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NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Palace Malice upstaged the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes champions Saturday to win the 145th running of the Belmont Stakes, the final race of the Triple Crown series for three-year-old thoroughbreds.

(Reuters) – New Zealand snatched a dramatic one-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their opening Champions Trophy Group A match in Cardiff yesterday after Lasith Malinga had threatened to turn the match on its head.

MONTREAL,  (Reuters) – Red Bull’s triple world champion Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix yesterday to capture his first Formula One victory on North American soil and extend his overall lead in the championship to 36 points.

(Reuters) – New Zealand snatched a dramatic one-wicket victory over Sri Lanka in their opening Champions Trophy Group A match in Cardiff today after Lasith Malinga had threatened to turn the match on its head.

PARIS, (Reuters) – An irrepressible Rafa Nadal did not let a flare-wielding protester or the dogged resistance of David Ferrer throw him off course as he stormed to a record eighth French Open title with a 6-3 6-2 6-3 win today.

Charlestown Secondary and Tutorial High School ran out male and female winners respectively of the Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools football competition yesterday.

BASSETERRE, St Kitts,  CMC – Leon Johnson and captain Dimuth Karunaratne struck centuries to add to the run feast at Warner Park, as the opening four-day “Test” finished in a tame draw on the final day here yesterday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Serena Williams proved an irresistible force once more as she powered past Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-4 to win the French Open for the second time yesterday – 11 years after her first triumph.

LONDON, CMC – West Indies wicketkeeper Denesh Ramdin has pleaded not guilty to a charge of misconduct laid by the International Cricket Council, following his claim for a catch during the Caribbean’s side two-wicket win over Pakistan on Friday.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Jamaica’s 2014 World Cup finals hopes were left hanging by a thread after conceding an injury-time goal to suffer a heart-breaking 2-1 defeat to United States here Friday night.

IT was the type of contest that was a metaphor for the fascinating unpredictability of the two teams.

(Reuters) – England struck the first blow at the start of an eight-month campaign against Australia involving 26 matches in all three formats of the game by winning their Champions Trophy Group A game in Birmingham yesterday.

JC Chandisingh Secondary defeated Manchester Secondary 30-28 as the Youth Basketball Guyana’s (YBG) National School Basketball Festival (NSBF) Ancient County Conference (Berbice) continued at the Port Mourant Training School Court, Berbice on Wednesday.

A media XI will today oppose a cricket team from Grace Kennedy Remittance Services (GKRS) in a specially-arranged T20 tape ball encounter at the Banks DIH Limited ground, Thirst Park today.

The Flying Ace Cycle Club’s 15th annual Aqua Water, 60-mile cycle road race gets underway today in Berbice.

The Theatre Guild Playhouse stage will tonight be transformed into a serious battleground for chiseled physiques when Fitness Paradise Gym hosts its inaugural Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships.

Fruta Conquerors FC through a Jermin Garrett second half strike in the 48th minute defeated BK Western Tigers FC 1-0 in a hard fought contest as the Fruta Conquerors sponsored U-13 league competition commenced at the Tucville Community Centre Ground yesterday.

Lallchand Rambharose and Jaswantie Hiralall combined beautifully to win the 501 draw doubles as they defeated the team of Anil Latchman and Luis Ramirez-Merlano in their best of five final played at Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands last Friday evening.

PARIS, (Reuters) – David Ferrer is used to wearing the “best of the rest” label when it comes to Spanish claycourters, but today against Rafa Nadal the 31-year-old has the chance to add his name to the pantheon of greats.

MIAMI,  (Reuters) – For San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich the rush to judgment and hasty generalizations after the opening game of the best-of-seven NBA Finals are clearly an annoyance.