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SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins will miss most of the rest of the season with a back injury, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

The Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) yesterday presented its $50M four-year Strategic Implementation Plan to the Ministry of Sport, noting among its goals a plan to enrol elite pugilists into a high-level training programme that will keep them in peak form and ready for the Rio Olympics.

LONDON,  CMC- Cricket legend Sir Vivian Richards says he believes West Indies cricket can return to its glory days under the leadership of Darren Sammy.

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced that Taj TV Limited has acquired television broadcast rights for West Indies Cricket for a period of 7 years from January 2013.

Two-time Inter-Services Annual Athletic Championships (ISAAC) sprint champion Quinse Clarke and 2011 winner Rupert Perry are expected to battle to the end at the finals set for today at Camp Ayanganna.

(Reuters) – Rugby will return to the Olympics for the first time in almost 100 years at the 2016 Rio Games but which stadium hosts the opening kick-off remains in doubt after the planned venue failed to meet a deadline to present its plans and guarantees.

The ground at Queen’s College and the school’s sports facilities will be enhanced with financial aid from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, a release from the Government Information Agency said yesterday.

-defending champs GDF expect to keep title The Guyana Police Force is heading into the final day of competition in the 2012 Inter-Services Annual Athletic Championships as the leaders having amassed a total of 267 points after two days of rivalry.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Jamal Crawford has taken his high-scoring act on the road during a 12-year NBA career full of short stays with new teams, but the veteran guard hopes he has reached his final destination with the Los Angeles Clippers.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins will miss most of the rest of the season with a back injury, Cricket Australia said yesterday.

Fines will be imposed on clubs competing  in unauthorised tourneys – GFF The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) is cautioning its clubs that sanctions will be imposed on them for participating in unauthorised tournaments, after it was made aware that efforts were afoot to do so.

The National Gymnasium is set to come alive next weekend when boxing fans from across the three counties meet for the GABA annual National Intermediate Championships.

The Suriname delegation is arriving midday today to compete in the Annual inter-Guiana Games, which will start off with the time trials for cycling on Sunday morning.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC-West Indies cricket coach Otis Gibson has described pacer Fidel Edwards as a capable replacement for fast bowler Kemar Roach who will miss the test series of the tour of Bangladesh next month.

Scotiabank/Pepsi Female All Stars has chosen 19 women and seven teams to continue training for selection to the team for the local competition, the CFU under-17 and under-20 tournaments of 2013.

(Reuters) – The Los Angeles Clippers picked up where they left off in their budding rivalry with the Memphis Grizzlies, claiming a 101-92 home triumph in the season-opener for both teams on Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Already acknowledged as the top female horse in the United States, Royal Delta will aim to embellish those credentials when she defends her title at the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic today.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India and Pakistan will resume bilateral cricket ties with a Twenty20 international in Bangalore on Christmas Day, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said yesterday.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Dale Steyn believes there are better bowlers in world cricket and it is simply his durability and consistency that have enabled the paceman to rise to the top of the ICC test bowling rankings.

SINGAPORE,  (Reuters) – Tiger Woods said fatigue was the reason he skipped this week’s World Golf Championship event in Shanghai.