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BASINGSTOKE, England,  (Reuters) – Blatant foul or theatrical dive? Penalty kick or yellow card?

(Reuters) – Looking back is a waste of time, as far as Roger Federer is concerned.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC- Five home-based Jamaican footballers were leaving here yesterday to joined their foreign based team mates in the United States ahead of their must win CONCACAF World Cup qualifier on Friday.

CAPE TOWN,  (Reuters) – Former South Africa one-day international captain Johan Botha has had doubt cast on the legitimacy of his bowling action for the third time in his career and will have to undergo biomechanical analysis.

Albouystown/Charlestown retained their title defeating Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust 87-82 when the Mackeson Trinity Grid Holdings (TGH) Pacesetters Basketball Club Inter-Ward Championships concluded on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.

(Cricinfo) A furious finish from Mumbai Indians’ middle order propelled them to a monumental total before a chase-breaking over from Harbhajan Singh snuffed out the last of Rajasthan Royals’ spirit, driving Mumbai to their second major title of the year, as they won the Champions League final by 33 runs yesterday.

Roraima Bikers Club’s Marlon ‘Fishy’ Williams outsprinted national road race champion Raynauth Jeffrey to take top honours in the 11th annual Victor Macedo Memorial road race yesterday.

BK Western Tigers defeated Beacons FC 3-0 when the Georgetown Football Association (GFA) Players Cup group stage concluded at the Tucville Community ground on Saturday.

An appreciation ceremony was hosted by the Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) for the athletes and officials that participated in the inaugural South American Youth Games (SAYG) in Peru and the Islamic Solidarity Games in Indonesia last month.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Suzie Bates played a captain’s innings to lead New Zealand women to a dramatic one-run victory over West Indies in the first of three One Day Internationals (ODI) at Sabina Park yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, USA, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic cyclist, Njisane Phillip returned to his home-base in Los Angeles, California, USA, and has revived his training regime with American coach Jamie Staff and former manager, Peter Maharaj.

DELHI, India,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) wants to forge closer ties with the Board of Control of India (BCCI).

CHENNAI, India,  CMC – West Indies One Day International cricket captain Dwayne Bravo, is set to spend his 30th birthday today, filming his movie debut in an Indian thriller.

 (Reuters) – Former England fast bowler Stephen Harmison announced his retirement from cricket yesterday The 34-year-old, who made his England debut in 2002, took 226 wickets in 63 tests, including a memorable 7 for 12 against the West Indies in Jamaica in 2004 which helped him to briefly earn top spot in the test bowler rankings.

 (Reuters) – Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere responded to recent criticism over a photograph of him smoking by scoring the equaliser that rescued a 1-1 draw for the Premier League leaders at West Bromwich Albion yesterday.

National coach Phillip Fernandes says that compared to previous performances, the Guyana team showed progress and competed better than ever before at the recent Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Cup in Mendoza, Argentina.

The Demerara Cricket Club (DCC) on Saturday defeated the Guyana National Industrial Corporation (GNIC) by four wickets to win the Georgetown Cricket Association (GCA) Brainstreet limited overs competition.

Former national junior champion Haifeng Su with six points was the winner of the Diamond Distillers Limited/Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) qualification tournament to identify the eight players to contest the national Closed junior championships which ended on Saturday at the Carifesta Sports Complex.

(Trinidad Guardian) Last month’s Cabinet reshuffle may have been a close call for Sport Minister Anil Roberts, as a reliable source said yesterday that the Government had approached former West Indies and T&T cricket captain Brian Lara to be his replacement.

By Clifton Ross Commanding half-centuries from Mossadek Hossain Saikat and Jashim Uddin led the touring Bangladesh U19 team to a 111-run drubbing of the Guyana U19 team yesterday at the Georgetown Cricket Club ground, Bourda.