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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – Trinidad and Tobago will face teams from England and Sri Lanka as they seek to qualify for this year’s Champions League Twenty20.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo has dismissed media reports that he sustained minor injuries following a vehicular accident on Wednesday.

NORTH SOUND, Antigua, CMC – Chris Gayle benefitted from a huge slice of fortune and marked his return to Tests with a typically flamboyant half-century to lead a strong West Indies reply against New Zealand in the first Test yesterday here.

LONDON,  CMC – Team doctor of Jamaica’s track and field outfit, Winston Dawes, says Usain Bolt is fit and ready for the Olympics despite lingering public concerns over his fitness.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pau Gasol said yesterday he felt like a “beast” after working hard to prepare for his pivotal role in Spain’s bid for Olympic hardware in basketball.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – All eyes turn to London today for the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics, an exuberant journey from Britain’s idyllic pastures through the grime of the Industrial Revolution and ending in a contemporary world dominated by popular culture.

By Emmerson Campbell The Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) will come alive tonight when the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages its 25th edition of its Fight Night Pro Am card.

Headquarters (HQ) with a commanding lead of  213,  trailed by  their closest rivals ‘A’ Division on 130 points, is set to be the top athletics division as the police athletics championships wind down today with a keenly anticipated contest in the men’s 1500 metres.

The unfair treatment meted out to hinterland athletes could act as a deterrent to others in interior locations, according to Brian Rodrigues of the Rupununi Athletics and Sports Academy.

The Demerara Cricket Club defeated the touring side from New York, Atlantis Cricket Club, by five runs in a thrilling finish at the club’s ground in Queenstown on Wednesday.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC-Indian Premier League (IPL) stars Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo and Sunil Narine will play for Trinidad and Tobago in the Champions League T20 Competition, Sports Minister Anil Roberts has said.

The Inverhaugh Cricket Club is on its first tour to Guyana and is set to play four matches against select teams in Demerara and Berbice starting tomorrow.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC-Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara is banking on home advantage to inspire his team to victory at the ICC World Twenty 20 in September.

LONDON, UK –  CMC– British Virgin Islands (BVI) top sprinter Tahesai Harrigan-Scott is seeking to rekindle her confidence as she prepares to run in the first round of the women’s 100m in the Olympics on August 3.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC -West Indies cricketer Dwayne Bravo sustained slight injuries following a vehicular accident on a major high way running through central Trinidad Wednesday, local media have reported.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Indian athletes who win Olympic gold in London will receive another gold medal weighing five kilogrammes, business conglomerate Sahara Group said yesterday.

BIRMINGHAM, UK,  CMC– Captain Michael Frater says he believes the world will be gunning for Jamaica at the summer Olympics in London as a result of his country’s exploits in Track and Field.

ST CROIX, US Virgin Islands, CMC-Defending champions Trinidad and Tobago breezed past Guadeloupe and Jamaica brushed aside The Bahamas in their opening matches Wednesday night at the 14th Senior Women’s Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association Championship.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – Doctors are “”cautiously optimistic” that former South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher will regain sight in his left eye, they said yesterday.

(Reuters) – Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has been provisionally suspended by soccer’s governing body only a week after his life ban for bribery was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).