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DHAKA,  (Reuters) – Bangladesh pace bowler Abul Hasan has been ruled out of the remaining three one-day internationals of a five-match series against West Indies due to a side strain, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said yesterday.

PERTH,  (Reuters) – South Africa captain Graeme Smith thinks home advantage will give England the edge in the first of two Ashes series against Australia next year.

By Iva Wharton The 2012 Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Tournament concluded last night with first-time participants Toronto Academy walking away with the ladies title, while Hikers won the Veterans and Men’s categories.

By Emmerson Campbell Seventy-four kilogramme, Masters Two World dead lift record holder Winston ‘Little Master ‘Stoby was predicted to break his own record but it was Vijai Rahim, Anis Ade Thomas and Karel Mars who broke theirs.

PERTH, (Reuters) – South Africa’s AB de Villiers removed the question mark over whether he could bat while also keeping wicket with a storming 169 yesterday to help his country to the brink of a series triumph over Australia.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  CMC – Erratic West Indies were left tottering on the brink of an embarrassing series loss after another abysmal performance saw them slump to a belittling 160-run defeat to Bangladesh in the second One-Day International.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Hashim Amla scored 196 and AB de Villiers 169 in a batting exhibition that drove South Africa to a commanding lead of 631 runs before they were dismissed for 569 on the third day of the third test against Australia yesterday.

ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – West Indies off spinner Shane Shillingford grabbed 10 wickets and opening batsman Tyron Theophille slammed a century as hosts Dominica defeated Grenada by an innings and 10 runs in the opening round of the Windward Islands Championship here Saturday.

THOUSAND OAKS, California, (Reuters) – Graeme McDowell continued his love affair with California by winning for the first time in two years when he held off playing partner Keegan Bradley to clinch the World Challenge by three shots yesterday.

By Tony Cozier One by one, the batting legends of a generation are yielding to the inevitability of fading reflexes, tired muscles and, above all, misgivings over the rare talents that placed them on a plane above their contemporaries.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – CONCACAF, boosted by Mexico’s triumph at the London Olympics, is making ambitious plans to grow and develop soccer in the region as it starts afresh after last year’s corruption scandal.

KHULNA, Bangladesh,  CMC – West Indies captain Darren Sammy yesterday opted for optimism though his side dangled perilously close to an embarrassing series loss at the hands of minnows Bangladesh.

– Azore outboxes AustinBy Emmerson Campbell Once again the fountain of youth prevailed over the wealth of experience.

Two local teams GCC and Hikers will today contest the final of the Veterans category of the Diamond Mineral Water Indoor Hockey Tournament at the National Gymnasium.

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide outside the team’s training facility yesterday morning in an apparent murder-suicide.

(Reuters) – David Beckham has targeted one final fling in the European Champions League before hanging up his boots once he leaves Los Angeles after five-and-a-half years.

 (Reuters) – The Los Angeles Lakers rebounded from their worst offensive performance of the season with an all out blitz against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, prevailing 122-103 at the Staples Center.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A tainted official was left as the only candidate in a controversial election for the post of secretary-general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) which is likely to earn the Asian nation an Olympic ban.

(BBC) – If there was one moment during the London Olympics which betrayed the lie that female sporting endeavour is necessarily less compelling than that of men, it was Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead and Marianne Vos of the Netherlands duelling for gold in the women’s road race: Battle Royale on The Mall.

A $29.5 million multipurpose centre, built by the Ministry of Housing in La Parfait Harmonie and handed over to the Goed Fortuin Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) more than a year ago to be used by the community’s residents, stands idle and overrun with bushes.