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BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC- Jamaica have moved closer towards capturing the Regional under 19 50 overs title after dismissing the leeward Islands by four wickets in Round six here on Sunday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Monty Panesar is to leave county side Sussex after the club launched an investigation into the troubled England spinner being fined by police for urinating in public.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC-A second Hollywood actor, Gerard Butler, has taken an equity interest in a Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Franchise, Jamaica Tallawahs, as the tournament heads for a climax this weekend.

(Reuters)-  Fast bowler Kyle Jarvis has quit the Zimbabwe national team to take up a three-year contract with Lancashire and has been replaced by medium pacer Shingi Masakadza in the squad, the country’s cricket board said yesterday.

Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) President Craig Archer Saturday night said that Guyana has earned an automatic qualification for the 2015 Pan Am Games to be held in Toronto, Canada.

CARIFTA Games gold medalist Jevina Straker and CARIFTA Games representative Alita Moore shattered records on the second and final day of the IV Boyce/Jefford Classic yesterday.

On a windy Sunday afternoon at the Seawall Bandstand, last year’s senior road race champion, Orville Hinds returned to his triumphant ways by blowing away a star studded field to emphatically win the feature 30-lap event of the inaugural Bryden and Fernandes Classic yesterday.

Guyanese cyclists, Bruce Camacho and Aubrey Gordon secured podium finishes at the recently concluded World Masters Games which was staged in Turin, Italy.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Chris Gayle blasted 51 of 25 balls to set the foundation for a successful chase as Jamaica Tallawahs defeated the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel by three wickets in match 21 of the Caribbean Premier League at the Sabina Park here yesterday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Usain Bolt, already enshrined as one of the greatest Olympians of all time, became the most successful athlete in world championship history when he anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4×100 metres relay yesterday.

MOSCOW, Russia,  CMC – Usain Bolt was presented on Saturday with the 2012 International Association for Sports Journalists (AIPS) Male Athlete of the Year award for his outstanding performance at the Olympic Games in London last year.

MOSCOW, Russia, CMC- Sprint legend Usain Bolt has expressed shock at comments made by Mike Rodgers, a member of USA’s 4x100m team, which finished second behind Jamaica on Sunday’s final day of the 14th IAAF World Athletics Championships.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC-Barbados and Guyana have recorded their second straight wins in round two of the West Indies women T20 tournament in here yesterday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad & Tobago, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago team at the 14th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Moscow, Russia wasn’t approved by the General Council of the National Association of Athletics Administration (NAAA).

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is set to link up with the Jamaica Tallawahs for the final stretch of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL), organisers have confirmed.

CINCINNATI, (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal continued his outstanding hardcourt form beating John Isner 7-6 7-6 in the final of the Western and Southern Open yesterday, setting up the Spaniard as the red-hot favourite heading into the U.S.

MADRID, (Reuters) – Gerardo Martino enjoyed his competitive debut with Barcelona more than Carlos Ancelotti’s with Real Madrid as the La Liga champions stormed to a 7-0 demolition of Levante in their season opener at the Nou Camp yesterday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Usain Bolt, already enshrined as one of the greatest Olympians of all time, became the most successful athlete in world championship history when he anchored Jamaica to victory in the 4×100 metres relay today.

It’s official. Guyana squash teams again rule Caribbean squash. Not content with sweeping the team titles at the 31st Junior Caribbean Squash Championships last month in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana’s squash seniors made a clean sweep of the team titles when the Digicel-sponsored Powerade and Smalta senior Caribbean championships concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Club.

Mohammad Hafeez  last night engineered a remarkable comeback that sent the Guyana Amazon Warriors to the summit of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League and the Antigua Hawksbills crashing out.