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By Iva Wharton Linden Foundation Secondary School advanced to the second round of the Digicel Schools football tournament after securing a walk over from  Mackenzie High School.

Muscle cramps caused overseas based distance runner Lionel D’Andrade to finish third at the Butler Classic 20K run in Trinidad which started at 06:00hrs yesterday morning.

DONETSK,  (Reuters) – A Wayne Rooney header and a slice of luck when Ukraine were controversially denied an equaliser gave England a 1-0 win over the co-hosts and a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2012 yesterday.

(Reuters) – Injury-prone paceman Mark Gillespie has missed out on a central contract with New Zealand despite tearing through South Africa’s batsmen in the home series in March.

GROS ISLET, St Lucia,  CMC – Pacers Delorn Johnson and Kevin McClean produced devastating spells to rock India A and put West Indies A in sight of victory in the third and final unofficial “Test” here yesterday.

By Iva Wharton Covent Garden Secondary School showed no mercy on the Academy of Professional Studies (APS)whom they thrashed 18-1 as the Digicel Schools football tournament continued yesterday at the Grove Centre Ground.

Despite early showers, the Becian Star Federation recorded 318 points to be crowned the new champions of the second edition of the Goodwill Relay event held Sunday at the Eve Leary Sports Club ground.

LONDON, England,  CMC – West Indies are hoping the historic Oval can serve as a good luck charm when the pivotal second One-Day International of the three-match series against England bowls off here today.

The Western Union Plaisance/Vryheids Lust team became the third team to qualify for the semifinal round in the National Community Basketball League (NCBL) when they defeated Wortmanville/Werk-en-Rust 77-67 at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH) last Sunday evening.

Getting word of her confirmation to attend the 2012 Summer Olympics was the high point of the year for Bishop’s High School student Britany Van Lange.

The Guyana Rugby Football (GRFU) Union yesterday named the team to play against Bermuda on Saturday in the final Caribbean qualifying match for the 2015 Rugby World Cup to take place in Hamilton, Bermuda on Saturday.

POZNAN, (Reuters) – Italy never do things easily and although the 2-0 scoreline suggests they comfortably beat Ireland yesterday to reach the Euro 2012 quarter-finals, the bruised palms of goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon prove otherwise.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Angelo Mathews kept a cool head to guide Sri Lanka to a nerve-jangling two-wicket win over Pakistan in the fifth and final one-day international  yesterday.

MIAMI,   (Reuters) – Miami’s dominance from the free-throw line proved strong enough to quell the Oklahoma City Thunder in a fierce fourth-quarter battle as the Heat claimed a 91-85 Game Three victory on Sunday and a 2-1 series lead in the NBA Finals.

LONDON, England, CMC – Injury has ruled West Indies batsman Darren Bravo out of the tour of England, dealing yet another blow to the Caribbean side ahead of today’s second One-Day International against England.

The Guyana Table tennis Association is in receipt of the second set of Stag equipment.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A jury on Monday acquitted Major League Baseball pitching great Roger Clemens of all six criminal counts against him in a trial on charges that he lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs.

SAN FRANCISCO,  (Reuters) – While Webb Simpson emerged from the damp mist to win his first major title at the U.S.

By Emmerson Campbell After roaring to a 20-nil victory against the Trinidad and Tobago Calypso Warriors two weeks ago in the Southern Zone of the NACRA Regional Qualifiers for the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the Guyana Jaguars have now turned their attention to Bermuda.