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(Reuters) – American sprinter Shawn Crawford, who won the 200 metre gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, has been banned for two years for failing to comply with out-of-competition dope testing even though his agent says he retired last year.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Mike Denness, the only Scotsman to captain England, has died of cancer at the age of 72, the BBC reported yesterday.

The crème de le crème of the nation’s bikers will battle for pole position on the West Demerara roadway tomorrow when national cycling coach Hassan Mohamed and Banks DIH Limited stage the Powerade 50-mile road race.

MONTE CARLO, (Reuters) – Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal was taken to the brink by improving Bulgarian prospect Grigor Dimitrov before completing a 6-2 2-6 6-4 victory yesterday to reach the Monte Carlo Masters semi-finals.

The Guyana Amateur Swimming Association (GASA) is set to make its second international appearance for this season at the 15th FINA World Championship in July.

Some nine teams are set to participate in tomorrow’s Hikers Hockey Club inaugural seven-a-side mixed hockey festival at the St.

Local conglomerate Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) under its Gatorade and Pepsi brands will continue to replenish pugilists competing in the Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) Under 16 tournaments after renewing their sponsorship deal Wednesady.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Windward Islands produced a measured run chase to beat title-holders Jamaica by five wickets with an over to spare here Friday night, and book a place in Sunday’s Super50 final against Combined Campuses and Colleges.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Mike Denness, the only Scotsman to captain England, has died of cancer at the age of 72, the BBC reported today.

(CMC) The coach of the Dominica national football team, Kurt Hector, and player Nornan Jno Hope were killed this morning, after the vehicle in which they were travelling plunged down a 100 foot sink hole at Pond Case, south east of here.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  CMC – Combined Campuses and Colleges powered their way into Sunday’s final of the Regional Super50 when they stunned odds-on favourites Trinidad and Tobago by 140 runs at Kensington Oval here yesterday.

If the verbal jabs thrown at yesterday’s press conference were the calm before the storm, tomorrow night’s mega card dubbed ‘Fire Storm’ will set the Princess Hotel ablaze.

More renowned for their 7s rugby exploits, the six-time NACRA 7s champions are hard at work preparing for the NACRA senior men’s 15s Caribbean championships home game against Barbados on May 18.

Defending champions GT&T Berbice scraped to a draw with only one wicket in hand against the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) President’s XI yesterday in the second round of the GCB-sponsored U-15 tournament at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground.

PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – A detailed account of serious financial mismanagement within CONCACAF, the governing body for soccer in North and Central America and the Caribbean will be presented to the sport’s leaders today.

The Guyana Squash Association’s  ANSA McAl Senior Easter Tournament commenced at the Georgetown Club on Wednesday evening with dominant wins being recorded by the trio of Ashley Khalil, Allan Downes and Ashley deGroot.

Christianburg/Wismar Multilateral, compliments of Terron Welch’s game-high thirty-eight-point haul thrashed Linden Foundation Secondary (LFS) 88-10 as action in the Linden Secondary Schools U-19 Basketball Championships continued at the Mackenzie Hard Court on Wednesday.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Brendan Taylor carved his way to a career best score as Zimbabwe posted 389 in their first innings on day two of the first test against Bangladesh at the Harare Sports Club yesterday.

GRACE ROAD, Leicester, CMC – West Indies stroke-maker Ramnaresh Sarwan stroked a half-century but fell to the day’s last ball to leave Leicestershire still well adrift of their target, on the second day of their Division Two County Championship game against Kent here yesterday.

 (SportsDirect) – Heat 105, Magic 93 Dwyane Wade collected 21 points and 10 assists in 23 minutes as Miami closed out the regular season with its eighth straight victory.