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(Reuters) – The Australian cricket board has eased rules governing the eligibility of players holding dual passports to compete in domestic tournaments as part of a scheme to strengthen its talent base.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Sir Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group, has given a ringing endorsement of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) currently underway.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, CMC-West Indies women will play eight matches, three One Day Internationals and five T20 games, against New Zealand next summer, the media here have reported.

MOSCOW, Russia,  CMC- Trinidad & Tobago’s Jehue Gordon says winning the men’s 400m hurdles world title will “change his life”.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completed a remarkable sprint double today as she added the 200 metres world championship gold to the 100 she won earlier in the week.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC– Christopher Barnwell kept his nerve conceding just four runs and picking up two wickets in the final over of the match as Guyana Amazon Warriors pulled off a tense five run victory over Jamaica Tallawahs, in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) at Sabina Park here yesterday.

Guyana swept Jamaica 5-0 in their female team playoffs and the men drubbed Barbados 4-1 as action in the Digicel 2013 Senior Caribbean Squash Championships continued at the Georgetown Club Squash Courts yesterday.

Twenty-two of the country’s best under-18 sportsmen and women have been shortlisted to compete in seven disciplines of the inaugural South American Youth Games slated for September 20-29 in Peru.

Alpha ‘the Hammer’ United mauled Grove Hi-Tech 4-0 when action in the Slingerz/National Association for Women Football (NAWF) ‘Goal for Gold’ tournament continued on Wednesday.

MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Kenyan Ezekiel Kemboi refused to buckle and allow teenage team mate Conseslus Kipruto to threaten his dominance of the 3,000 metres steeplechase by powering to a third consecutive world title yesterday.

Grenadian athletes Kenisha Pascal and Reon Radix arrived in Guyana Wednesday morning prepared to battle for victory in the fourth edition of the Boyce/Jefford Track and Field Classic set for this weekend.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Sweden’s Ethiopian-born Abeba Aregawi learned from her Olympic mistake and produced a devastating final 300 metres to deny defending champion Jennifer Simpson a second 1,500 metres gold at the world championships yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Pakistan-born Fawad Ahmed is likely to make his full Australia debut over the next month after being named as the specialist spinner in the squad for six one-day and two Twenty20 internationals against England yesterday.

Caribbean Boxing Federation (CABOFE) and local super middleweight champion, Lennox ‘2 Sharpe’ Allen still has it together as a fighter.

The Albion Community Centre Cricket Club will be staging their 2013 cricket academy from August 19 to 24 in Berbice, with aims of developing the ancient county’s next stars.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC– Trinidad and Tobago sports minister Anil Roberts has questioned the decision by the National Amateur Athletics Association (NAAA) to lift a provisional ban on sprinter Semoy Hackett after she tested positive for a banned substance.

MOSCOW, Russia, CMC- Jehue Gordon gave the people of the Twin Island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago reasons to smile with a golden 400m hurdles run yesterday’s 6th day of the 14th World Athletics Championships here at the Luzhniki Stadium.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC– Three of the world’s leading Twenty20 players are to join the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) replacing injured players and those leaving because of other professional commitments.

CINCINNATI, (Reuters) – Having realised a lifelong dream by claiming the Wimbledon title, Marion Bartoli decided she had nothing left to give on Wednesday, shocking the world of tennis by bidding a sudden and poignant farewell to the sport.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada,  CMC-The Grenada Government says it will make an initial cash payment to Olympic gold medalist Kirani James when he returns to the island for a brief stint early next month.