Trinidad and Tobago batsman Nicolas Pooran has been drafted into the West Indies Under-19s team for the ongoing seven-match limited over series against Bangladesh Under 19s in Guyana.

Newly formed Little DIVA Flames Female Football Club is set to kick off training for club members on Saturday at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground from 09:00hrs.

New Amsterdam (NA) United defeated Cougars FC 4-0 in their east zone matchup when the Berbice Football Association (BFA) U20 tournament continued at the Burnham Park ground in New Amsterdam on Sunday.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, CMC- Trinidad and Tobago defender Akeem Adams has lost his left leg following a fourth operation as he continues to fight for his life in a hospital in Hungary, his club Ferencvárosi Torna has reported.

(Reuters) – Kane Williamson hit a fourth test hundred to put New Zealand on top on the first day of their opening test against Bangladesh yesterday.