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National forward Gregory ‘Jackie Chan’ Richardson is the latest Golden Jaguar to call for new blood in the Guyana Football Federation (GFF).

(BBC) Former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton has announced his retirement from boxing following his loss to Vyacheslav Senchenko in Manchester.

(BBC) Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen overcame a trial by spin in an unbroken stand of 110 as England reached 178-2 in reply to India’s 327 in Mumbai.

Nigel’s Supermarket and Republic Bank are the latest companies to announce sponsorship of two primary school football teams, St Gabriel’s and Tucville, respectively.

Four Linden teams will be participating in the Twenty-Third Annual Kashif and Shanghai Football Tournament, which begins on December 16 and ends with the final on January 1, 2013 at the Guyana National Stadium.

Alpha United football club is gearing up to tackle Buxton United from the second to last position on the points table, when matches continue on Sunday at the Buxton Ground.

Sao Paulo  (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position in Brazil yesterday for his last race with McLaren while Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took a big step towards becoming Formula One’s youngest triple champion.

(Reuters) – The road troubles for the Los Angeles Lakers continued as they were beaten 106-98 by the Grizzlies in Memphis on Friday.

-records tumble on final day By Emmerson Campbell The rain at the Providence National Stadium did not put a damper on yesterday’s events as Stephan James and other athletes set the track ablaze with their record breaking performances which saw North Georgetown triumphing.

-star-studded line-up defending titles The Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF) will be bringing the curtains down on what can be described as an outstanding year for the sport both nationally and internationally with the hosting of its premier event, the Senior National Championships.

By Iva Wharton The knockout stage of the Guinness in the Street tournament starts today with four matches at the Banks DIH Parking Lot.

WIBA Bantamweight title holder, Shondell ‘Mystery Lady’ Alfred will not be fighting in Mexico today after tests conducted there found her to be pregnant.

DUBAI,  (Reuters) – World number one Rory McIlroy shrugged off a touch of desert sunstroke to join second-ranked Luke Donald and little-known Briton Marc Warren in a tie for the lead in the DP World Tour Championship second round yesterday.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, (Reuters) – Relatives of Hector “Macho” Camacho, who has been declared brain dead after being shot in the face, are still hoping for a miracle and said they would not remove the three-time world boxing champion from life support.

SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil fired Mano Menezes yesterday, little more than 18 months before the country hosts the 2014 World Cup and just as the coach seemed close to finding his ideal team after two years of experimenting.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Marlon Samuels hit a memorable first Test double century while the stylish Darren Bravo and veteran Shiv Chanderpaul also cashed in with hundreds, as West Indies indulged in a hearty run-feast on the third day of the second Test here yesterday.

KHULNA, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Opener Nazimuddin and paceman Shahadat Hossain were dropped from the Bangladesh squad for the first two one-day internationals against West Indies, the country’s cricket board (BCB) said yesterday.

(WICB) KHULNA, Bangladesh – Marlon Samuels said he had mixed emotions about scoring his maiden Test double hundred yesterday here.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – Graeme Smith struck a defiant century yesterday in response to Australia’s massive first innings total, but the hosts grabbed a pair of wickets after tea to restrict South Africa to 217 for two at the close of the second day of the second test.

(BBC) India’s Cheteshwar Pujara again defied England with an elegant century on day one of the second Test in Mumbai yesterday.